Of particular note is a cubist watercolor by French modernist Andre Lhote (French, 1885-1962) depicting Marseille Harbor in the early 20th century. Simplified planes of color are used to render the large ocean going vessels and sailing ships as well as the buildings with smokestacks. Contrasting Lhote's industrial waterfront is the impressionist Merio Ameglio (French, 1897-1970) of the Place de la Bastille captured in vibrant blues, greens, creams and maroons. The famous Paris square comes to life with Ameglio's energetic, broken brushstrokes describing the horses and carriages, cyclists, market-goers and Paris' mansard roofs and clay chimneys.

 

Back across the Atlantic on the remote fishing island of Monhegan, 10 miles off the Maine coast, artists Andrew Winter (1892-1958), Karl Schmidt (1890-1962), Jay Hall Connaway (1893-1970),  Abraham Bogdanove (1886-1946), Yolanda Fusko (1920-2009) and Morris Shulman (1912-1978) worked to put into oils, caseins, pastel and watercolor their own distinctive vision of the rockbound island. Andrew Winter shared the clear, realist eye of his contemporary, Edward Hopper, in rendering the Maine architecture and landscape. "Channel Marker, Monhegan" shows Winter's use of rich blue black shadows to contrast the crisp white highlights on the rocks and sky.

 

Other American and European artists of note on display in the show include William Thon (American, 1906-2000), John Folinsbee (American, 1892-1972), Stephen Etnier (American, 1903-1984), John George Brown (American, 1831-1913), Georges D'Espagnet (French, 1870-1950), George Arthur Hays (American, 1854-1945), Maximillien Luce (French, 1858-1941), Henry Schouten (Belgian, 1859-1927), James Fitzgerald (American, 1899-1971) and Albert Marquet (French, 1875-1947).

 

Works by Keith Oehmig, Paul Niemiec, Judith Magyar, David Kasman, Roberta Goschke, Geer Morton, and David Lussier round out the gallery's contemporary offerings.