New Pait1tit1gs for the US Coast 0-uard Thanks to artists Patrick O ' Brien and Peter Rindlisbacher, the US Coast Guard now has four more of its historic revenue cutters represented in its art collection: RC James Madison, RC Surveyor, RC Eagle, and RC Thomas Jefferson. In 2011, in preparation for the upcoming War of 1812 commemorations, the Coast G uard commissioned four paintings from the rwo artists to fill gaps in their collection of art depicting historic ships of the Revenue C utter Service, the forerunner of today's US Coast Guard. (To see select images in the Coast G uard collection of the "Revenue C utters and the War of 1812," see: http://www.uscg.mil/ history/ 18 12/ l 812imagery.asp)
Revenue Cutter Eagle on Patrol During the War of 1812 by Patrick O'Brien
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The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the National Gallery of Ar t has announced the appointments of members for the 20 12-20 13 academic year. They include Oskar Batschmann, Schweizerisches Institut fiir Kunstwissenschaft, Zurich, as Samuel H. Kress Professor; independent scholar and curator Lynne Cooke as Andrew W. Mellon Professor for 2012-2014; and Cecilia Frosinini, Opificio delle Pierre Duree Laboratori di Restauro, Florence, as Edmond J . Safra Visiting Professor for spring 2013. Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University/The Museum of Modern Art, has been named the 62nd A. W Mellon Lecturer in the Fine Arts for spring 201 3. CASVA also announced the appointment of ten senior fellows, a sabbatical curatorial fel low, rwo scholars in residence, rwo postdoctoral fellows , eighteen p redoctoral fellows, and three predoctoral fellowships for historians of American art to travel abroad . CASVA was founded in 1979 to promote the study of the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, and urbanism through its four programs of fellowships, meetings, research, and publications. (CASVA, National Gallery of Art, 2000B South Club Drive, Landover, Maryland 20785; Ph. 202 8426480; www. nga.gov/casva/) The definitive gift for every maritime histo ry enthusiast - - - -
Cat1adiat1 Cat1vases The Minnesota Marine Art Museum recently opened an exhibition titled Canadian Canvases, featuring some of the museum's best historic and contemporary arrworks depicting Canada's vast coasts, lakes, rivers, and maritime industry. Included in the exhibition are six recencly acquired paintings, plus many wo rks by
SCRIMSHAW Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously C arved Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum By Dr. Stuart M. Frank
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East lronbound Winter by j ack Lorimer Gray Jack Lorimer Gray, one of Canada's most prominent 20th-century marine artists. (800 Riverview Dr., Winona, MN 55987; www.minnesotamarineart.org)
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