Two art exhibits at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History offer a diverse mix of media and subjects.
“Of Cathedrals & Cows: Works on Paper from the Museum’s Collection,” and pieces from the Danville Art League’s Annual Juried Exhibition will be on display at the museum through Dec. 21.
The first collection, in the lower-floor Boatwright Gallery, includes 15 etchings from local and non-local artists spanning the 19th and 20th centuries. Etchings have been used by artists since the Middle Ages for everything “from the magnificent to the mundane,” Kristen Quarles, the museum’s arts program coordinator, said during a private tour of the exhibit Monday.
Etching involves the use of metal plates, wax, acid baths, ink and printing presses.
Grand cathedrals and cows in rural settings are two topics that typify the magnificent and the mundane, respectively, Quarles said.
The works, pulled out of the museum’s private collection, include Robert Marsh’s undated piece, “Cows,” and Andrew Affleck’s dramatic “Interior Cathedral at Toledo” that’s Toledo, Spain – and Albany E. Howard’s “The Cathedral at Rouen.”
The Juried Art Exhibition showcases 58 works in the Schoolfield and Jennings galleries, boasting a cornucopia of media including water colors, oil, acrylic, photography and pastel, among others.
The exhibit features works from professionally trained artists and “outsiders,” those who are self-taught and produce art as a hobby, Quarles said.
“We’ve got a good representation of people who are professionally trained and those who do it in their free time,” she said.
The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History is located at 975 Main St. For more information on the exhibits, call (434) 793-5644.
Contact John R. Crane at jcrane@registerbee.com or (434) 791-7987.
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