News from the Studio of Ben Solowey
Posted in exhibition on Jun 3rd, 2010
Yesterday a reviewer from a major city paper was the first to see Eye To Eye, and if her reactions or comments were any indication, it looks as though we have a hit on our hands. The review is scheduled to run on Friday June 11th. We’ll post a link to it once it is […]
Posted in exhibition, Studio on May 26th, 2010
On Saturday June 19th, DuSold will give a portrait demonstration in the Main Studio at 2:30 pm. Visitors are invited to witness history as DuSold paints the first work painted in the studio since Solowey’s death in 1978. RSVP Like Ben, Paul is one of the few accomplished portrait painters who not only can capture the […]
Posted in exhibition, Studio on May 24th, 2010
The James Michener Art Museum continues its tradition of studio visits with a special tour “of the only remaining intact studio from the Golden Age of Bucks County Art.. Located on a 34 acre farm in Bedminster, the views from the studio are virtually the same as when Ben Solowey arrived in 1936. The artist […]
Posted in exhibition, Studio on May 10th, 2010
Here’s what Edward Sozanski, Art Critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote about Paul DuSold’s work in a 2005 exhibition. Under the heading “Echo of the Masters”: Paul DuSold’s “atmospheric” realism, displayed in an exhibition of 28 still lifes at the Gross McCleaf Gallery, might, as he says, be influenced by artists of 16th-century Venice, especially […]
Posted in exhibition, Studio on May 3rd, 2010
The Studio of Ben Solowey is pleased to announce a new exhibition, EYE TO EYE: Paintings and Drawings by Paul DuSold & Ben Solowey, featuring a collection of artwork by award-winning painter Paul DuSold and works by Ben Solowey (1900 – 1978) selected by DuSold. This is first show at the Solowey Studio of a contemporary […]
Posted in exhibition, Studio, Theater Portraits, Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2009
In my “2:30 talksâ€, what I don’t mention is frequently asked about by visitors. The “talks†are closer to conversations with people who are interested in Ben Solowey’s art. I call them the “poor man’s audio tour†because I talk about the paintings and drawings as people are looking at them. Spontaneous questions from visitors […]
Posted in exhibition, Studio, Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2009
Like so much in his studio, Ben Solowey made his easel, by hand. It stood center-stage for still lifes, portraits, and interiors, but at night he sometimes wheeled it in a cool corner and hung it with a damp towel so that the oil paint on his canvas would stay supple and wet. This “wet […]
Posted in exhibition on May 15th, 2009
Assembling the artwork for AN INTIMATE VIEW: Small Paintings & Drawings by Ben Solowey, has been a pleasure. There are so many terrific pieces to choose from, the task proves that the curator’s job is often times not what one puts into a show, but what must be left out. We have whittled the list […]
Posted in exhibition, Studio on Apr 3rd, 2009
AN INTIMATE VIEW OF THE WORLD OF BEN SOLOWEY New Exhibition Explores Small Paintings and Drawings BEDMINSTER, PA — The Studio of Ben Solowey is pleased to announce a new exhibition, AN INTIMATE VIEW: Small Paintings and Drawings by Ben Solowey, featuring a never-before-assembled collection of small works by Ben Solowey (1900 – 1978). The […]
Posted in exhibition, Theater Portraits on Nov 6th, 2008
This exhibition and its accompanying catalogue explores the often uneasy relationship between the art of easel painting and the art of illustration. It focuses on artists who were an important part of the history of the narrative tradition in American culture and who practiced both easel painting and illustration in the years between 1850 and […]
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