Museu de Arte de Boca Raton apresenta a história não contada da Flórida através dos olhos de seus artistas (the Boca Raton Museum of Art presents the untold story of Florida through the eyes of its artists)

Bunny Yeager, Bettie Page –at Africa USA- Boca Raton, FL. Collection of Carlos Betancourt and Alberto Latorre © Bunny Yeager and Gallery Schuster  Berlin George de Forest Brush, Indian Hunting Cranes in Florida, 1887, oil on canvas. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Wendel. Abrangendo três séculos, o Museu de Arte de Boca Raton apresenta a história não contada da Flórida através dos olhos de artistas fascinados pela beleza exótica em torno deles. (Spanning three centuries, Boca Raton Museum of Art presents the untold story of Florida through the eyes of artists spellbound by the exotic beauty surrounding them.) Joseph Steinmetz, Unidentified developer with a scale model of the Longboat Harbour Condominium development, 1969, gelatin silver print, Courtesy of Trenam Law, Tampa "Imagining Florida: History and Myth in the Sunshine State" de 13 de novembro de 2018 a 24 de março de 2019, apresenta uma coleção singular de mais de 200 obras de arte que celebram como o Estado da Flórida inspirou artistas ao longo de três séculos, no Museu de Arte de Boca Raton. ("Imagining Florida: History and Myth in the Sunshine State presents from November 13, 2018 through March 24, 2019, a singular collection of 200+ works of art that celebrate how the Sunshine State has inspired artists across three centuries, at Boca Raton Museum of Art.) Irvin lippman, executive director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art  (Photo: Sun Sentinel) "Imagining Florida é mais profunda do que as exposições anteriores", disse Irvin Lippman, diretor executivo do Museu de Arte de Boca Raton. "De paisagens naturais intocadas que desapareceram há muito tempo, para a sua identidade atual como um destino de hiper-turismo", disse Lippman. ("Imagining Florida" digs deeper than previous Florida themed  exhibitions,” said Irvin Lippman, the executive director of Boca  Raton Museum of Art. “From pristine natural landscapes that  have long ago disappeared, to its identity as a hyper-tourism destination", said Lippman.  Burgert Brothers, A couple prepares to launch a canoe on the Hillsborough River, 1922, gelatin silver print. Special & Digital Collections, Tampa Library, University of South Florida. Com três anos de montagem, a exposição tem como curadores  convidados Jennifer Hardin e Gary Monroe. Muitas das telas  raramente foram vistase algumas nunca foram exibidas em museus e pertencem a coleções emuseus de diversas partes dos Estados  Unidos.  (Three years in the making, the exhibition was guest-curated by  Jennifer Hardin and Gary Monroe. Many of their selections have  rarely been seen and some have never been exhibited at a  museum until now, and are from some of the leading museums  and collections throughout the United States.).  Doris Lee, Florida Vacation, c. 1944, gouache on paper. Collection of the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art,  University of Florida; Museum purchase, funds provided by the Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson  Acquisition Fund. Visitantes sentir-se-ão transportados pela história da Flórida através das pinturas, fotografias e desenhos dos séculos XVIII a meados do século XX, de naturalistas a modernistas. (Visitors will feel transported through Florida´s history via the paintings, photographs, and drawings from the 18th to the mid-20th century, from naturalists to modernists.) Artistas e fotógrafos incluídos: Milton Avery, Martin Johnson Heade,John  Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Laura Woodward, Purvis Young, Henri  Cartier-Bresson, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Doris Lee, Robert Frank, Garry  Winogrand, John James Audubon, Frederic Remington, William Bartram,  Sally Michel, Thomas Moran, George Catlin, Frederick Frieseke, e  George de Forest Brush.   (Artists and photographers include: Milton Avery, Martin Johnson Heade,  John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Laura Woodward, Purvis Young,  Henri Cartier-Bresson, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Doris Lee, Robert Frank,  Garry Winogrand, John James Audubon, Frederic Remington, William  Bartram, Sally Michel, Thomas Moran, George Catlin, Frederick Frieseke,  and George de Forest Brush.) Albert Ernest Backus, Sewall’s Point, oil on canvas. Collection of Scott P. Schlesinger.  Photo: Jacek Gancarz. Estas telas pertencem a colecões e museus importantes dos Estados Unidos:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian  American Art Museum, Hirshhorn Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of  American Art, the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach,  Wolfsonian-FIU em Miami Beach, Williams College Art Museum, Harn  Museum of Art em Gainesville, Cummer Museum of Art em Jacksonville,  Museum of Fine Arts em St. Petersburg, Frederick Remington Art Museum.  (These works are from some of the leading collections and museums  throughout the United States: Metropolitan Museum of Art, National  Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Hirshhorn Museum,  Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Henry Morrison Flagler  Museum in Palm Beach, Wolfsonian-FIU in Miami Beach, Williams  College Art Museum, Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville, Cummer  Museum of Art in Jacksonville, Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg,  Frederick Remington Art Museum). Algumas das coleções proeminentes representadas nesta exposião incluem: a coleção de Sam e Robbie Vickers, a coleção de Cici e Hyatt Brown, a Coleção Scott Schlesinger, Philip Pearlstein, e a Coleção de Drapkin.   (Some of the prominent collections represented in this exhibition include:  the collection of Sam and Robbie Vickers, the collection of Cici and Hyatt  Brown, the Scott Schlesinger Collection, Philip Pearlstein, and The  Drapkin Collection.) Marion Post Wolcott, Winter Visitors from Nearby Trailer Park, Picnicking Beside Car on Beach, Near Sarasota,  Florida, 1941, Gelatin silver print. Acquired 2018. Boca Raton Museum of Art purchase with funding provided by the Isadore and Kelly Friedman Collection Fund. Ralston Crawford, St. Petersburg to Tampa, 1938, oil on canvas. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution.  Art © Estate of Ralston Crawford/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Lee Stalsworth. Frederick Carl Frieseke, Hunting Alligators, Pink Sea, 1926, oil on canvas. Collection of the Museum of Arts & Sciences Daytona Beach, Gift of Hyatt & Cici Brown. Photo: James Quine. John Singer Sargent, Basin with Sailor, Villa Vizcaya, Miami, Florida, 1917, watercolor on paper. Collection of the Orlando Museum of Art. Robert Havell after John James Audubon, Zenaida Dove, 1833, from Birds of America,  hand-colored etching and acquatint on Whatman paper.  Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James. Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Gleason Waite Romer, Parrot Jungle, hand-painted photograph. Private Collection; Charles Rosner “Imagining Florida deve servir como ponto de muita discussão sobre a vitalidade da "cena artística", na Flórida, que começou não com as feiras de arte de Miami, na década de 2000, mas no final de 1800, quando Henry Flagler criou uma colônia de arte em St. Augustine e no início de 1900,  quando James Deering construiu Vizcaya", acrescenta Lippman. ("Imagining Florida should serve as a point of much discussion about the  vitality of the ‘art scene’ in Florida, that began not with art fairs in  Miami in the 2000s, but in the late 1800s, when Henry Flagler created an  art colony in St. Augustine and in the early 1900s, when James Deering  built Vizcaya,” adds Lippman). Esmond G. Barnhill, Untitled, c. 1915, uranium pigment glass plate. Collection of Lisa Stone. Photo: Andrew Gilbert. Boca Raton Museu de Arte foi fundado por artistas nos anos 50 e há muito tempo apoia o trabalho de artistas na Flórida.  (Boca Raton Museum of Art was founded by artists in the 1950s, and  has long supported the work of artists in Florida). Man with Jumping Dolphin, gouache on illustration board. Collection of Marineland Dolphin Adventure.

Unknown artist, Mounted Standing Alligator Lamp, c. 1910. Collection of Dan and Tracy McKenna. Photo: Andrew Gilbert. Albert M. Price, Amphibious Plane at Beach, Florida Keys, c. 1918, gelatin silver print.  Collection of Constance Price. Imagining Florida se tornou possível graças ao Fundo de Liderança do Museu, com apoio de Ardele L. Garrod Estate, Fundação Isadore & Kelly  Friedman, Jody H. & Martin Grass, PNC Bank, Anne & Scott Schlesinger, Jennifer & Marc Bell, Dalia & Duane Stiller, Angela & John DesPrez III, Lisette Model Foundation, Patricia Savides, Schmidt Family Foundation,  the Museum’s Friends Auxiliary, e daqueles que desejam ficar anônimos. (Imagining Florida has been made possible by the Museum’s Leadership  Fund, with major support provided by: the Estate of Ardele L. Garrod,  Isadore & Kelly Friedman Foundation, Jody H. & Martin Grass, PNC  Bank, Anne & Scott Schlesinger, Jennifer & Marc Bell, Dalia & Duane  Stiller, Angela & John DesPrez III, Lisette Model Foundation, Patricia  Savides, Schmidt Family Foundation, the Museum’s Friends Auxiliary,  and those who wish to remain anonymous.) SERVICE: "Imagining Florida: History and Myth in the Sunshine State." November 13, 2018, through March 24, 2019.   Boca Raton Museum of Art   501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432, USA.