April 2011

Gallery C in Raleigh, NC, Offers Exhibit of Works by North Carolina Artists

Gallery C in Raleigh, NC, is presenting the exhibit, The Best of North Carolina Art 2011, on view through May 4, 2011. This exhibition features an important collection of historic fine art from North Carolina during the 20th century.

The exhibition features highly collectible paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, photography, watercolors, and signature pieces by Thomas Hart Benton, George Bireline, Sarah Blakeslee, Warren Brandt, Robert Broderson, Harrison Cady, Eliot Clark, Howard Cook, Tucker Cooke, Joe Cox, Maud Gatewood, Robert Gwathmey, Anne Hill, Emil Holzhauer, Rudolf Ingerle, Mary Anne K. Jenkins, Holger Jensen, Boyce Kendrick, Margaret Law, Robert Lawrence, Clare Leighton, Lawrence Mazzanovich, James Augustus McLean, Susan Moore, Philip Moose, Louis Orr, Henry Pearson, Hobson Pittman, Mabel Pugh, Charles Quest, Francis Speight, John Spelman, Eugene Thomason, Amelia Watson, Bayard Wootten, and others.

All artists are North Carolina natives or residents who worked in a variety of mediums. Art works in the show reflect the many creative influences from institutions such as Black Mountain, Tryon, the North Carolina State Fair, The North Carolina Professional Artist’s League, WPA Art Centers, Penland, and the North Carolina Art Society. While some were self taught, numerous colleges and universities throughout the state also educated and inspired these artists. Curator for the exhibition is Charlene Ferrell Newsom.

For further information check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 919/828-3165 or visit (www.galleryc.net).

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