On View: March 26 - June 12, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 26, 2026, 5:30 - 8:30pm
Exhibiting Artists: Jacob Futhey, Glen Gauthier, Kate Hendrickson, and Kara Cobb Johnson
Anthony Thieme (1888-1954), Chinatown, New York, c. 1940, Watercolor on paper, 13.5 x 18.5 inches
Thieme’s small watercolor titled Chinatown, New York, represents a unique departure from his typical subject matter. It’s not an oil of a quaint small-town scene or boats on the water, but likely a “sketch” or “study” produced on-site during a sojourn into the big city. This watercolor on paper with graphite underdrawing, has a crease down the middle of the page. However, Thieme produces the titular neighborhood and its architecture in great detail, defining windows and storefronts, streetlamps and window awnings. The New York locale is identifiable by subway kiosks on either side of the intersection and the elevated train line that appears between buildings in the distance (likely the Third Avenue line that ran along Bowery and was demolished around 1956).
Learn more about Anthony Thieme and Chinatown, New York here.
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