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Reginald Marsh Prints: Whitney Museum Of American Art Portfolio, Part Two, University Of Richmond Museums
Reginald Marsh Prints: Whitney Museum Of American Art Portfolio, Part Two, University Of Richmond Museums
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Reginald Marsh Prints: Whitney Museum of American Art Portfolio, Part Two
January 8 to June 29, 2002
Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center
Introduction
It is only fitting that this two-part, yearlong inaugural exhibition for the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center feature one of America's most important artists whose talents were honed during the 1920s and 1930s, a period when American printmaking experienced a surge in popularity. Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) created images that revealed the society and tempo of his environment and his time, and he was considered a Social Realist along with such artists as Isabel …
American Prints From The 1920s And 1930s: Selections From The Permanent Collection, University Of Richmond Museums
American Prints From The 1920s And 1930s: Selections From The Permanent Collection, University Of Richmond Museums
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American Prints from the 1920s and 1930s: Selections from the Permanent Collection
February 20 to March 25, 2001
Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond Museums
Introduction
American printmaking experienced a surge in popularity during the 1920s and 1930s, when many artists began looking to their own environments as subject matter. Urban and country life, realistic or idealized, appeared in the work of Social Realist and Regionalist artists. Their images were used as illustrations for novels, poetry, short stories and advertisements. Influential to the style and quality of printmaking at this time was the immigration of artists from Europe. Of the …
The Harnett Collection Of American Painting, University Of Richmond Museums
The Harnett Collection Of American Painting, University Of Richmond Museums
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The Harnett Collection of American Painting
January 10 to January 26, 1989
Marsh Art Gallery
Introduction
Joel Harnett, a 1945 graduate of the University of Richmond. discovered his interest in art when he met his wife, Lila. She had studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City. As a young couple they shared a love of art and of the collecting of art. Today with great generosity they share their collection, the fruit of some thirty years of intelligent and loving discrimination, with Joel's alma mater.
Both diversity and coherence, in addition to a striking level of …