Will Barnet: Family Homage
Will Barnet is a giant in the history of 20th Century American Art. Entwining figurative and abstract elements with personal and universal themes, Barnet’s practice charts an extraordinary progression through 20th Century American painting. This exhibit features 29 rarely exhibited paintings drawn from the artist’s most personal body of work, those retained by his family and a foundation created in his name.
Image: Will Barnet (1911-2012), Woman and the Sea, 1973, oil on canvas, 51 ¾ x 41, signed lower right.
Expanding Abstraction: New England Women Painters, 1950 to Now
This exhibition presents a vital yet lesser-known history of abstract painting in New England by showcasing the work of women painters with strong connections to the region. Despite their relative exclusion from mainstream and male-dominated conversations on postwar abstraction, these artists have made significant contributions to the field. Spanning from the 1950s to the present, the works on view in the exhibition expand traditions of abstract painting and testify to the artists’ unwavering productivity and creative innovation.
Installation view, Expanding Abstraction: New England Women Painters, 1950 to Now, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA. Photograph by Clements Photography and Design, Boston.
Big Dreams, Little Boats: Mid-Century Model Boats
A unique exhibit featuring the collection of Mr. Fred Clausen, who has lent the museum a wide range of objects and boat paraphernalia. The boats featured range in date from the mid-1950s through the 1970s, the heyday of toy boat production. Popular brands such as Fleetline, ITO and Lionel Train produced miniature replicas of the popular boats and motors of the day whether it be runabouts, cabin cruisers or race boats.
On view through October 9, 2017 Location: The New Hampshire Boat Museum, Wolfeboro Falls, NH
Altered States: Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
In late 19th-century Paris, the printmaking process of etching underwent a revolutionary transformation. At a time when prints were usually made as copies of paintings rather than as original works of art, a revival of interest in etching led to greater knowledge of technique, allowing artists to experiment with subject matter and process more than ever before. This exhibition features works on paper by well-known artists such as Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt, as well as those lesser known today, including Albert Besnard and Henri Guérard, and features several new acquisitions to the RISD Museum’s collection.
Image: Félix Bracquemond, The Top of a Door, 1852. Museum Works of Art Fund.
Tools Collection
The Zlotoff collection includes over 3,000 pieces dating from the colonial period to the early 20th century, originating primarily from the Northeastern United States. The collection features representative groupings of tools from a large number of trades and occupations as well as farm and domestic implements.
On view through October 9, 2017 Location: The Arnold Zlotoff Tool Museum, North Ferrisburgh, VT