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Monday, October 10, 2011
Northern Virginia & Virginia Beach Christmas Markets
Sunday, October 9, 2011
The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany
The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany:
Works from a Long Island Collection
First New York Exhibition to Focus on
Tiffany’s Paintings in More than Three Decades
At Nassau County Museum of Art
December 10, 2011 though March 18, 2012
Drawn from an important private Long Island collection, The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany: Works from a Long Island Collection is a major exhibition that showcases approximately 125 oils on canvas and works on paper by Louis Comfort Tiffany, an American artist most closely associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. This exhibition, the first focusing on Tiffany’s paintings to be seen in the New York metropolitan area since 1979, opens at Nassau County Museum of Art on December 10, 2011 and remains on view through March 18, 2012. Centered on Tiffany’s paintings, many of which he created for himself to memorialize his travels and surroundings, The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany offers an uncommon glimpse into the artist’s personal world. The exhibition also includes examples of Tiffany’s decorative arts, especially stained glass lamps and windows.
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) created light-filled works suffused with Orientalism and employing sensuous Art Nouveau lines. Tiffany’s paintings and decorative arts contrasted sharply with the era’s prevailing dark Victorian décor and had a powerful influence on the evolving aesthetics of the wealthy and famous of the Gilded Age.
The approximately 125 paintings in the exhibition include many subjects inspired by his travels to the Middle East, among them, Camel Watering Hole; Luxor, Egypt; Travelers Near Cairo; and Temple of Ramses, Abu Simbel as well as subjects closer to home such as Pushing Off the Boat at Sea Bright, New Jersey and Cows in Pond or his much-loved Long Island home as seen in Fountain at Laurelton Hall and View of Laurelton Hall.
The museum will be offering public lectures and discussions in conjunction with this exhibition of Tiffany’s paintings. For details, visit the museum’s website, nassaumuseum.org.
48th Holiday Fine Arts & Crafts Fair
EXHIBITORS WANTED
Art League of Long Island's
48th Holiday Fine Arts & Crafts Fair
December 3 & 4: 10am - 5pm
Watercolor painting by exhibitor Steve Alpert
Painters, sculptors, ceramicists, photographers, printmakers, graphic artists, and craftspeople are invited to apply for a space at the Holiday Fine Arts & Crafts Fair. Limited space is still available. Deadline to apply is November 11. Download prospectus here.
Chartpak - Pen & Ink Demonstration with Chartpak, Inc.
Pen & Ink Demonstration with Chartpak, Inc.
Saturday, October 22
10:00am - 1:00pm
A Chartpak Inc. Certified Instructor will be leading students in a pen and ink exploration
using Kohinoor Ink, and the famous Higgins Ink. Basic techniques will be demonstrated
including the unique advantages between waterproof and non-waterproof inks; incentives
of using matte versus high-gloss finishes; an exploration of the different black inks available,
and the beauty of colored inks. Different surfaces for ink will be demonstrated such as
illustration board, tissues, and watercolor paper as well as the different tools to apply ink
including fountain pen, dip pen, technical pens, and brush.
Register online here or call (631) 462-5400 x222.
Art After Dark
ART, MUSIC, WINE & CHEESE
YOU are invited... to the next
Art After Dark
OCTOBER 28, 2011
7 - 9PM
In the Art League's Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery
Science Fiction and Fantasy
artist/illustrator David O. Miller
demonstrates an interactive
presentation of fun and excitement.
We guarantee a very special experience.
PLEASE JOIN US!
Roberta Erlagen & Linda Louis, Co-Chairs
Joe Bucci's Acrylic/ Oil Painting Class
Exhibiting in the Strolling Gallery
Through November 1
Joe Bucci's Acrylic/Oil Painting Class
"Last Voyage" acrylic by E. Schultheis
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