Woodstock Art Colony Works On Paper

Gallery talk by Bruce Weber

on July 8, 3 p.m.

 Admission: Free

The public is invited to “In Care of the Historical Society of Woodstock,” which highlights the HSW’s significant collection of works on paper, the recently completed conservation of William H. Arlt’s Flowers (by paper conservator Sarah Dove), and the conservation needs of pictures by Marianne Appel, Judson Smith and Harry Gottlieb. As a result of the support of the NYSCA/GHNN Conservation Treatment Grant Program, conservation has been completed on Arlt’s Flowers, and paintings Hervey White in His Studio by Arnold Blanch and Landscape by Edmund B. Rolfe. These efforts are part of a long-range plan to care for works in need of conservation in the HSW’s fine art collection, which consists of over 800 works. It is our hope that with the support of people in the community we will soon undertake the care of the pictures in the exhibition by Marianne Appel, Judson Smith and Harry Gottlieb.

The exhibition, curated by Bruce Weber with the assistance of Maria Yeye, highlights three areas of the fine art collection: portraits of leading local individuals; townscapes, village scenes, landscapes; and the sociey’small but exquisite collection of still life. Among the works on view are self-portraits by Kurt Sluizer, Manuel Bromberg, Franklin Alexander, Leslie Bender, Robert Angeloch, Sally Michel Avery, March Avery and Dan Gelfand, as well as likenesses by Judson Smith of artist Sam Wylie and illustrator Miska Petersham, and Aline Fruhauf’s caricature of the author J. P. McEvoy. Outdoor scenes by Clarence Bolton, Reeves Brace, Wilna Hervey, Doris Lee and Mary James, and still lifes by Ernest Fiene, Harry Gottlieb, Georgina Klitgaard, Mary D. Smith, and Milton Glaser are also included.

The Historical Society of Woodstock will host an opening reception for the show from 3:00–5:00 pm on June 10th.

Refreshments will be served, and admission is free. There will be a talk about aspects of the exhibition and the need for conservation by art historian Bruce Weber at 3:30. Dr. Weber will also give a gallery talk on July 8 at 3 p.m. “In Care of the Historical Society of Woodstock” will be open to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm from June 10 through July 9. The Historical Society of Woodstock is located at 20 Comeau Drive in Woodstock.