Monday, November 13, 2017

New Art in Gallery 203

A new exhibit titled "European and American Portraiture" is now on display in Gallery 203 in Hewes Library. European and American portraiture in the late 17th century and 18th century shared some similarities, but were quite distinct. 

"By the end of the 19th Century, however, the American painters become much more influenced by the Europeans," said Mary Phillips, Monmouth's curator of college art collections. "Some, including James M. Whistler, John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt, chose to move to Europe to further their education and ultimately their careers." 

    

The College has works of two of those "expatriates" – Whistler, with his Drouet, in the new exhibit, and Sargent, with his Winding Road and Cypress Trees, San Vigilio, in the lobby adjacent to the elevator.

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