Milton Avery`s Vermont Grandma Moses

ART HISTORY INNOVATION
Milton Avery's Vermont
July 2 through November 6
Grandma Moses
June, 2016 - New paintings on view
Always On View:
Bennington Pottery, Fine, Folk, and
Decorative Art, Battle of Bennington
Grandma Moses
New for 2016. Largest public collection
including selections from The Night
Before Christmas series.
Mid-Century Modern
Works by Frankenthaler, Olitski, Feeley,
and others.
Gilded Age Vermont
Innovation and prosperity from
Vermont’s past.
Contemporary Art
Mark Barry, Sally Gil, Marcy Hermansader,
Vincent Longo, Duane Michals,
Jen Morris, Leslie Parke.
For 2016
3D Digital Here and Now
March 26 through June 15
Milton Avery’s Vermont
July 2 through November 6
1863 Jane Stickle Quilt
September 3 through October 10
Vermont Life Gallery
Vermont through Stories!
New in fall, 2016
COMING IN 2017
Grandma Moses: American Modern
July 1 through November 5, 2017
In addition to the new works on loan in the permanent gallery (June,
2016) that are dedicated to the life and work of Anna Mary Robertson
“Grandma” Moses, Bennington Museum will present Grandma Moses:
American Modern. Collectively over 65 works of this great American
modern folk artist will be on view. This special exhibition pairs her
paintings and ephemera alongside fellow folk artists, as well as her modernist contemporaries and counterparts. Key paintings by iconic artists
such as Joseph Cornell, Helen Frankenthaler, Edward Hicks, Morris
Hirshfield, Joseph Pickett, and Andy Warhol are included in this exhibition.
Bennington Museum • 75 Main Street • Bennington,VT 05201
www.benningtonmuseum.org • 802-447-1571
Just 20 minutes from The Clark and 30 minutes from MassMoCA
Open 10 am to 5 pm every day June through October (Closed July 4),
Thursday through Tuesday, November – December and February – June.
~ In The Shires of Vermont ~
Front: Milton Avery (1885-1965) Blue Trees, 1945, Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 inches, Collection Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College,
State University of New York, Gift of Roy Neuberger, © 2015 The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo
Credit: Jim Frank. Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses (1860-1961) Jolly Old Santa, 1960, Oil on pressed wood, 12 inches x 16
inches, Copyright © 2016, Grandma Moses Properties Co., New York, Grandma Moses Properties Co., NY. Above: Giovanni Pagnotta,
Z® chair, Solid carbon fiber with natural carbon finish, 14 inches x 22.75 inches x 31.125 inches, Photography by Allan Newman,
Manufactured by Vermont Composites, Bennington,VT. Paul Feeley (1910-1966), Canopus (detail), Oil-based enamel on canvas, Courtesy of the Feeley Estate. Jane A. Stickle (1817-1896) Sampler Quilt, 1863 (detail), Pieced cotton with linen backing. Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses (1860-1961), Christmas Garden, 1960, Oil on pressed wood, 12 inches x 16 inches, Copyright © 2016, Grandma
Moses Properties Co., New York, Grandma Moses Properties Co., NY.