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October Issue 2002
Tryon Fine Arts Center in Tryon, NC, Features Exhibit of Works by George C. Aid
Tryon
Painters and Sculptors will host a retrospective exhibition of
paintings, drawings, and etchings by George C. Aid (1872 - 1938),
curated by Michael McCue in Gallery One of the Tryon Fine Arts
Center in Tryon, NC. The exhibition entitled, Paris and Tryon:
the Art of George C. Aid (1872 - 1938), will be on view from
Oct. 13 through Nov. 5, 2002. This exhibition is the first retrospective
of work by George C. Aid since the artist's death in 1938.
In 1899, Aid traveled to France and took up
residence as an expatriate artist building a solid reputation
as a painter and printmaker. His circle included a number of artists
of the Impressionist movement including Lawton Parker, Richard
E. Miller, and Frederick Frieseke - as well as American artist
John Marin with whom Aid shared his techniques for printing etchings
while they both lived in the same building in Paris.
Noted for scenes of European architecture and "townscapes,"
Aid's etchings contributed to the revival of interest in etchings
in America during the early years of the 20th century.
Returning to America at the outbreak of World War I and discovering the emerging artists' colony in Tryon, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Aid followed an interest developed in France by acquiring a grape vineyard where he established his studio. Creating oils and developing a unique drawing style using French chalk. Aid remained in Tryon until his death in 1938.
In conjunction with the exhibition, McCue has authored, Paris & Tryon: George C. Aid and His Artistic Circles in France & North Carolina, to be released by Condar Press in Oct. Information is at (www.condar.com/press).
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