Art has been with us from the beginning, in the bad times and the good. Nesbitt’s subjects address universal themes. In the pairings to follow, we see ties binding us together.
Max Beckman
Rugby Players
1929 oil on canvas
83 7/8 x 39 3/8 inches
2024
Melvin L. Nesbitt Jr.
My Own Worst Enemy
mixed media collage on canvas
72 x 64 inches
Winslow Homer Snap the Whip
1872 oil on canvas
12 x 20 inches
2025
Melvin L. Nesbitt Jr.
My Sisters With Me
mixed media collage on canvas
64 x 72 inches
45 x 57 3/4 inches
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
Combing the Hair (‘La Coiffure’)
1896 oil on canvas
Melvin L. Nesbitt Jr.
Miss Mary 2024
mixed media collage on canvas
72 x 60 inches
Godfrey Frankel
After Church
1943
vintage gelatin silver print
9 1/2 x 8 inches
Melvin L. Nesbitt Jr.
Spoonman 2025
mixed media collage on canvas
36 x 24 inches
Henri Matisse Dance
1910 oil on canvas
102 1/2 x 154 inches
All Together Now 2025
mixed media collage on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Melvin L. Nesbitt Jr.
Norman Rockwell Spirit of 1976
1976 oil on canvas
2025
Melvin L. Nesbitt Jr.
Joyful Sounds
mixed media collage on canvas
60 x 72 inches
Paul Cezanne
The Card Players
1890-92
oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 32 1/4 inches
L. Nesbitt Jr.
Melvin
Lessons from the Babysitter 2025
mixed media collage on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Jacob Lawrence Brownstones 1958
gouache on board
31 1/2 x 73 1/4 inches
Melvin L. Nesbitt Jr.
Green Box
2025
mixed media collage on canvas
40 x 30 inches
MELVIN