exhibitions
Maryhill Acquires Preliminary Oil Sketches of R.H. Ives Gammell’s “Hound of Heaven” Series
Boston artist R.H. Ives Gammell (1893–1981) painted his 23-panel series, A Pictorial Sequence by R.H. Ives Gammell Based on “The Hound of Heaven” over the course of 15 years (1941–1956). In them, the artist interpreted British poet Francis Thompson’s late-19th-century “The Hound of Heaven” poem.
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Finding Connection in a Disconnected Time
An artist, an art center, and an art museum partner up to connect people through art from all points of the United States and Canada.
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Plein Air Artists Set to Capture Columbia Gorge Splendor During 2021 Paint Out
Beginning July 26, close to 40 artists will descend on the Columbia River Gorge with easels, paint and brushes in hand to find the perfect vista from which to capture the incredible beauty of the region. With last year’s edition of Pacific Northwest Plein Air in the Columbia River Gorge paused due to the pandemic, artists are eager to get back to this annual tradition.
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Searching for Beauty: A Collaboration with the Aristides Atelier
The COVID Pandemic’s icy fingers reached into every institution worldwide…even museums and art schools. Quickly we had to rethink learning, seeing, making, and sharing. All these months later, there is a light at the end of this challenging tunnel and artist’s views of this time are revealed through pigment on canvas.
Self. Family. Space. Light. Mythology. Love. Death. Patriotism. These concepts are explored and reflected in this year’s collaboration between Juliette Aristides Atelier at Gage Academy in Seattle and Maryhill Museum of Art. SEARCHING FOR BEAUTY: Artists Views through the Lens of 2020/2021 will be exhibited through July 18 in the museum’s M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Education Center.
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