This past fall I donated several drawings and an artist book I made on Roy C. Nuse to the Michener Art Museum for better preservation and accessibility to the public. Here are some photos of the pieces I donated.
Read More"Peace of Mind" is second from the top left.
Bucks County Landscapes from the Permanent Collection featuring "Age of Speed"
The Michener Museum now has two paintings of Roy C. Nuse hanging on its walls: "Peace of Mind" (see 7/19/17 post), a portrait featuring Nuse's neighbor Blevins, is in their special exhibit “Dedicated, Displayed, Discovered – Celebrating the Region’s School Art Collections;” and adjacent to this is a permanent exhibit of Bucks County Landscape featuring RCN's master work, "Age of Speed."
I was able to go to the museum last week to see the paintings hanging on the walls, and was pleased with how they were being displayed. "Peace of Mind" is prominently featured in the exhibit and in press about the show, and "Age of Speed" is in the center of a group of paintings on the main wall.
"Age of Speed" is in the center.
"Age of Speed" close up
Adrienne Romano, the Michener's Director of Interpretation & Innovation, told me that they like to show school tour groups "Age of Speed" and ask the students what they think the children are playing with (not ipads!). I told her that my father, Paul Nuse is sitting on the wheelbarrow, his brother Ollie is holding the stick. The other two boys are his cousins Phil and John Maddux and the little girl holding the kitten is my Aunt Dorothy (next down from Ollie). It was painted in 1920 when the two families lived on the same farm in Pipersville, Bucks County.
If you are in the Philadelphia area, I encourage you to visit the Michener Art Museum and see these two wonderful exhibits.
"Peace of Mind" is on exhibit from July 8, 2017 - January 7, 2018 and "Age of Speed" is displayed in their permanent exhibit of Bucks County Landscape.
A new show just opened at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA called “Dedicated, Displayed, Discovered – Celebrating the Region’s School Art Collections” and it features Roy C. Nuse's portrait, “Peace of Mind." The portrait is of Blevins, a farmer and neighbor of RCN’s in Rushland, PA whom he painted several times. This painting was part of a group of paintings that were given (or sold very cheaply) to Bucks County schools by artists living in the area, to use for art history education with the children. The collection was given to the Michener from the school district for better safe keeping.
Here are two articles about this unique exhibition:
"Hidden for years, Philly schools' art hangs in a museum - for now" from the Philadelphia Inquirer
"Schooling Collectors?" from FineArtConnisseur.com
The show runs from July 8 to January 7, 2018
http://www.michenerartmuseum.org/
Title page of "An Artist Speaks" limited edition book by Robin Nuse, 1972
In 1972 Robin Nuse, Roy C. Nuse’s granddaughter produced a handmade book about Roy C. Nuse titled “An Artist Speaks – The Thoughts of Roy C. Nuse”. It was an edition of 10 books, and she currently only knows of the location of four of the books. If you know of someone in your family that has this book, she would love to know about it, so she can have a complete listing of the 10 books and their owners.
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Artist's Wife with Three Children
The Susquehanna Art Museum presented New Light: The Pennsylvania Impressionists, Highlights from the Woodmere Art Museum Collection, on view in the main gallery February 7 – May 22, 2016.
Featured in this exhibit was Roy C. Nuse's painting, "Artist's Wife with Three Children," bequeath to the Woodmere Art Museum by the artist's son Robert Nuse. The Susquehanna exhibition represented the largest loan of works from the Woodmere Art Museum to date.
“Most of the artists who contributed to the movement we now call Pennsylvania Impressionism lived in New Hope, Pennsylvania. However, the city of Philadelphia, with its great museums and art schools, served as the intellectual home of the movement. The work of this broad diversity of men and women artists of Pennsylvania Impressionism is strongly represented in the collection of Woodmere Art Museum, a museum in Philadelphia that is dedicated to telling the stories of the city’s artists… Pennsylvania Impressionism represents one of the unique strengths of Woodmere’s collections, and we are honored that the Susquehanna Art Museum will be shining new light on these great cultural treasures of Pennsylvania.”
Artists on view included:
