September 2014
Haynes Galleries presents “Journeys in American Realism”
September 5 to October 4, 2014
NASHVILLE— To close the summer season Haynes Galleries presents “Journeys in American Realism,” a diverse exhibition consisting of nine vignette shows. Covering a range of styles and mediums, the vignettes will explore American Realism— past, present, and future— at its finest. The exhibition will be on view from September 5 to October 4 on the Music Row Roundabout. Each vignette will highlight an individual artist or survey a theme and represent the variety of Haynes Galleries’ distinguished roster of artists.
A series of black-and-white photographs by world-renowned portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh will reveal the inner character of some of the 20th century’s most famous figures, Georgia O’Keeffe, Albert Einstein, and Jacques Cousteau among them. His dark and moody photograph of Winston Churchill has become one of the most widely reproduced images in the history of photography.
American masters from the last two centuries are represented in The Real Masters. Names synonymous with American Realism—Sargent, Rockwell, Wyeth (both N.C. And Andrew)— will be on display next to the most notable names of the style today including Stephen Scott Young and Jamie Wyeth.
The glorious qualities of water are showcased in their own section. Views of flowing rivers, rushing waterfalls, and ocean surf are carefully yet expressively crafted in a variety of media. E.P. Lewandowski’s colored pencil views of cascading waterfalls will awe with their precision and vividness.
John Baeder is well known for his images of roadside diners, capturing a form of classic Americana that is rapidly disappearing. The vignette show of his work focuses on these loving tributes to gritty America. A Nashville resident, Baeder’s work has been featured in over 30 solo exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad.
The relationship between two of the most classic subjects in art, the female form and floral still lifes, are on display in their own vignette. The arrangement includes portraits by some of the most accomplished portraitists active today, including Ellen Cooper, Joyce Tenneson, and Burt Silverman, and still lifes by Krista Schoening and Karen Horn, who brings life and light to her images in a manner rarely seen in watercolors.
The relationship between two of the most classic subjects in art, the female form and floral still lifes, are on display in their own vignette. The arrangement includes portraits by some of the most accomplished portraitists active today, including Ellen Cooper, Joyce Tenneson, and Burt Silverman, and still lifes by Krista Schoening and Karen Horn, who brings life and light to her images in a manner rarely seen in watercolors.
Philip Michelson’s photorealistic paintings make the everyday iconic. With painstaking technique and remarkable attention to detail, the mundane— a baseball, wine corks, a piece of bubble gum— become exalted. Philip’s paintings delight and awe, but they also change the way we look at things.
A collection of photographs of Andrew Wyeth by several photographers reveal the character of one of the most beloved American artists ever. Set amongst the landscapes he painted at different times during Wyeth’s life, the photos were taken by those who knew him best including his niece Victoria Browning Wyeth.
Plein air painting shines in a vignette show of small-scale landscapes. The challenges and rewards of painting amongst the elements are apparent in the picturesque views. Immediacy and motion are captured in every brushstroke.
A drawing portfolio closes the exhibition, with quick sketches and finished charcoal studies proving works do not need to be created with a brush to be awe-inspiring.
A viewing of nine vignette shows becomes a journey through American Realism’s past and future at Haynes Galleries. The emotion and skill present in each work are the ties that bind a unique end-of-summer exhibition.