topSummer Art Happenings!

In This Issue
William R. Davis
Igor Galanin
Lillia Frantin
The Pissarro Family
Marjorie Mason 
"Philbin Sand Dune"
"Vineyard Landscapes"
August 7 - 14, 2014
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Artist's Reception
Thursday August 7
5 to 7 pm
The Christina Gallery
is a proud sponsor of
the Martha's Vineyard Food & Wine Festival
 

 

Summer is finally in full swing here on the Vineyard.  It was a bit of a late arrival for most people because of the extended school season and snow days that needed to be made up.  Outside of the uninvited Hurricane Arthur over the 4th of July holiday weekend, it has been a most delightful summer so far.  The Town postponed the holiday celebration by a day and it was certainly worth it, the fireworks were spectacular!
 
New paintings are continuing to arrive daily and we are enjoying the return of Igor Galanin works to the gallery.  For those of you familiar with our gallery, you may remember Igor's work from the past.  Very playful and oversized animals and people are the focus of his whimsical and surreal paintings.  He is featured below in this email.

The Pissarro Family collection has been extremely well appreciated by our gallery clients and those visitors walking into the gallery for the first time.  This collection will continue on display through the middle of September.  Please stop by the gallery the next time you are in Edgartown to view the works in person, we promise it will be worth the trip!

Gallery and island favorite, Marjorie Mason is putting the finishing touches on her works for her show early next month.  We will send out an exhibition announcement when the entire collection is ready for viewing.

We hope you enjoy this newsletter and we look forward to seeing you during your next visit to Edgartown.

 

All the best!

Christina & Liz

WILLIAM R. DAVIS 

"Summer Sail off Cape Poge"

  

Once you have seen a painting by William R. Davis, you will understand why he has a national reputation as one of the best marine artists presently working in the United States.

 

Mr. Davis grew up in Somerville, Massachusetts. He is a self-taught artist whose oil paintings typically capture the serene light of sunrise or sunset on the water.

 

 

 

To view more works by William R. Davis please click on the image.

 

"Pearls"
IGOR GALANIN

 

Igor Galanin was born in Moscow in 1937, where he continued to live until his desire for a career as an artist in the western tradition took him and his young family to Rome. It was there that Igor had his first solo exhibition in 1972. Seeking liberty for himself and his family, Galanin immigrated to the United States that same year.

 

To view more works by Igor Galanin please click on the image.

 

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LILLIA FRANTIN

                   

Reading her notes, from an early age Lillia was drawn to art, deciding to be an artist before she even knew such a thing existed. But it was only after an undergraduate minor in art history and a serious study of the Modernist masters - Cezanne, Van Gogh, Matisse and Bonnard - that she fully understood the potential power and freedom that painting, as an art form, might mean to her.

 

 

 

To view more works by Lillia Frantin please click on the image.

 

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 THE PISSARRO FAMILY

"Le Pommier en Fleurs"

Pastel by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935)

 

On going through September 15

 

The collection includes oil paintings and works on paper by Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903), his five sons; Lucien (1863 - 1944), Georges Henri (1871 - 1961), Felix (1874 - 1897), Ludovic-Rodo (1878 - 1952) and Paulemile (1884 - 1972) and his grandson H. Claude (b. 1935)

 

To view the entire collection please click on the image.

 

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