Lore Degenstein Gallery

John Hultberg and Monhegan Island: The Man, the Place, and His Dreams

Spring Exhibition

April 14 - May 11, 2012

Opening reception Saturday, April 14, 2012, from 7 - 9 p.m.

This exhibition examines the relationship between John Hultberg (1922-2005), an artist schooled in abstract impressionism by Richard Diebenkorn, Mark Rothko, and Morris Kantor, and Monhegan Island, Maine where Hultberg summered from 1961 to 1984 and where he found inspiration for many of his most important paintings. During an extended Paris stay in 1954, Hultberg met the now-legendary New York art dealer Martha Jackson who soon became his dealer and champion, arranging 60 solo exhibitions of his work in America and Europe. Throughout his career he won many prizes, such as first prize at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Biennial and at the International Congress for Cultural Freedom in Rome, he received many fellowships and grants from several important art foundations, and his paintings were acquired by many museums around the U.S. and in Europe. The works in the exhibition consist of three types: a large group of paintings that emerged from the artist’s dreams; representational paintings characterizing significant events in the artist’s life; and landscapes from his first summer on the island.

Hours

Noon to 4 p.m. daily
The Gallery closes for university recesses but requests for individual appointments can be arranged when classes are not in session.