The Cincinnati Art Museum recently unveiled a major exhibition of prints by arguably the medium’s greatest practitioner: Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528).

In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s ground-shaking act of protest in Wittenberg, Germany, the Cincinnati Art Museum has mounted “Albrecht Dürer: The Age of Reformation and Renaissance.” On view November 17 through February 11, the exhibition explores the impact of the Italian Renaissance and the Reformation through the prints of Dürer and his contemporaries. It follows the development of Dürer’s genius from his apprenticeship through the eve of the Reformation. What’s more, the exhibition offers insights into his innovative use of printmaking, his patrons, and humanistic friends.

To learn more, visit the Cincinnati Museum of Art.

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Landscape comes alive during an upcoming solo exhibition of Douglas Fryer’s latest oils.

“Art happens in the heart and in the mind and in the soul, not just the hand,” observes Douglas Fryer, and it is a philosophy that surfaces with stunning results in the artist’s landscapes. Filled with predominantly soft, graceful strokes, Fryer’s paintings have an atmospheric essence that filters into the viewer’s space, encapsulating that viewer in a fury of emotional experience.

Meyer Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will be showcasing Fryer’s newest paintings during “Beyond the Fences” December 8-14. The show features 23 works ranging in size and subject. To learn more, visit Meyer Galleries.

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During the second half of the 18th century, a journey to Italy was considered an essential component in the education of young artists and noblemen from Northern Europe. They called it “The Grand Tour.” Important oil sketches from the Thaw Collection are currently on view here.

Although Venice and Florence were cities that drew the eyes of Northern European artists in the midst of their Grand Tours, it was definitively Rome and Naples that were the grand prize, if you will. Both cities offered celebrated archaeological sites and a taste of the unspoiled rural life of the campagna.

The Morgan Library & Museum on Madison Avenue in New York City is currently showcasing a wonderful display of important oil sketches from the Thaw Collection, which were executed en plein air during artists’ tours through Rome and Naples. “Artists recorded their observations of these natural and man-made wonders in small-scale studies,” the museum suggested, “mostly executed with oil paint on paper. In these oils, painters capture the grandiosity of Rome’s classical ruins and the sublime natural beauty of Naples, with its famous view of Mount Vesuvius. Artists from France, Belgium, Germany, Norway, and Sweden are featured in this selection.”

Titled “Views of Rome and Naples: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection,” the exhibition runs through March 18, 2018. To learn more, visit The Morgan Library & Museum.

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The Norton Museum of Art will be the first in more than 75 years to showcase the sculpture of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney — an artist whose significant career saw major commissions throughout the United States and Europe in the early 20th century.

From her earliest classical sculptures to her more symbolic public monuments, and from her bleakly Realist depictions of the tragedy of World War I to her late Art Deco work, approximately 45 sculptures and drawings will offer viewers a comprehensive view of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s (1875-1942) artistic career, in an exhibition at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida.  Whitney had an important career as she created “striking and popular public art in her lifetime,” says Ellen Roberts, exhibition curator, “and her incisive depictions of her family, friends, and scenes from World War I are still captivating today.”

“The installation will move chronologically through Whitney’s career,” the museum continues, “and will include photographs of Whitney’s monuments in the United States, France, and Spain; her nurse’s uniform from World War I; and depictions of the artist and her sculpture by contemporaries such as painters Robert Henri and Guy Pène du Bois, sculptor Jo Davidson, and graphic artist L. Gauthier. Seen alongside her art, these materials will help to illustrate Whitney’s artistic ambitions and her achievement of them.”

“Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Sculpture” opens on January 25 and will continue through April 29. To learn more, visit the Norton Museum of Art.

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Questroyal Fine Art in New York City can help add your name to the growing list of of collectors of Henry Martin Gasser, an artist distinguished by more than 100 awards in his lifetime and included in over 60 museum collections. How?

Now through December 9 in New York City, Questroyal Fine Art is offering a selling exhibition of works by the esteemed Henry Martin Gasser (1909-1981). Thirty-six works feature during the exhibition, which encompasses the artist’s entire career. According to Questroyal’s Alison Kowalski, “Henry Martin Gasser was an American painter in every sense. From his working-class industrial town, he sought out the greatest artists in the area in order to study from them, and he found inspiration in his backyard. Through persistence and a spirit of originality, Gasser turned humble scenes of urban American life in the mid-20th century into extraordinary works of art that were widely praised by the art world. After achieving fame for his paintings, he extended his reach further by educating future artists and writing instructional books on his innovative techniques.

