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SUMMARY:CAM Talk – Artist Conversations Across Time: From Cape Ann to Rembrandt in Rothko’s "Thru the Window\," by Dr. Elliot Bostwick Davis
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 3\, 2026\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.\nJanet & William Ellery James Center\, CAM Green\n13 Poplar Street\, Gloucester\, MA 01930\nCAM Members $5\, Non-Members $10.\nRegistration Required. Parking is first come\, first served and carpooling is encouraged. \nBy the late 1930s\, Mark Rothko stood at a threshold—geographically\, artistically\, and personally. Having spent summers on Cape Ann\, in Massachusetts\, he was immersed in the home life of the Averys and Gottliebs\, practicing artists whose studios\, routines\, and shared ambitions offered living models of artistic life beyond New York. At the same moment\, Rothko was absorbing the legacy of earlier painters who had grappled with the meaning of the artist’s vocation\, most notably Rembrandt.  \nThis talk explores Rothko’s Thru the Window (1938-39) as a meditation on the nature of creative space. Bringing together the artistic life observed on Cape Ann\, the art-historical memory of Rembrandt’s Artist in His Studio\, and tensions within Rothko’s own marriage to artist-turned-designer Edith Sachar\, the painting emerges as a theatrical staging of artistic identity in formation. The window becomes both aperture and boundary—a site where present artistic conversations and inherited traditions converge. \nThis lecture is presented in conjunction with the museum’s upcoming exhibition\, Avery\, Gottlieb\, & Rothko: By the Sea\, offering context and insight into the artists and themes in the exhibit. For more information about upcoming lectures for the exhibition\, please visit the Events Calendar. \nDr. Elliot Bostwick Davis is a former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the John Moors Cabot Chair at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, where she was responsible for leading the curatorial program for the acclaimed Art of the Americas Wing designed by Foster+Partners\, and Director of the Norton Museum. She has published extensively on American art\, including on Fitz Henry Lane\, Winslow Homer\, Mary Cassatt\, Horace Pippin\, Loïs Maillou Jones\, Norman Lewis\, and Jamie Wyeth. Her most recent book\, Edward Hopper & Cape Ann: Illuminating an American Landscape (Rizzoli/Electa\, 2023) was a #1 Amazon Best Seller. Davis was a 2022 Fellow in Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative\, and served as Senior Editor\, Arts and Culture for Harvard’s Social Impact Review until 2024. Her current book\, The Field Guide to Awe & Joy: Discovering Art That Makes Us Happier\, builds on her work on art and well-being\, including a recent essay\, “Art Museums as Catalysts for Human Flourishing\,” recently published in the Visual Arts Volume for the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project (Oxford University Press\, 2024). Davis is currently serving as Guest Curator for the exhibition\, Stuart Davis: Call and Response\, appearing at The Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadds Ford\, PA\, and the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester MA in 2028. She received her A.B. cum laude from Princeton University\, and holds a Master’s from New York University\, and a doctorate in art and archaeology from Columbia University.  \nImage Credit: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606–1669)\, Artist in His Studio\, c. 1628. Oil on panel. 93/4 x 12 ½ in. Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston. Zoe Oliver Sherman Collection given in memory of Lillie Oliver Poor\, 38.1838.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/cam-talk-from-cape-ann-to-rembrandt-in-rothkos-thru-the-window-by-elliot-bostwick-davis/
LOCATION:CAM Green\, 13 Poplar Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States
CATEGORIES:Avery Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea,CAMTalks,Exhibit Openings & Events,Exhibition Programs
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SUMMARY:Online Lecture – "Avery\, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea" with American Ancestors
