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A History of Fine Art at Strathmore
Since the installation of its first art exhibition in 1983, Strathmore has hosted dozens of memorable and popular presentations, showcasing the best in fine art and featuring world-renowned artisans.
1985
Strathmore becomes renowned in 1985 for hosting the First National Kaleidoscope Exhibition. This first-of-a-kind show, curated by Cozy Baker, drew crowds from as far away as California, Maine, and Florida to see more than 100 kaleidoscopes. The exhibition also featured paintings and photography of what can be viewed through a “scope,” the term used by collectors and manufacturers. The sizes of these “scopes” ranged from the size of a pen cap to a 10-foot long box. Included in the exhibition were kaleidoscopes dating back to Sir David Brewster, who invented the kaleidoscope in 1816.
1987
American Icons: From the Chase Manhattan Collection
This exhibition includes the works from the following notable American artists: Neal Slavin, Edward S. Curtis, Andy Warhol, Michael Bidlow, Gary Winogrand, Ron Isaacs, Clarence Sinclair Bull, Nancy Burson, Robert Frank, Nam June Paik, and Keith Haring.
1988
Irene Wellington: Calligrapher
This exhibition by one of the most revered and prolific American calligraphy artists, coincided with the international convention of calligraphers.
1989
“Sightings/Soundings: The Graphic Art of John Cage”
This rare exhibition of Cage’s visual art coordinates with the Cage musical and academic symposium held at Strathmore.
1990
This year featured the creation of the first annual Museum Shop Around, an annual fundraising event that supports the ongoing efforts of Strathmore to develop new art, artists and community.
1992
The Artist and the Child: A unique exhibition which charted artistic talent through multi-generations including Yuriko Yamaguchi with her mother and two children; Scott Brouard and his son Miles; sculptor Carol Levine and her son Daniel; painter James Taylor and his daughter Geneva Marie and many others.
1996
James Hilleary exhibition reopens the $3 million renovation and expansion of the Mansion at Strathmore, complete with the new museum-quality Gudelsky Gallery Suite and the Outdoor Sculpture Garden. The Lucas Collection, from the Baltimore Museum of Art, is shown in the new Gudelsky Gallery Suite.
1997
This is the first year Strathmore hosts the International Exhibition of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington, DC. It is also when Art After Hours begins, offering evening hours for the art galleries until 9:00 pm every Wednesday.
1998
The Gudelsky Gallery Suite features an exhibition of botanicals from The Walters Art Museum. This is also the first year of the Baltimore Watercolor Society Regional Juried Exhibition at Strathmore.
August 28 - October 3, 1998
Frank Wright, renowned Professor of Drawing and Graphics at the George Washington University, simultaneously displays his paintings and prints at Strathmore and at The National Portrait Gallery. His career encompasses four decades of painting, drawing, and graphic design. He studied the art of engraving with burin with S.W. Hayter in Paris and has won much acclaim for his artistic techniques. His paintings have been on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress.
2000
A collection of Impressionist paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art graces the Gudelsky Gallery Suite.
September 2001
Lily Spandorf's "Washington Never More" Collection
Lily Spandorf's "Washington Never More" collection is displayed in all galleries at the Mansion. The collection, a series of 155 paintings in watercolor, on loan to Strathmore from the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., had never before been displayed before. Lily Spandof arrived in Washington in 1960 and became a contributing artist for The Washington Star, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Georgetowner.
September 8-November 8, 2003
Rhodes-Nadler Collection
Strathmore hosts the premiere of the Rhodes-Nadler Collection. This private collection, assembled by Dr. Glen Rhodes and his late wife, respected art consultant Bernice Nadler-Rhodes, consists of more than 70 paintings, sculptures, works of art on paper and tribal art pieces selected from nearly 600 works from the collection.
November 23, 2003-January 3, 2004
John Patrick Campbell Exhibition
A produt of The George Washington University's fine arts program, John Patrick Campbell presents his work at Strathmore. Campbell's work is influenced by that of Ingres and Vermeer as he brings realism to the contemporary canvas. In a series of self-portraits, tromp o'oiel and still life paintings, this young artist strives to capture the focused reality of the eye.
June 2004
Art for Fine Living
Art for Fine Living, a new three-day long outdoor festival focusing on fine functional and decorative art for the home is held on the green at Strathmore. With proceeds benefiting Strathmore and NIH Children’s Charities, Art for Fine Living features fifty-four juried artisans hailing from all across the nation, and informative seminars offering both new and experienced collectors a weekend of education and entertainment.
January 8-February 26, 2005
The Art of Music from the Baltimore Museum of Art
Traveling throughout the Maryland region in 2005 and 2006. The Art of Music, sponsored by Lockheed Martin, makes its first stop in the Gudelsky Gallery Suite at the Mansion at Strathmore with a selection of 45 musically inspired works from the Baltimore Museum of Art's world-renowned collection. These works explore early musical history with instruments of African, inuit, and Pre-Columbian descent and then venture into the 16th and 17th centruy with pieces like The Strolling Musicians by Rembrandt van Rijn and The Bagpiper by Abrecht Durer. Also adorning the walls of Strathmore's art galleries are more modern creations, including Abstraction by Pablo Picasso, Woman in Striped Pullover, Violin on the Table by Henri Matisse, and The Little Concert by Marc Chagall. Works by Kandinsky and Duschamp explore the atonal and iconoclastic sounds of composers like Arnold Shoenberg and John Cage, and a selection dedicated to jazz features Jamming at the Savoy by Romare Bearden, Coltrane at Half Note by Roy De Carava, and Henri Matisse Jazz by Matisse.
September 8-October 15, 2005
Kaleidoscope Reflections
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the first National Kaleidoscope Exhibition in America presented at Strathmore in 1985, Through the Kaleidoscope, Strathmore Fine Arts presents an international juried exhibition of kaleidoscopes, Kaleidoscope Reflections. Tony Glander, a glass artist and chairman of the Creative Crafts Council, will jury the show. This year's show is presented in conjunction with The Brewster Kaleidoscope Society, Damacus, MD. Of the 41 original participants, nine are still actively creating kaleidoscopes, including the Director of the Brewster Kaleidoscope Scoiety, Charles Karadimos, and will be invited to submit entries for the 20th anniversary show.
September 14-November 7, 2006
Mightier than the Sword: The Satirical Pen of KAL from the Walters Art Museum
On September 14, Mightier than the Sword: The Satirical Pen of KAL opened in the Invitational Gallery in the Mansion at Strathmore. Kevin Kallaugher, aka KAL, was an editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun for 17 years and is currently a cartoonist for The Economist. As one of America's best editorial caroonists, KAL's works take shots at former Governors William Donald Scharfer and Parris Glendening, Governor Robert Ehrlich, and Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley. This exhibition of 30 cartoons and caricatures explores KAL's commentary on Maryland and its politics in a run-up to the November 2006 elections. Kevin Kallugher's cartoons have appeared around the world in more than 100 publications including Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Pravda, the Australian, The New York Times, Time, Newsweek and The Washington Post. His cartooms are distributed worldwide by the New York Times Syndicate. He has won many awards including the 1999, 2002 and 2005 Thomas Nast PRize from the National Overseas Press Club of America and the 2004 Filray Goblet from the Political Cartoon Society of Great Britain for cartoon of the year. Kallaugher is the former president of the Cartoonists Rights Network, an international humanitarian organization that protects cartoonists from human rights abuses, and past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
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