MARINE ART NEWS Modern Maritime Artists on View in 2001
Newsletter Gives the Inside Scoop on M arine Art Happenings
Ca pe Cod , Mystic Seaport, The MarineArt Quarterly: An Insider's New York C iry and WilmingGuide to Marine Art for Collectors and ton, Delaware, will be required Historians is a new publication produced d es tination s for maritimeby J. RussellJinishian, longtime directorof minded art afi cionados chis Mystic's Maritime Art Gallery and curyear. In early spring, the Royal rendy o perato r of the J . Russe ll J in ishi an Society of Marine Artists has Gallery, Inc. T he in augural 16-page iss ue accepted an invitation to dis(Fall 2000) feaplay rhe works of 40 members tured updates on at the Maritime Gallery at M ysmodern marine tic Seaport and The FORBES a rti sts, sc rimMagazine Galleries in New shaw news, the York C iry. The paintings will be exhibited in Mystic from 10 Onefrom RSMA: "HMS Augusta: Philadelphia, 1777, " lates t from auction houses, aucMarch through 16 April 2001 by GeoffH unt, oil on canvas, 22x30 inches tion reviews and and at The FORBES Magazine sales results, upGalleries from 8 March through 28 April. Among the artists whose paint- ton faciliry. The exhibit will close o n 25 coming exhibits ings will be exh ibited, and available for November. Eighry of America's top ma- and sales, a nd purchase, are Geoff Hunt (renowned for rine artists will be represented in this exhi- new books. To rhe paintings used as cover art on Patrick bition in 101 paintings, a feast for the eyes! subscribe send a check or money order for O ' Brian 's books), Mark Myers , Fritz (See add resses and phone numbers in Cal- $25/year to MarineArt Quarterly, 1657 Post Road , Fairfield CT 06430; 203 259-8753. J, endar below.) J, Goosen , Bert Wright and David C urtis. Taking full advantage of modern technology, Mystic will have the paintings in MARINE ART C ALENDAR both exhibits on the wo rld wide web at the following address: http: / !store. m ys ti c seaport.org/exhibirions/rsma, through the end of April. (See addresses and phone numbers in Calendar ar righr. ) Following rhe success of its two-ve nue 11th National Exhibition at si res in Seattle and Florida, the American Society of Marin e Artists will premier their 2001 show ar the Cape Museum of Fine Arts in D ennis, Massachusetts, on 28 April , where it will remain until 15 July; two months later, on 27 September, the exhibit will open again at the First USA Riverfro nt Arrs Center in Wilmington, Delaware, where a satellite exhibit will also run at rhe Delawa re Art Museum 's downtown W ilming-
And one from ASMA: 'Molly Rose 2 Reefi In, "by D imetrious Athas, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches
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Festivals, Events, Lectures, Etc. • Mid-Atlantic Maritime Arts Festival: 1820 May 2001 (Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mill Street, PO Box 636, Sr. Michaels MD 2 1663; 410 745-29 16; web sire: www.cbmm.org) • Mystic Seaport: 7- 10 June 2001 , Sea Music Festival; 3-5 August 2001 , Model Yachr Regarra (Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Road, PO Box 6000 , Mystic CT 06355-0990; 888 SEAPO RT; web sire: www.mysricseaporr.o rg)
Exhibits • Cape Museum of Fine Arts: 28 April-15 July 2001 , 12rh National Exhibi tion of rhe American SocieryofMarineArtisrs (CMFA, PO Box 2034, Rte. 6A, Dennis MA 02638 ; 508 385-4477; web sire: www.cmfa.org; ASMA, PO Box 369, Ambler PA 19002; 215 283-0888; web sire: www.marinearrists .org; e-mail: asma@icdc.com) • First USA Riverfront Arts Center: 27 September-25 November 2001 , 12rh National Exhibition of rhe American Society of Marine Arrisrs in Wilmingron DE (RAC, 800 South Madison Srreer, Wilmingron D E 19801 ; ASMA, PO Box 369, Ambler PA 19002; 215 283-0888; web sire: www .marin earrists.org; e-mail: asma@icdc.com) • Delaware Art M useum : 28 September-
25 November 2001 , 12rh National Exhibition of rhe American Society of Marine Arris rs satell ite exhibit (DAM, 1Orh & Marker Srreers, Wilmington DE 19806; 302 57 1-9590;ASMA, PO Box369, Ambler PA 19002; 215 283-0888 ; web sire: www .marinearrisrs.org; e-mail : asma@icdc.com) • The FORBES Magazi ne Galleries : 8 March-28 Apri l 200 l , Royal Sociery of Marine Arrisrs Exhibit (62 Fifth Avenue, New Yo rk NY 10011 ) • Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport : from 10 March 2001, paintings by 40 members of rhe Royal Sociery of Marine Arrisrs (PO Box 6000, Mystic CT 06355-0990; 860 572-5388; web sire: store. mys ricseaporr.org /exhibirions/rsma) • The Noble Maritime Collection: 3 1 March-14 O ctober 200 l , "Herman Zaage: Print Retrospecti ve" (1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island NY 10301; 718 4476490; web sire: www. noblemaririme.org) • San Diego Maritime Museum: from 12 February 2001 , "Arr of the Sea: 17th Century Dmch Masters and Their Legacy" ( 1306 N. H arbor Dr. , San Diego CA 92101; 619 234-9153; web sire: www.sdmaririme.com) • South Street Seaport Museum: 11 January 2001 , "Hudson Rive r Journey" (207 Front Street, New York NY 10038; 212 748-8600; web s ire: www.sourhsrseaporr.org)
SEA HISTORY 96, SPRING 2001