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BY CARA ZIMMERMAN
BREWSTER OPENING RECEPTION from Antiques magazine,the useum members celebrated Fenimore Art Museum,and the the opening ofthe seminal Metropolitan Museum ofArt traveling exhibition "A were also in attendance. DeafArtist in Early America: A highlight ofthe exhibition is The Worlds ofJohn Brewster Jr." the pairing ofthe portraits Mother in October at a festive reception featuring a New Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;inspired with Son (Lucy Knapp Mygattand Son, George)and Comfort Starr autumnal theme and live classical Mygatt and Daughter, Lucy, which, music,performed by the AE Chamber Players.Paul S. SARAH PRINCE /John Brewster Jr. (1766-1854)/ Newburyport, D'Ambrosio,who organized the Massachusetts /1801 / oil on canvas / exhibition with Harlan Lane 521/o <40"! Alice M. Kaplan Collection for the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., and senior curator Stacy C.Hollander were both on hand to discuss the portraits. Seven paintings were added to the exhibition for the New York City portion ofthe tour,including Woman in Gray Dress,which is a promised gift to the museum's
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Nancy Adams McCord (left) and Joanne Adams wit portraits of their ancestors
Deputy director Linda Dunne and Tom Reynolds
Michael R. Payne (left), Suzanne Rudnick Payne, and Ralph Sessions
Director Maria Ann Conelli (left) and Joan Davidson
Stacy C. Hollander (left) and Vivian B. Mann
collection, and the magnificent Sarah Prince,on loan from the Alice M.Kaplan Collection. Lenders Joan Davidson, Jane Katcher, Dave and Barbara 'Crashes, Bill Samaha,and Jane Supino,among others,celebrated the opening,and staff members
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prior to this show, had not been displayed together for many years. This "family reunion" proved especially exciting, as two descendants ofthe portrait sitters, sisters-in-law Nancy Adams McCord and Joanne Adams,came to the reception to view the pictures oftheir ancestors.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATT FLYNN
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Jeff Pressman, Nancy Kollisch, and director Maria Ann Conelli (right)
Mary Bartow (left), Paul S. D'Ambroslo, and Courtney Booth