“Despite its highly individualistic style, Gasser’s work still fits neatly into the tradition established by his American predecessors. In addition to exhibiting influence from Grabach, Gasser’s realist depictions of every­day life continued the legacy of the Ashcan painters. The majority of Gasser’s work portrays his native New Jersey. By the time he reached artistic maturity in the mid-20th century, Newark had become a major industrial center. Such cities, although the life force of American industry and ingenuity, were not known for their scenic qualities. Nonetheless, Gasser found beauty in his surroundings. His artworks typically feature urban scenes, such as residential streets lined with houses, and blue-collar suburban communities. Along with painting in New Jersey and New York, he embarked on excursions with Grabach to New England to capture coastal views and winter scenery. During World War II, Gasser was stationed in South Carolina as a sergeant in a Visual Aid Unit of the army, where he painted the vibrant Southern culture surrounding him.”

To learn more, visit Questroyal Fine Art.

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Jan Van Eyck’s important “Arnolfini Portrait” has been among the world’s most influential paintings since its creation in 1434. Acquired by the National Gallery, London, in 1842, the portrait then became an object of fascination for this important group of painters; a story that is told through this exhibition.

The National Gallery, London, is offering visitors the chance to explore how Jan Van Eyck’s (c.1390-1441) “Arnolfini Portrait” influenced the Pre-Raphaelites and their development of a radical new style of painting. Titled “Reflections,” the exhibition brings together for the first time the “Arnolfini Portrait” with paintings by, among others, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896), and William Holman Hunt (1827-1910).

To learn more, visit the National Gallery.

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The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is proud to host the first major temporary exhibition since the remodeled space opened its doors again in August — and it’s done quite an outstanding job. What’s the buzz?

On December 3, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) will open a stunning exhibition that examines the development and disruption of the American West through more than 80 artworks from one of the nation’s outstanding collections of Western art. “Go West! Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West” will feature celebrated paintings, sculpture, and cultural objects by Euro-American and Plains Indian artists. “Altogether, they exemplify the ways in which newcomers mythologized their vision of the region, and Native peoples sought to preserve their vanishing way of life,” according to the museum’s director, Gretchen Dietrich.

Executive Director and CEO of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West Bruce Eldredge added, “‘Go West!’ features some of the center’s most extraordinary artwork from a ‘Who’s Who’ in art of the American West: Alfred Jacob Miller, William T. Ranney, John Mix Stanley, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell, and W.H.D. Koerner, to name a few. Indeed, the works from this period were instrumental in shaping our perceptions of the American West — and still do today.

“We here at the Center of the West are on the trailing edge of our Centennial year — a grand celebration of our past, and a nod to the new century ahead. We’re committed to the vision of our namesake, and the organization founded in his memory in 1917, i.e., taking the West to the world. So, at a time when our foot traffic slows, Go West! allows us to do exactly that as we dispatch our most important and most popular works to other museums throughout the country during our ‘off season.’”

“Go West!” will continue through March 11, 2018. To learn more, visit the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

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Seventy of the world’s top experts in the fine and decorative arts will once again be on hand during the Winter Antiques Show at the Park Avenue Armory. A leading art, antiques, and design fair in America, the show highlights a dynamic mix of works dating from ancient times through the present day.

Come one, come all, the annual Winter Antiques Show is ready to ring in the new year! Hosted between January 19-28 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, the event is one of many outstanding fine art events that annually kick off the new year. In 2018, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond has loaned an important exhibition, “Collecting for the Commonwealth/Preserving for the Nation: Celebrating a Century of Art Patronage, 1919-2018,” for the fair.

The exhibition “celebrates a collection renowned for American fine and decorative art, including the transformative gift of the James W. and Frances Gibson McGlothlin Collection,” according to the press release. “VMFA holds the best Art Nouveau and Art Deco outside of Paris; French Impressionist, modern, and contemporary works from the collections of Paul Mellon and Sydney and Frances Lewis; the Lillian Thomas Pratt bequest of five Fabergé Imperial Eggs and over 500 additional Russian objects; and the recently acquired Rachel Lambert Mellon Collection of Jean Schlumberger, comprising over 140 pieces designed by the iconic artist-jeweler who boasted a private salon at Tiffany & Co.”

To learn more, visit the Winter Antiques Show.

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