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The Studio of Ben Solowey announces a new exhibition, TWENTY YEARS SO FAR: A 20th Anniversary Celebration of Exhibitions at the Studio of Ben Solowey, featuring the “greatest hits” selected from thirty-six popular shows presented by The Studio of Ben Solowey. “We often hear from people who have only recently discovered the Solowey Studio, that they wish they could see some earlier exhibition we presented,” says David Leopold, Director of the Solowey Studio. “With all of these wonderful works on view, there has never been a better time to visit the Studio.” TWENTY YEARS SO FAR: A 20th Anniversary Celebration of Exhibitions at the Studio of Ben Solowey will open to the public on Saturday June 1st at the Solowey Studio in Bedminster, PA with a reception from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit will continue Saturdays and Sundays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., through June 17th and then by appointment through August.

TWENTY YEARS SO FAR: A 20th Anniversary Celebration of Exhibitions at the Studio of Ben Solowey features the wide range of media that Ben Solowey mastered over his sixty year career including oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, etchings, and sculpture. Previous exhibitions organized by the Solowey Studio have explored Solowey’s international travels in 1924, his subsequent years in New York where he achieved substantial acclaim for his easel work and his charcoal theater portraits commissioned by the top newspapers, and his four decades in Bucks County. The Studio has also presented exhibitions devoted to his interest in modernism, fantasy, drawing, portraits, and the human figure.  Continue Reading »

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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 personality of his sitter, but also speak intelligently to an audience while doing it. We are thrilled to have Paul be the first painter to use Ben’s remarkable studio.

This is history in the making, so you don’t want to miss this event.

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 felt he saw a landscape to paint every time he looked out his studio window. “When you visit the studio of Ben Solowey, you do more than see an exhibition, you enter an artist’s world,” wrote Edward Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer Art Critic. “The charm of [the Studio] is its sense of intimacy and immediacy. Nothing is under glass or roped; rather, it conveys the uncanny feeling that Solowey has just stepped away from his easel and will be back any minute….you couldn’t imagine wanting to be anywhere else.” The Solowey Studio presents two interpretive exhibitions per year of the work of Solowey and his contemporaries. The recent Charles Ward show at the Michener began as a smaller exhibition at the Studio. On view in June will be a new exhibition of the work of contemporary painter Paul DuSold, and his selection of Solowey works.”

The tour runs  10 am – 12 pm. Fee: members $15/non-members $20. Space is limited. To reserve a place,  click here.

The Studio will be open to its regular public hours that day from 1 to 5 pm.