Milton Avery: The Connecticut Years
New Look At Famous Modernist Painter’s Early Years
May 28, 2021
A new exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn., presents an intimate look at the formative years of the modernist painter Milton Avery (American, 18851965). Beginning in Hartford in the 1910s and 1920s, Avery forged a staunchly independent path as an artist for more than half a century. Two dozen sketches, watercolors, and oils illustrate his early interest in depicting landscapes, which he continued to do throughout his career. Highlights of the show also include rarely seen works from Averys summer stay in Collinsville, Conn., in 1930. To add context to these formative experiences and influences, artwork by Averys teachers and colleagues from the Connecticut League of Art Students and the Hartford Art School will be displayed along with brochures, reviews, and letters from the Wadsworths archives. Seen together, these objects tell the story of Averys artistic roots in Connecticut. The exhibit runs to Oct. 17. About the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Founded in 1842 with a vision for infusing art into the American experience, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is home to a collection of nearly 50,000 works of art spanning 5,000 years and encompassing European art from antiquity through contemporary as well as American art from the 1600s to today. The Wadsworth Atheneums five connected buildings, representing architectural styles including Gothic Revival, modern International Style, and 1960s Brutalism, are located at 600 Main St. in Hartford, Conn. For more information, visit www.thewadsworth.org.
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