The following exhibitions are planned in upcoming months at the Hood Museum of Art. Please note that dates are subject to change.
June 28 through September 28, 2008
The Hood's Alma-Tadema painting A Sculpture Gallery (1874) joins X-rays of the painting, related drawings, prints, and photographs, and several of the original ancient Roman objects that Alma-Tadema personally examined and then included here, on international loan from Naples. Alma-Tadema's depiction of the display and sale of classical statues and decorative objects, his largest and one of his most ambitious paintings, emphasizes sculpture in original, daily settings rather than as timeless ideals.
August 30, 2008, through March 8, 2009
This exhibition presents over one hundred works of European art from the Hood's collection. The first objects donated to the College were "coins and curiosities" brought from Europe in 1783 by Dartmouth's second president, John Wheelock. It now has paintings by Perugino, Claude, De Heem, Van Loo, Batoni, and Picasso; sculptures dating from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century; and prints by Dürer, Rembrandt, Canaletto, Goya, Daumier, and Degas.
September 13, 2008, through January 4, 2009
This exhibition of paintings and drawings by Ben Frank Moss honors the artist's twenty years at Dartmouth College, where he has served as chairman of the Studio Art Department and, since 1993, as the George Frederick Jewett Professor of Studio Art. Ranging from expansive, luminous landscapes inspired by Northwest summers to intimate, nearly abstract still lifes, these works reveal the artist's fascination with lush color, essential forms, and an ineffable, enveloping presence beyond the subject at hand.
October 11, 2008, through January 4, 2009
Thirteen recently donated watercolors that reflect the vitality of the "California-style" watercolorists who were active primarily in southern California from the late 1930s through the 1950s. Illustrating a period of rapid urbanization and social change, their subjects range from California's remote coastline, desert landscapes, and migrant labor camps to its bustling seaside resorts and the gleaming Los Angeles skyline. Artists represented include Millard Sheets, Rex Brandt, Phil Dike, Dong Kingman, Emil Kosa Jr., and Barse Miller.
