The exhibit “Picturing America: Signature
Works” from the Westmoreland Museum of
American Art will be on view at The Hyde
Collection, Sept. 28 through Jan. 4.
From the 1758 portrait of John Gardiner
by John Singleton Copley to Milton Avery’s
“Arrangement with Plants of 1948,” the exhibition
presents 57 paintings and sculptures that
describe the American experience from the
Colonial period to early Modernism.
Other renowned artists from the 200-year
span represented in the selection include
Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Susan
MacDowell Eakins, Childe Hassam, Robert
Henri, George Inness, Paul Manship, John
Singer Sargent and Benjamin West as well as
Charles Willson Peale.
The works in the exhibition, including still life,
portraiture, narrative and abstraction,
provides a visual embodiment of such national
ideals as freedom, diversity and opportunity,
museum officials said.
The exhibition is curated by Hyde Director
Charles Guerin.
Picturing America is organized and toured
by the Westmoreland Museum of American
Art, Greensburg, Pa., which is currently under
renovation and expansion. Prior to exhibiting
at The Hyde, the works traveled to the Dixon
Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.; Vero
Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, Fla; and the
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Ga.
The exhibition is sponsored, in part, by the
town of Queensbury, New York and Adirondack
Trust Co. and is made possible by the New York
State Council on the Arts.
In Hoopes Gallery, “Anne Diggory: Hybrid
Visions” showcases 16 of her recent works and
explores her “hybrid media”, a multi-layered
process combining sections of photography
and painting. Diggory paints on top of printed
versions of manipulated, digital collages of
photographs of paintings and the locations
that inspired them.
Diggory lives in Saratoga Springs and
frequently paints in the Adirondacks. She
exhibits extensively in the New York and
New England area and is represented by Blue
Mountain Gallery in New York City. Her work is
in numerous private and corporate collections
nationwide, including purchases by Phoenix
Home Life in Albany, Bessemer Trust in San
Francisco, Adirondack Trust, and AYCO in
Saratoga Springs.
Her work has been featured in American
Artist, Adirondack Life, and The New York
Times.
This exhibition is made possible by the New
York State Council on the Arts.
The public opening night reception for both
exhibitions will take place on Saturday, Sept.
27, 6:30-8 p.m. It is free for Hyde members and
$20 for non-members.
To make reservations, 792-1761, ext. 323 or
email tvanier@hydecollection.org by Sept. 22.
Photo Courtesy The Hyde