Exhibitions
September 3, 2022 through May 14, 2023
Featuring some of our favorite and most interesting frames protecting and showcasing work by John Singer Sargent, George Inness, Edward Gay, Maurice Prendergast, and more.
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Head of an Italian Woman, ca. 1881
Tabernacle-style frame, maker unknown
Oil on canvas
Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1929
May 28, 2022 through August 20, 2023
This exhibition celebrates the art of salt glazed stoneware from New York and Vermont, and sheds light on where these utilitarian objects were produced and by whom. Each stoneware piece delights with fanciful patterns, objects, animals, and even people!
The pieces from this exhibition are from the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers' Museum collection, and comprise choice pieces from their extensive stoneware collection.
Image credit:
J. & E. Norton Pottery
Bennington, VT
“Flower Basket” Three-Gallon Jug, ca. 1850 - 1859
Collection of the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY
Gift of Preston Bassett
March 5, 2022 through August 21, 2022
This exhibition features visitor favorites, rarely exhibited pieces, and stellar examples from the permanent collection. The installation inspires creative thinking, and asks viewers to consider the faces, postures, attire, and location of the varied portraits to experience close looking and even self-reflection. Artists featured include Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, Gilbert Stuart, Robert Henri, George Bellows, Frank Duveneck, and many more.
Abbott Thayer (1849-1921)
Girl Arranging Her Hair, ca. 1918-1920
Oil on canvas
Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1930
