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THE FOLK SPIRIT OF ALBANY
Folk Art from the
Collection of the Albany Institute of History & Art
January 26 - May 25, 2008
Drawn from the Albany Institute's collection of folk art dating from the 18th century to the present, this exhibition features works by some of the best-known American folk artists, including Nehemiah Partridge, Ammi Phillips, Thomas Chambers, Fritz Vogt and Samuel Robb, many of which were clearly inspired by distinctive aspects of Albany’s history.
The folk artist, broadly
defined, is a self-taught artist working outside of the fine arts tradition
developed during the Renaissance. The art produced was the personal
expression of its maker and reflected the society in which the artist lived.
This exhibition will highlight five types of folk artists; the professional
artist, craft-tradition artist, event-inspired artist, leisure time or
Sunday painter, and the schoolgirl.
THE FOLK SPIRIT OF
ALBANY: Folk Art from the Collection of the Albany Institute of History &
Art,
features a selection of portraits, landscapes, sandpaper paintings, family
records, mourning pictures, quilts, samplers, painted furniture, decorated
stoneware, sculpture, carved cake boards, a circus train and a cigar store
Indian – all with documented histories related to the art, history and
culture of the upper Hudson Valley.
Top:
View of Hudson River at West
Point,
Thomas Chambers, 1855, Orange County, NY,
Oil on Canvas, ht. 22" x w.30", AIHA Purchase: 1958.51
Above Left: James
Vanderpoel,
Ammi Phillips, 1822, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY, Oil on canvas, ht.31"
x w. 24 3/4", AIHA Purchase: 1958.30.1
Above Right: Ann Doll (Mrs. James) Vanderpoel, Ammi Phillips, 1822, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY, Oil on canvas, ht.31" x 2.24 3/4", AIHA Purchase: 1958.30.01
RELATED EVENTS
Saturday, January 26; 10:00am-Noon
MEMBERS ONLY PREVIEW
Friday, February 1; 5:30-7:30-pm
OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday, April 13; 2:00pm
GALLERY TALK with Doug McCombs, AIHA Curator of History
Support for this exhibition has been provided by the estate of Harry
D. and Anita Yates, and the estate of Charles Schade.
MEDIA INQUIRIES
Paul Purdy
Communications & Marketing Associate
Tel: 518.463.4478 x 408
Fax: 518.462.1522
Email:
purdyp@albanyinstitute.org
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