Fall hours, beginning Tuesday, September 7, are Tuesday-Saturday from noon-4.
September Exhibitions include a solo installation by Patty Nuquist and a group exhibition by the Vermont Pastel Society.
No appointment needed. Masks encouraged for all.
Millard Sheets (1907-1989), Wild Horses, Lithograph, 1935, WPA Collection
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On View in WPA Gallery Millard Sheets, Wild Horses, 1935., is newly framed and on view through the end of 2021. |
T.W. Wood (1823-1903), Lighting the Corncob, Oil on canvas, 1880's, T.W. Wood Collection
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Currently on View in the Wood Room We are delighted to announce a new painting in the collection! Join us for a reception in celebration of our new T.W. Wood acquisition, "Lighting the Corncob" Friday, October 1, 2021, 4-8 pm. Curator talk at 5:30 pm On View through December, 2021 Gift of Judith and James Pizzagalli |
The Gallery's Permanent Collection
T.W. Wood (1823-1903), Self Portrait, Oil on canvas, 1894,
T.W. Wood Collection
Who Was T. W. Wood?
Montpelier's native son, Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) was a highly acclaimed artist who headed both the National Academy of Design and the American Watercolor Society. He was best known for his many portraits and genre paintings. He was one of the first artists to paint African Americans, before and just after the emancipation, not as objects but as people with ordinary lives.
In his later years Wood wanted the people of Montpelier to have its own art gallery. He donated a number of his works and those of his contemporaries along with numerous copies he created of the European masters during his many trips to Europe’s great museums. |
Joseph Stella (1877-1946), Skyscrapers, c. 1937, Oil on canvas, WPA Collection
What is the WPA?The Federal Art Project (1935-1943) was a New Deal program to fund America’s arts projects under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It sustained some 10,000 artists during the Great Depression.
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