Picture Perfect Exhibits

Picture Perfect: Images of Northwest Connecticut

Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
(June 1 - September 18, 2003)

Newington Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
(October 5 - November 14, 2003)

A major loan exhibition of approximately 40 paintings of northwest Connecticut, created by leading American artists between 1790 and 1940, borrowed from major art museums and private collections from around the country. Artists include Ralph Earl, Jasper Cropsey, Homer Dodge Martin, David Johnson, William Trost Richards, Emil Carlsen, Ernest Lawson, and others. Subjects include scenes from Washington, Litchfield, Sharon, Salisbury, Kent and New Milford.

Picture Perfect Bethlehem Lauren Ford Old Bethlem Historical Society An exhibit of the work of Lauren Ford (1891-1973), prominent illustrator who created Christmas scenes from Bethlehem that became nationally known.	Picture Perfect Litchfield Deming, Van Laer, and Vanderpoel Litchfield Historical Society An exhibit of the landscapes of three turn-of-the-century Litchfield artists: Alexander T. Van Laer, Emily VanderPoel and Adelaide Deming. Successful artists in New York, these artists attracted sizable crowds to their summer exhibits of the gardens and landscapes of Litchfield’s golden era. The exhibit will include archival materials relating to their exhibits and activities in Litchfield.
Picture Perfect Cornwall James Henry Moser Cornwall Free Library An exhibit of the work of James Henry Moser (1854-1913), renowned artist of African American life in the South after the Civil War. Moser spent the summer with his in-laws the Scovilles in Cornwall, painting the countryside for thirty years. This exhibit, from the collections of the Cornwall Historical Society, is co-sponsored with the Cornwall Library.	Picture Perfect New Milford Edith Newton New Milford Historical Society An exhibit of the work of printmaker Edith Newton (1878-1964) featuring drawings, paintings and artifacts of the artist who catalogued the streetscapes of the village and its surrounding countryside in charming detail.
Picture Perfect Kent George Laurence Nelson Kent Historical Society An exhibit of the work of George Laurence Nelson (1887-1978) and the new Nelson Gallery. Nelson was a prize-winning portrait painter and member of the National Academy of Design, who left his home, studio and gardens to the Kent Historical Society.	Picture Perfect Washington John Folinsbee Gunn Historical Museum An exhibit of the work of John Folinsbee (1892-1940) , later known as a member of the Art colony in New Hope PA, Folinsbee came to Washington as a student at The Gunnery and married a daughter of the local Baldwin family.
	Picture Perfect Woodbury Natalie Van Vleck Flanders Nature Center An exhibit of the work of Natalie Van Vleck (1901-1982), a world traveler who established a model farm, now the Flanders Nature Center in Woodbury, where she pursued her artistic interest in the natural world.

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