Fall 2019
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BOARD OF DIREC TORS Chad Brown, President Danielle B ar r y S arah G or mley Alice Graham Freder ic Grant, III Susan Hasseler Anna M ar ie K att M elanie K lotzb ach Dianna LeVeck Car l M inning Pat Nash Susan Nash Tom S elock Tom Sieber Susan Stubbins K r ist y Szemet ylo Blair Tom R ichard Tuck D on Wietmarschen
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Dear Member, “Use it, it’s yours,” stated Zanesville Museum of Art founder Edward Ayers in 1943. And this season, I believe he would be prouder than ever of the museum he founded 83 years ago. beginning Thursday, October 24, 2019. For the next three years, the ZMA will proudsible museum for everyone in our community to enjoy. celebrate the opening of the traveling exhibition An American in Venice | James McNeill Whistler and His Legacy, which was organized by the Syracuse University Art Galleries Traveling Exhibition Program. Enjoy an exclusive member only sneak peek of this exhibition Thursday, October 24, from 10 am to 5 pm. On view in the Great Gallery through the holiday season and closing Saturday, January 4, 2020, this McNeill Whistler, and the work he created in Venice, Italy from 1879 to 1880. His
Concerts at the Museum returns to the ZMA again this fall and we are grateful to the J. W. and M. H. Straker Charitable Foundation for their support. Now through May 2020, the ZMA will feature free monthly performances that correspond with our incredible suite of exhibitions. And save the date for the ZMA’s annual holiday shopping early. As museum members, you will receive an additional discount in the Museum Store. I hope you take advantage of all the free events, programs, and exhibitions the ZMA Sincerely, Laine Snyder
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AN AMERIC AN IN VENICE | JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER AND HIS LEGAC Y
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On the cover: Detail, James McNeill Whistler, The Palaces, 1879, Etching,
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James McNeill Whistler (American, 1843–1903) is best known as an inventive modern American painter. By the 1870s, he was widely acknowledged to be the most innovative printmaker since Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). A spirited artist living abroad in London, England, Whistler courted controversy throughout his career alienating friends and patrons with his combative, eccentric personality. He also lived beyond his means, declaring bankruptcy in May 1879 after mounting a costly, albeit successful, legal defense of his artistic reputation at trial against the eminent art critic John Ruskin who publicly criticized the legitimacy of Whistler’s audacity, style, and artistic technique. By September of 1879, the Fine Art Society commissioned Whistler to execute twelve etchings of Venice, Italy. This fabled city along the Adriatic with its beautiful architecture, picturesque canals, and exotic history inspired generations of artists. Whistler however, avoided Venice’s notable landmarks and familiar topography, focusing instead on the “Venice of the Venetians.” He captured obscure buildings, decaying palazzos, shadowy doorways, and the city’s more elusive back canals. Although Whistler was scheduled to stay for only a few months, he remained in Venice until November 1880, and returned to London with This exhibition opens October 24, 2019 and closes January 4, 2020
Thursday, October 24, 10 am–5 pm
Thursday, October 24, 5:30–7 pm Free and open to the public Complimentary music, drinks, and light bites Organized by the Syracuse University Art Collection
Clockwise from left, details: James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903), Nocturne: Palaces, circa 1879–1880, etching and drypoint on laid paper; James McBey (Scottish, 1883–1959), Venetian Nights, 1925, etching on laid paper; Cadwallader Washburn (American, 1866–1965) Grand Canal, Venice, circa 1920, etching on laid Japanese paper; James McNeill Whistler, Long Venice, circa 1879–1880, etching on laid paper. All works courtesy of the Syracuse University Art Collection.
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Student Exhibitions The ZMA eagerly partners with area schools and organizations to feature the creativity of student artists in the Robert and Leona Fellers Gallery, located on supporting the arts and encouraging art education at the museum. As an artist herself, Leona Fellers exhibited work in the Ohio Annual exhibition, and she would be proud that this gallery celebrates this region‘s aspiring student artists.
October
| Julie’s ARTery Exhibition opening, Saturday, October 19, 2 pm
November | Morgan High School Exhibition opening, Saturday, November 9, 2 pm December
Admission is always free for exhibition openings. Please join us, and enjoy great art and complimentary beverages and light bites.
| Zanesville Architecture and Draw Your Hometown Children’s Drawing Contest Participants Exhibition opening, Saturday, December 7, 2 pm
Anne Cushman and The Ar t of Print On view through March 7, 2020 Born in Massachusetts and raised in Pennsylvania, printmaker Anne Cushman has lived in Worthington, Ohio for the past 20 years, where she creates to places where the geology is evident, marking layers of time and history,” sea and the stones that surface become my focus.” Her meticulously crafted monotypes, etchings, and Chine-collé evoke multi-faceted environments both real and imagined.
Landscapes by Debra Joyce Dawson On view through February 14, 2020
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Columbus-based painter Debra Joyce Dawson’s colorful natural world. Traveling extensively through the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dawson’s colorful oil paintings thoughtfully capture each destination’s unique features. In this exhibition, view the windswept shores, small hamlets, and serene cityscapes of England, Ireland, France, and Italy. Top Right: Detail, Anne Cushman, Gulf Shadows, circa 2010, monotype, solarplate intaglio, and Chine-collé, on loan from the artist. Left: Detail, Debra Joyce Dawson, The Beach at Beer Head, 2008, oil on canvas, on loan from the artist.
The ZMA at The Ar t Lof t On view First Friday, November 1, 2019 Curated by the artists of The Art Loft, view an exciting selection of seldom seen works on paper from the museum’s permanent collection. Works will be on view November 2019 at The Art Loft located at 26 N 3rd St, Zanesville, Ohio.
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James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) signed many of his works with a expression of the artist’s initials, J M W, by the 1870s, it became a very important compositional element in his work appearing in the etching and its printed margin. Because Whistler preferred to trim the paper close to the printed edge—an uncommon practice at the time—a small tab was often left for his monogram, which is evident in The Palaces. her of his intention to become an artist, she commented, “I only warn you not to be a attributed to the artist’s interest in Asian art and ideographs? As a representation of the “an expressive alter ego.” Whistler, for example, added a decorative barbed tail to his monogram after he brought a contentious libel suit against art critic John Ruskin. Although successful at trial, the proceedings left Whistler bankrupt. returned to the artist’s studio to have a monogram added to those paintings created
Left, clockwise from top: James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903), Untitled Sketch of Boston Public Library Print Department. Detail, James McNeill Whistler, The Palaces, 1879, etching, Detail of Whistler’s unique signature, located at the bottom of The Palaces. James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Photograph by London Stereoscopic Company, 1878, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.