Landscapes of everyday modern society -- mills, factories, small farms, unkempt suburbs -- portrayed in brilliant colors and a variety of media, will fill Stetson University's Duncan Gallery of Art beginning Jan. 23 for one of the most comprehensive exhibits of the work of Modernist painter Oscar Bluemner ever presented. Described by the artist as "the intimate landscape of our common surroundings…the things and scenes most closely interwoven with the progress of life," the drawings and paintings are so evocative of present-day life in the northeastern United States that they could have been done in the last decade. But Bluemner (1867-1938) was one of the first Modernists, reaching his peak in the late 1920s to mid-1930s. Many of the works included in the exhibition, titled "Oscar Bluemner: A Daughter's Legacy," have not been seen since the artist's death in 1938. They are part of more than 1,000 pieces of Bluemner's work bequeathed to Stetson in 1997 by his daughter, Vera Bluemner Kouba. Click here to see full release. |
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For additional information about the exhibition or the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection, contact bluemner@stetson.edu |
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The poster features Sunset Effect on Rain, 1929. The original is an oil on panel, 15 in. x 20 in. The poster costs $10 plus $3 shipping and handling and is 18 in. x 24 in.
The catalog features, Winter Night, New Jersey, on the cover. It is sold for $20 plus $5 shipping and handling for first book and $2 shipping and handling for each additional copy ordered. |
Gallery Talk *** Lecture Series Paradigm Shift: Rethinking American Modernism Identifying Oscar Bluemner All lectures free and open
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Click here for a downloadable order form for the catalog, poster and note cards. Stetson University
Art Department |
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