A FINE ART EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE INTERACTIONS AND INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN ART AND MUSIC
On View: March 3 - May 23, 2025
Artists’ Reception: March 27, 2025, 5:30 -8:30 pm
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On view: November 15, 2024 - May 23, 2025
Installation view. Image courtesy of Madron Gallery.
Lawton Parker (1868-1954), “At the Table,” ca. 1900, graphite on paper, 5 x 5 inches
“At the Table” is one of several sketches by Parker from the turn of the twentieth century featuring a solo woman and her rituals around hot caffeinated beverages. The drawings range in formality, from more prim and posed figures presumably destined for a painted portrait to the more languorous, spontaneous gestures found in “At the Table.” It’s tempting to trace an even line of artistic progression for Parker through these images, someone gradually loosening the reigns of his disciplined precision (Parker studied at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux Arts) and finally allowing his hand (and, by extension, the women he depicted) to relax into a newfound freedom.
Read more about Lawton Parker and his drawing “At the Table” here.
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