DESCRIPTION:This online lecture is hosted through American Ancestors.   \nFriday\, June 12\, 2026\n4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.\nOnline Lecture\nFree of charge.\nRegistration is required. To register\, please visit the American Ancestors website.\nPlease direct any questions about this partner programming to American Ancestors.\n \nDrawing upon the rich history of artistic collaboration that shaped American modernism\, Cape Ann Museum Director Oliver Barker and guest curator Eliza Rathbone will lead an insightful discussion on the upcoming groundbreaking exhibition\, Avery\, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea. This presentation will delve into the profound impact of Gloucester’s coastal landscape on the development of three titans of 20th-century art: Milton Avery\, Adolph Gottlieb\, and Mark Rothko. Barker and Rathbone will illuminate the shared summers and creative exchanges that fostered lifelong friendships and influenced the artists’ evolution from representational painting to abstraction. They will share behind-the-scenes details about the building blocks around creating the exhibit and highlight key works from the exhibition’s impressive roster of loans. \nEliza Rathbone\, Chief Curator Emerita of The Phillips Collection\, has spent more than forty years as a museum curator\, during twenty-five of which she led the curatorial department of The Phillips Collection. \nEducated in art history at Smith College\, New York University\, and the Courtauld Institute of the University of London\, Rathbone assumed her first curatorial position when she was 28 years old as Assistant Curator of 20th century art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, D.C. After eight years there engaged in major special exhibitions\, she moved across town to become Associate\, and then Chief Curator of The Phillips Collection. In these capacities Rathbone worked on the growth and care of the collection and its installation in the galleries including the Duncan Phillips Centennial exhibition occupying the entire museum. Rathbone researched and organized numerous special exhibitions and authored accompanying catalogues on 19th and 20th century American and European art\, collaborating with major institutions in the US and abroad\, including the National Gallery of Canada\, Tate Britain\, the Van Gogh Museum\, the Réunion des Musées Nationaux\, as well as the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston. \nRathbone’s work has encompassed many and diverse artists\, including Pierre Auguste Renoir\, Hilaire-Germain Edgar Degas\, Vincent van Gogh\, and Nicolas de Stael as well as Mark Tobey\, Susan Rothenberg\, Milton Avery\, and Mark Rothko. In 1978\, she contributed the essay on Mark Rothko to the catalogue of Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist\, at the National Gallery of Art\, and in 1994 collaborated with the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation on an exhibition of Gottlieb’s Pictographs at The Phillips Collection. In 2003\, she organized a special exhibition of the work of Milton Avery\, authoring the accompanying catalogue. The special exhibitions she has organized in more recent years have often been sparked by new discoveries in conservation and involved technical and scientific examinations that have added significantly to our understanding of an artist’s work\, including major works by Degas and van Gogh in The Phillips Collection. \nOliver Barker\, Director of the Cape Ann Museum\, has led the Museum through a period of tremendous growth. In 2019 Barker oversaw the presentation of the nationally acclaimed — Homer at the Beach: A Marine Painter’s Journey\, 1869-1880 — exhibition along with the creation of the new Cape Ann Museum Green campus located at the gateway to Gloucester. Built to address the Museum’s critical need for expanded collections storage\, this campus and the new state-of-the-art Janet & William Ellery James Center houses a flexible exhibition\, programming and education space for school programs\, contemporary art installations and is dedicated to engaging the community in new and creative ways. Prior to his time at CAM\, Barker most recently served as Manager\, Foundation\, Government and International Relations for the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston (MFA). He is a cultural management professional with over 25 years of experience within global visual arts arenas. Prior to joining the MFA\, Barker worked as Curator & Projects Director for the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and began his career as the Director of Education & Visitor Services at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice\, Italy. Barker holds a master’s degree in Arts and Cultural Management from the University of Melbourne and an Honors Degree in Fine Arts\, Painting and Printmaking from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)\, in Melbourne\, Australia. \nCurt DiCamillo is American Ancestors’ Curator of Fine Art. As part of the Education team\, he curates American Ancestors’ large art collection\, lectures around the world\, and hosts the celebrated American Ancestors Art & Architecture webinar series. \nImage Credit: Milton Avery (1885-1965)\, Gorton’s Dock\, 1931–34\, gouache on brown paper\, 18 x 24 in. Private collection. Jeremy Lawson Photography. © 2026 The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/avery-gottlieb-and-rothko-by-the-sea-with-american-ancestors/
CATEGORIES:Avery Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea,Exhibition Programs
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