News from the Studio of Ben Solowey
Posted in exhibition, Special event on May 18th, 2018
Sherlock Jr. Starring Buster Keaton with live musical accompaniment by theater organist Brett Miller June 16, 2018 Doors open 7:30 pm; Film at 8:00 pm Did you ever wish to know what it was like in the 1920s? Time travel may still be far off, but for one night we hope to transport you back to […]
Posted in archive, exhibition, photo, Rae, Special event, Studio, Theater Portraits on Jan 13th, 2017
2017 marks two special anniversaries for The Studio of Ben Solowey. 75 years ago, Ben and Rae Solowey moved permanently to Bucks County. 25 years ago, we began to present regular interpretive exhibitions at the Solowey studio of Ben’s work, his contemporaries, and occasionally a contemporary artist. Our plan is to celebrate both anniversaries this […]
Posted in exhibition, Special event on Jan 12th, 2017
For more than 25 years I have both literally and figuratively looked over the artist’s shoulder as he/she works at an easel. That’s what curators do. We want to see not only what the artist has created, but when possible, how they did it, what was their motivation, and what was the context. Sometimes it […]
Posted in exhibition, Special event on Sep 2nd, 2016
On Saturday October 15th, award-winning artist Paul DuSold will give a portrait demonstration in the Main Studio at 2:30Â pm. Visitors may remember that six years ago, during the run of a joint exhibition of Solowey and DuSold work here at the Solowey Studio, DuSold made history by painting the first work in the studio since […]
Posted in exhibition, Special event on Sep 1st, 2016
Please join us for our first film event on October 22nd at 7 pm. This special showing of the classic silent film, Nosferatu in the Halloween season is sure to memorable, as it is not only considered a film masterpiece, but it will have live musical accompaniment by the “boy wonder†of the theater organ, Brett Miller. […]
Posted in exhibition, Rae on May 13th, 2016
To highlight works in the exhibition, Homage: Ben solowey’s Art iNspired by His Influences, we are providing articles on the artists he admired and the works they inspired: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 – 1867) was on a quest to capture the ideal beauty. A student of Jacques-Louis David, then Europe’s greatest artist, Ingres learned the Neoclassical […]
Posted in exhibition, Special event on May 12th, 2016
Thurs. June 2nd at 7:30 pm at the Studio of Ben Solowey 80 years ago, the deadliest flood in Pennsylvania history covered more than 1/15th of the state in water for days & resulted in flood control legislation nationwide. Rae’s family was particularly hard hit, with her family’s business, home and adjacent properties all destroyed. A fascinating […]
Posted in exhibition, Special event on May 12th, 2016
Thurs. May 26th  at 7:30 pm Join David Leopold as he takes us on a tour of the Hirschfeld Century, an 82-year era in which Al Hirschfeld both recorded and defined so much of popular culture, especially through his drawings of productions on Broadway and in Hollywood. He was there at the birth of television and captured […]
Posted in archive, exhibition on Apr 19th, 2016
Jean-Antoine Watteau, an 18th century French painter and draughtsman “created, unwittingly, the concept of the individualistic artist loyal to himself, and himself alone,†according to one critic. It is said that his work from the 18th century anticipates art about art, especially in his paintings and drawings of the theatrical figures from the commedia dell’arte. […]
Posted in exhibition, Theater Portraits on Jan 25th, 2016
Immigrants continue to be in the news. While Central American immigrants are the focus of attention and sadly, scorn today, a century ago that attention and invective was aimed toward Jewish immigrants, primarily from Central Europe. Those that came to New York congregated on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and a remarkable culture blossomed […]
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