• Narrow screen resolution
  • Wide screen resolution
  • Auto width resolution
Member Area

MAINE ART SCENE MAGAZINE

Wednesday
May 23rd
Home arrow News arrow Maine Art Museum Exhibits arrow Portland Museum of Art Exhibits John Haberle: Master of Illusion
Portland Museum of Art Exhibits John Haberle: Master of Illusion Print E-mail
Editor: Brenda Bonneville   
Friday, 10 September 2010

Image

The show runs September 18th through December 12, 2010.

(Portland, ME) Combining a masterful technique with sly, witty historical and personal references to American life from 1870 to 1910, today John Haberle (1856–1933) is considered one of the most accomplished American trompe l’oeil (meaning to “fool the eye”) painters. This exhibition will feature approximately 20 paintings and drawings from the New Britain Museum of American Art. Alluding to the moral and political issues of the time, Haberle’s paintings juxtaposes newspaper clippings, tickets, and money with objects such as a pocket watch, playing cards, and rosary beads. The slight but ingenious details make each of Haberle’s paintings exceedingly complex. He spent most of his life in or near his hometown of New Haven, Connecticut, where he worked as an engraver, draftsman, lithographer, and as a custodian and preparator at Yale University’s Peabody Museum of Natural History. This exhibition is part of the new series called Circa that explores compelling aspects of contemporary art in the state of Maine.

For more information, please visit the Portland Museum of Art website.



Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites
Digg! twit this Google! Facebook! StumbleUpon! Yahoo! MySpace!
Comments
Add New RSS
Write comment
Name:
Email:
 
Title:
UBBCode:
[b] [i] [u] [url] [quote] [code] [img] 
 

3.26 Copyright (C) 2008 Compojoom.com / Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved."

 
< Prev   Next >
 

Maine Arts & Culture Magazine
& Virtual Art Galleries

Promoting Maine artists & arts organizations
in new and enterprising ways.

Permanent Maine Art Exhibits

2011 Statewide Virtual Juried Showcase
2012 JURIED VIRTUAL ART EXHIBIT

Maine Advertising

Sign up today! [click here]

Enter Amount:

Jim Nickelson | Nickelson Editions
Fine Art Digital Printmaking in Camden Maine
207.322.1351 | website

Christine Gallery in Lincolnville

Christine's Gallery
Custom Frame Shop in Lincolnville Maine
207.789.5500 | website

Maine Art Tags

Maine Art News RSS

Maine Art News   Maine Art News
     
Add to Google

Subscribe in a reader


IN THIS PLAYGROUND - BY MJB

In this playground by Marcie Jan Bronstein

In This Playground
Art & Photography
(website)

GREAT BOOK STORE

Left Bank Books Searsport Maine

Left Bank Books
Searsport Maine
(website)

LOCAL ART ALLIANCES

Advertisement