St. Augustine featured in exhibit at Governor’s House Cultural Center
At the time termed the “most paintable town in the U.S.” by artist Anthony Thieme, St. Augustine drew artists to paint its historic surroundings around the Gilded Age and outside of, said Dulce Roman, main curator and curator of modern day art for the Harn Museum of Art at the College of Florida.
Paintings from artists who stayed at Henry Flagler’s Hotel Ponce de Leon and sold functions showcasing St. Augustine to rich visitors are part of an exhibit at the Governor’s Residence Cultural Center and Museum at 48 King St. in St. Augustine, Ramon explained.
The show, which opened Friday, is cost-free to the general public. Show several hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday as a result of Sunday. The bank loan agreement for the pieces is for 1 yr, in accordance to UF Historic St. Augustine Residence Supervisor Billy Triay.
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The exhibit was element of the St. Augustine Heritage Pageant, which featured distinctive situations and venues about the metropolis by Sunday. The celebration was developed by UF Historic St. Augustine, the firm tasked with caring for point out-owned houses in the metropolis. Details are at staugustinehistoryfestival.com.
The “Painting St. Augustine” show is from the Harn Museum of Art’s “The Florida Art Assortment,” a gift from Samuel and Roberta Vickers. The couple gave their selection of about 1,200 is effective of artwork to the Harn Museum.
The component of the collection that is in St. Augustine options “is effective by far more than twenty artists who captured lively landscapes and city sights of Florida’s oldest town,” according to the Harn Museum of Art. “The performs date from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries and address a broad selection of themes from views of coastlines and waterways to depictions of historic landmarks, picturesque streets and courtyards. Collectively, these paintings comprise a visible history of St. Augustine, its exclusive topography and local climate, as perfectly as its individuals and their each day lives.”
The St. Augustine show features near to 40 paintings.
Among the highlighted artists are Frank Shapleigh and Laura Woodward, each of whom stayed at the Lodge Ponce de Leon.
“By the 1890s, St. Augustine experienced develop into a wintertime playground for artists and travelers alike, and paintings these kinds of as these on look at listed here held a immediate charm to readers who could purchase them as souvenirs of their travels,” according to an show description by Roman.
Scenes involve the Castillo de San Marcos (Fort Marion), Fort Matanzas, occupied downtown streets, nuns, the bayfront, and people strolling via the Plaza de la Constitucion, between many others.
Lee Anne Chesterfield, director of the Harn Museum of Artwork, claimed about the Vickers Selection, “I assume of it as a stunning historical past of Florida in painting.”