H Call, “Prize Bull” 1876, Natl Gallery of Art
Roanoke, VA. – The Taubman Museum of Art presents a selection of American folk art paintings from the Colonel Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art as part of its spring schedule. American Naive Paintings from teh Garbisch Collection will open to the public on March 5 and remain on view through May 16, 2010.
The 35 works in the exhibition were created by folk artists who had little or no training in the arts. Portraits, landscapes, sporting and maritime scenes, and depictions of memorable historical events will engage audiences with their unique qualities of simplicity, directness and creative vitality in color and design.
via artdaily
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