Florida Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
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(above: Mary Nimmo Moran, Point Isabel, Florida, 1887, etching in black on laid paper, 9 5/16 ? 12 5/16 inches, National Gallery of Art. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Artists from Florida from Wikipedia. Accessed August, 2015.
Florida Art History from Florida Art Galleries. Accessed August, 2015.
Artists of Old Florida is a website that includes biographies of artists and a download of a book by Alfred Frankel, who says: "I've been studying the history of art in Florida for over thirty years. My research has taken me to every major library in the state and resulted in two as yet unpublished books, The Artists of Old Florida, 1840-1960, and A Dictionary of Florida Artists, 1840-1960. This website will bring my books before the public, and attempt to revive the memory of the thousands of Florida artists, many academically trained, who spent their lives working here." Accessed 10/16
Carlton Ward: Florida Wild is a 2017 exhibit at the Polk Museum of Art which says: "Captured through compelling imagery and visual design, photographs featured in the exhibition will provide viewers with a rare opportunity to experience some of Florida's most captivating wildlife and native habitats." Accessed 5/18
Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art is a museum which says: "Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art is home to the largest collection of Florida art in the world and features a rotating collection of 2,600 Florida-themed oil and watercolor paintings." Accessed 4/19
Con-Text: The Word Based Images of Tyrus Clutter is a 2017 exhibit at the Appleton Museum of Art which says: "Marked by exuberant color combinations and embossed textural variations, the images of College of Central Florida Associate Professor Tyrus Clutter have relied increasingly on text over the past few years. These recent printmaking ventures explore the ways humans interpret both words and images -- how both can be "read" and reexamined when paired within the same space. Some images are literally drawn with words." Also see artist's website and a 6/15/17 article in the Ocala StarBanner. To read more after exhibit closes, go to "Past Exhibitions" section of museum website. Accessed 8/17
Daniel Faust: Florida Photos from the 1980s is a 2018 exhibit at the Boca Raton Museum of Art which says: "These 658 Florida photographs are just a few of the 25,000 slide and film images that Faust has taken in a variety of museums and excursions across the United States, Europe, Asia, South Africa, the Middle East, Brazil, India, and New Zealand." Accessed 12/18
Enduring Beauty: Seminole Art and Culture is a 2018 exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art which says: "Enduring Beauty celebrates Seminole culture with works of art, adornment and domestic crafts dating from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century. These objects are not only beautiful and significant, they are expressions of the Seminole's extraordinary history as the Native American people of Florida." Accessed 5/18
Florida's Art in State Buildings Program from Museum of Fine Arts, The College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance, Florida State University. Accessed 8/15
(above: Oliver Chaffee, Two Pelicans,1938, oil on canvas, 21 x 18.5 inches, Childs Gallery. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Florida Department of State Art Collection - from Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Accessed August, 2015.
Florida Impressions: Gift of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers is a 2021 exhibit at the Harn Museum of Art which says: "The selected works on display cover a broad range of themes from scenic views of coastlines and waterways, to depictions of historic landmarks, and scenes capturing popular forms of entertainment enjoyed by locals and tourists alike. Collectively, these paintings comprise a visual history of Florida, its unique topography and climate, as well as its people and their daily lives." Accessed 12/21
GLOW: The Hand-Painted Photographs of E. G. Barnhill is a 2019 exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg which says: "Much of his work focuses on St. Petersburg, as well as other locations around the state, augmenting the natural beauty with heightened colorization. He claimed to be, 'the only man in America to use the photographic process of uranium dyes on glass.'" Accessed 4/20
The Hand-Painted Photographs of E. G. Barnhill is a 2019 exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg which says: "The hand-painted photographs of E. G. Barnhill (1894-1987) offer a unique voyage into the natural splendors of Florida during the early part of the twentieth century." Accessed 3/19
A History of Florida Art from 1564 to the Present from oldfloridapaintings.com. Accessed August, 2015.
Imagining Florida: History and Myth in the Sunshine State is a 2018 exhibit at the Boca Raton Museum of Art which says: "The most comprehensive and all-embracing Florida themed show of its kind, Imagining Florida: History and Myth in the Sunshine State presents a remarkable assemblage of 200+ works of art that celebrate how the Sunshine State has inspired artists across three centuries." Also see press release. Accessed 12/18
The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art, located in St. Petersburg, FL, opened in 2018. The museum says: "Its more than 400 works of art evoke the spirit of a wide-open frontier and the beauty of life in the wild. The museum engages the community through a variety of programs and educational opportunities that bring our history and culture to life." Accessed 10/19
Ponce de Leon Artist Colony including several artist biographies from Dr. Bronson Tours. Accessed August, 2015.
Preserving Eden: Clyde Butcher's Florida Photographs is a 2014 exhibit at the Coral Springs Museum of Art which says: "For more than 50 years, Clyde Butcher has been preserving on black and white film the quiet beauty of Florida's most undisturbed landscapes, including the Everglades." Also see artist's website. Accessed 10/18
Rediscovering the Art of Victoria Hutson Huntley is a 2021 exhibit at the Georgia Museum of Art which says: "During the 1930s and 1940s, Victoria Hutson Huntley (1900 -1971) was one of America's leading lithographers. She produced more than 100 lithographs and a small number of intaglio prints from 1930 until her death. Major museums across the country purchased her work, as did many collectors." Accessed 7/21
Re-Riding History: From the Southern Plains to the Matanzas Bay is a multi-venue exhibit held from 2015 through 2018. The extensive site for the exhibit says: "The curators asked seventy-two artists to respond to the experience of imprisonment by creating an individual work on paper in the same dimensions as the historic ledger drawings made at Fort Marion from 1875-1878. The exhibition is a contemporary response to a historical experience held intact within American Indian communities through oral history and art." Accessed 4/18
Reynier Llanes: When There Is No Frontier is a 2021 exhibit at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum which says: "Llanes gifts viewers with a painted series of magical landscapes, still lifes and portraits into which they can temporarily escape and be wonderfully amused." Accessed 4/22
The Vero Beach Art Club of Vero Beach, FL website says that it "... was formed in 1936 by six dedicated artists who called their group the "Vero Beach Sketch Club" incorporating as the Vero Beach Art Club in 1954." Accessed April, 2016.
Winifred Johnson Clive: An Artist at Home and Abroad is a 2019 exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art which says: "Longtime Orlando resident and supporter of the arts, Winifred Johnson Clive (1906-2001) was also a notable lifelong painter." Accessed 5/19
(above: Thomas Moran, Fort George Island, Florida, 1878, oil on canvas, 9 x 12 1/8 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gift of Neil M. Judd. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Sunset on the Intercostal, 2011. Photo by John Hazeltine)
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