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This museum houses artwork by A. E. Backus and other Florida artists. [1] The museum contains the largest public collection of paintings by Backus, [1] a preeminent Florida landscape painter. The A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery, an 8,000 sq. ft. public visual arts facility, was established in 1960 by Backus and a group of local art enthusiasts.
Beanie was mostly self-taught, although he did enjoy two summer stints at the Parsons School of Design in New York City in 1924–25. [12] Backus always earned his living through his artistic talent, first as a commercial artist painting signs, billboards and theater marquees, and later encouraged by Dorothy Binney Palmer, his first true patron, to pursue his landscape paintings as a full-time ...
In 1955, 19-year-old African American artist Harold Newton was convinced by A. E. Backus, a prominent Florida landscape artist, to create paintings of landscapes rather than religious scenes. [7] Newton sold his landscapes from the trunk of his car because art galleries in South Florida refused to represent African Americans. [8]
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum: Central Business District Hall of fame - Sports Cincinnati Triple Steam Museum: California, OH Greater Cincinnati Water Works Steam Engines Displays four of the world's largest crank and flywheel water pumping steam engines used between 1906 and 1963. Cincinnati Type & Print Museum: Lower Price Hill History
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Art museums and galleries established in 1960" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
People look at posters and signs from the 1930-1960 era on display at the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati on Thursday, June 27, 2024. What are the best signs in the collection?
Cincinnati has a number of fine art repositories, including: 1305 Gallery - solo shows, local and regional artists [1] 5th Street Gallery [2] ADC Fine Art -large gallery, private events, local art [3] Artifact Gallery and Workshop [4] ArtWorks Gallery [5] BOOM Gallery [6] Bunk Spot [7] Carl Solway Gallery - work by major contemporary artists [8]
A. E. Backus Museum & Gallery; H. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute; N. National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum; S. St. Lucie County Regional History Center This page ...