Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School Student Exhibition
April 13 – May 12, 2019 The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is proud to present its annual exhibition by the students of the Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School in Glassenberg Gallery. Students, parents, teachers, families, and art enthusiasts of all ages are invited to explore artwork created by students, grades K-5. Two-and three-dimensional artworks, in […]
Chinese Landscape Rethought
March 29 – June 9, 2019 This group exhibition presents a rethinking of Chinese landscape or shanshui art through converging traditional Chinese ink painting and contemporary experimental art. Eleven prominent contemporary Chinese artists offer eclectic approaches to inheriting the rich Chinese landscape art tradition yet also disrupting its boundaries. The exhibited works come in different styles and […]
Discovering New Beauty: Watercolor Landscapes of the Northeast
April 27 – August 25, 2019 “I have made some new walks and discovered new beauties, and believe that I could from Newport scenery make more charming pictures than I ever dreamed of before.” -William Trost Richards Landscapes tell stories about place, history, and belonging, capturing the beauty of the world around us. Discovering New […]
James B Murphy Abstracts
January 25 – March 24, 2019 This exhibition presents the pathway James B Murphy took from the representational to more suggestive but still identifiable images and then beyond the suggestive to the pure abstract. “What interests me is the virtue of an image. Why do I find one image exciting and a similar one dull? […]
Winter Circus
November 17, 2018 – January 13, 2019 Run away with the circus this winter in our newest family-friendly exhibit! The enchanting allure of the circus has made it an enduring subject for artists for more than two centuries. Winter Circus features more than twenty paintings, prints, photographs and antique toys from the Lyman Allyn’s collection, […]
Eggs to Apples: Dream of Negligible Senescence
September 7 – October 28, 2018 This exhibition is a product of artist Pola Esther’s continuous exploration into the tangible aspects of existence. Constant inspiration manifests from her immediate surroundings and people she encounters. In the presented body of work, Esther approaches familiar products of nature and common objects with surreal, abstract, or whimsical flavor. […]
American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times
November 2, 2018 – February 24, 2019 This exhibition commemorates the centennial of John F. Kennedy’s birth with 77 photographs that celebrate the scope of his dynamic life and career. Kennedy’s presidency coincided with the golden age of American photojournalism, and he was photographed more than any other president. American Visionary include iconic photographs as […]
Emil Carlsen’s Quiet Harmonies
December 1, 2018 – March 24, 2019 Painter Emil Carlsen (1848-1932) emigrated from Denmark to the U.S. at the age of 19, bringing European academic training to his work in America. For the first part of his career, he painted distinctive still-lives, subtle and precise, that were inspired in part by the work of the […]
Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School Student Exhibition
May 12 – June 10, 2018 The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is proud to present a special exhibition by the students of the Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School in Glassenberg Gallery. Students, parents, teachers, families, and art enthusiasts of all ages are invited to explore artwork created by students, grades K-5. Two-and three-dimensional artworks, in […]
Noh Theatre in the Woodblock Prints of Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869–1927)
June 16, 2018 – October 14, 2018 Featuring over 50 Japanese color woodblock prints and several masks, this exhibition explores the art of woodblock prints and the history, stories, and costumes of Japanese Noh theater at the turn of the 20th century. Artist Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869–1927) came of age in the Meji era (1868–1912), a period of modernization […]