{"id":51,"date":"2015-08-31T20:07:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T20:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solowey.com\/exhibitions\/?p=51"},"modified":"2017-01-13T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T16:51:13","slug":"paper-trails-by-ben-solowey-oct-3-18-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solowey.com\/exhibitions\/paper-trails-by-ben-solowey-oct-3-18-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Paper Trails by Ben Solowey"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rae<\/a>

Rae in Fur Coat
Charcoal & pastel, 1934<\/p><\/div>\n

The Studio of Ben Solowey announces a new exhibition,\u00a0Ben Solowey\u2019s Paper Trails<\/em><\/strong>, featuring paintings, drawings, and prints from over a half-century of the renown artist\u2019s career. \u201cSome of Ben Solowey\u2019s greatest work are on paper, not canvas,\u201d says David Leopold, Director of the Solowey Studio. \u201cHe was an acknowledged master of draughtsmanship, and there are terrific drawings in the show, including portraits of his favorite subject, his wife Rae. Yet there are also sublime paintings in watercolor and casein, and a small but remarkable body of monotype prints that reveal his lifelong interest in experimentation.\u201d Ben Solowey\u2019s Paper Trail<\/em><\/strong> will open to the public on Saturday, October 3rd at the Solowey Studio in Bedminster, PA from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit will continue Saturdays and Sundays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., through October 18th.<\/p>\n

Ben Solowey\u2019s Paper Trail<\/em><\/strong> is the first exhibit in eighteen months at the Solowey Studio, \u201cBut it is worth the wait,\u201d says Leopold. \u201cThis spring we were offered a cache of some of Ben\u2019s finest drawings and paintings from a private collection, and almost all of these will be in the show. Many of these have either never been exhibited before, or have not be on view to the pubic over fifty years. They are hidden treasures that we look forward to sharing with visitors.\u201d In addition to the works on paper in the \u201cSecond Studio\u201d of Solowey\u2019s handcrafted studio, in the Main Studio there will be a wide range of works, primarily in oils from all different periods in the artist\u2019s career. A 1926 still life hangs\u00a0alongside Solowey\u2019s iconic Young Woman with Still Life<\/a><\/em>. \u00a0Solowey\u2019s award-winning\u00a0\u201cPink Tablecloth\u201d<\/a> returns to the studio for the first time since it was painted in 1948 and won the Gold Medal\u00a0from the Fellowship at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1954. \u201cVisitors will also be reintroduced to a self portrait that is among Ben\u2019s most well known,\u201d explains Leopold. \u201cthis 1962 \u2018selfie\u2019<\/a> is on the cover of the landmark Solowey monograph published in 1989 and it now sits on Ben\u2019s handmade easel where it was originally painted. It\u2019s like seeing an old friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visiting Ben Solowey\u2019s Paper Trail<\/em><\/strong>, \u201cthere is the thrill of seeing these masterpieces where they were created, in Solowey\u2019s spacious studio,\u201d exclaims Leopold, \u201cwhich maintains the atmosphere of the artist at work.\u201d The inviting studio, and the beautiful property it sits on, were created and landscaped by Solowey after he left New York in 1942. The Studio has been featured in Architectural Digest, Pennsylvania Heritage, The Discerning Traveler, <\/em>and Bucks County Town and Country Living.<\/em><\/p>\n

Regular admission to Ben Solowey\u2019s Paper Trail <\/em><\/strong>is $5. Hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. through October 18th. The Studio of Ben Solowey is located at 3551 Olde Bedminster Road in Ottsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. For more information on Ben Solowey\u2019s Paper Trail <\/em><\/strong>or directions, contact The Studio of Ben Solowey at 215-795-0228, or via www.solowey.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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