EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART COUNCIL

Portland Art Museum

October

2017

OCTOBER MEETING

REMINDER

Our next lecture will be held Wednesday, October 18th, in the Stevens. James D. Burke will be leading us through

the Whistler exhibition.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to the EAAC Hotline phone

number listed in the directory - 503.276.4267, then press 3.

For a little background on Whistler's life an art watch this preview of the PBS documentary "James McNeill Whistler and

the Case for Beauty" .

PBS- Whistler, The Case of Beauty

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

October is bringing fall colors to the northwest and surely Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania is ablaze with color now. The juxtaposition of the two regions came together this week with the opening of The Wyeths: Three Generations and Victoria Wyeth's talk on Saturday followed by our council's reception for her. We also had the special pleasure of being introduced to her significant other, William Basciani, who is an artist working in Chadd's Ford. Please keep your calendars up to date with our council activities through December and take a peek at our April surprise. I am looking forward to seeing all of you on the 18th when James D. Burke, noted scholar and director emeritus of the St. Louis Art Museum, will introduce us to the Whistler exhibit. Patty McMahan

SAVE THE DATES

DEEP IN THE ART OF TEXAS

Yeehaw! We are rounding up participants!

Carol and Tom Shults and their committee are organizing a wonderful trip to Dallas and Ft. Worth this spring which will feature not only art but world-class architectural design. Dates of the the trip are April 24th through April 29th. Mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details.

UPCOMING DAY TRIP: The Barberini Tapestries

Installation view of The Barberini Tapestries at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine (photo by Allison Meier)

The Barberini Tapestries: Woven Monuments of Baroque Rome are on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum until January 21, 2018, featuring one of the seventeenth century's most renowned series, the Life of Christ which is on loan from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. This marks the first time the tapestries have traveled outside New York since they came to the United States in 1889. The exhibition comes at a propitious time. In 2001, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine experienced a devastating fire that greatly damaged two of these tapestries. To see the restoration process [click here].

For a preview, take a look at the many programs in connection with this exhibit [click here]. There is also a link there to interactive learning tools which decode the symbolism in each tapestry.

DATE OF TRIP WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.

UPCOMING EVENTS

If you are going to attend the monthly programs, please RSVP to the EAAC Hotline phone number listed in the directory, 503.276.4267, then press option 3 and leave your name. This helps our Hospitality Committee better plan for food and drink for the events. Wednesday, October 18 6:00 p.m. Social Hour in the Stevens 6:30 p.m. Gallery Talk - Whistler Exhibition James D. Burke, noted scholar and director emeritus of the St. Louis Art Museum, will lead us on a walk-through of the exhibit.

Tuesday, November 14 6:00 p.m. Social Hour in the Stevens

6:30 p.m. Program

Prudence Roberts, former curator of American art at the Portland Art Museum will be speaking on the Wyeth exhibition.

Saturday, December 9 Holiday Luncheon at the Waverley Country Club

Docent Tours

Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917-2009) On the Edge, 2001 Tempera on panel

Bank of America Collection

The Wyeths: Three Generations Docent Tours for this exhibition in October and November are:

Sunday, October 15th at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 24th at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, November 5th at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 12th at 3:00 p.m.

TOURS OF THE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Felipe Diriksen, (Spanish (1590-1679) Portrait of Infanta María Ana de Austria, 1630

Oil on canvas Portland Art Museum 2017.59.1

Thursday, October 19th at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 14th at 1:00 p.m.

Celebrating 125 Years

FRANK DUMOND

Prominent painter, teacher and early museum contributor

This is a self-portrait of Frank DuMond (American 1865-1951). He was an illustrator and American Impressionist painter of portraits and landscapes. A prominent teacher, he instructed thousands of art students throughout a career spanning over fifty years at the Art Students League in New York City. In 1894 he married Helen Savier of Portland, Oregon, another artist. He served as director of fine arts at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland in 1905, and he helped organize the first exhibition at the Portland Art Museum that year in their new building at 5th and Taylor. Here are two photographs of his classes:

DuMond's Art Students League class, ca. 1894

and is a class of women in Portland painting under his tutelage....

Julia E. Hoffman (American, 1856-1934) Painting Class Taught By Frank DuMond in Julia E. Hoffman's Studio, 714 Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, ca. 1895 (negative); 1980s (print),

gelatin silver print, Bequest of Margery Hoffman Smith, public domain, 2005.9.6 .

September 21, 2017 Lecture

On September 21st, President Patty McMahan, opened our first meeting of the 2017-2918 year with a warm welcome to council members, especially, our newest members. The meeting was devoted to a lecture by The Janet and Richard Geary Curator of European Art, Dawson Carr Ph.D., with a focus on royal portraiture. Our newly acquired Infanta Maria Anna by Felipe Diriksen is a wonderful example.

Dawson started his remarks by thanking the council board and members for their generous contributions which enabled us to purchase the significant addition to the European Collection. He told the story of a young princess who eventually would become the Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, and described the world of 17th century monarchs and the portrait painters who captured their images. The lecture provided the historical context for Felipe Diriksen's Infanta Maria Anna, an excellent example of royal portraiture from Spain's Golden Age, and described Diriksen's relationship to the Spanish court and the Infanta Maria Anna. This painting was made shortly before the Infanta's marriage to Ferdinand III of Austria. She became Empress when her husband succeeded his father as Holy Roman Emperor in 1637. At the time of her marriage she was 24 years old and leaving her family in Spain to live in Vienna. Diriksen (1590-1679), the Spanish court painter, was fortuitously given this commission because Diego Velazquez was away completing his studies in Italy. It is a

memento of the lovely princess as she was about to depart, never to return to Spain. Dawson discussed royal portraiture through the lens of other 17th century artists. These included: Diego Velazquez (1599-1660), Alonso Sánchez Coello (1531 - 8 August 1588), and Antonio Moro (c. 1517 - 1577). Diego Velazquez was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He painted the Spanish royal family as well as historical and cultural scenes. For many of us he is the most well-known Spanish painter of this period.

Carol Ann Caveny

A lively social hour preceded the lecture:

Board of Directors

EAAC BOARD

President Patty McMahan Vice President Mary Klein

Secretary LaValle Linn Treasurer Jim Kahan

Past President Greg Leiher

COMMITTEES

Communication: Christine Nelson, Glenys Harrison Membership: Jim Kahan

Archives: Jan Schollenberger Hospitality:

Mary Lou Hautau - Receptions Maureen Moller-Telephone Tree

Greeter: Arden Albertini Photographer: Adrienne Silveira

Name Tags: Paulette Meyer Programs: Patty McMahan

Special Events: Greg Leiher, Glenys Harrison Day Trips: Glenys Harrison

Travel: Carol and Tom Shults - co-chairs Carol Ann Caveny - advisor

Eileen Culligan - contributor Greg Leiher - contributor

Jan Schollenberger - contributor

Board of Trustees Council Liaison: Dee Poth Curatorial Advisor: Dawson Carr

Council Liaison: Jan Quivey

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