Date: Fri 16-Jan-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNO

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Post-Merritt-Mattatuck

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SIDEBAR TO FEATURE ON POST EXHIBITION AT MATTATUCK MUSEUM

Post's Streams, Further Explored

In conjunction with the exhibition "The Art of the Country Stream," in which

recently-uncovered works of the artist William Merritt Post is presented, The

Mattatuck Museum has scheduled four programs open to the public. Each program

is related to Post or his style of artistry.

All programs are open to the public and will be presented at the museum. For

additional information, call the museum at 753-0381.

"A View from the Museum," Sunday, January 18, 12-3 pm, $25. Paint boards,

paint and easels provided; students should bring brushes.

Painter Cathy Good will instruct painters in techniques of painting the

landscape. Participants, who should have some experience, will paint various

perspectives from the museum's four floors looking out to the courtyard and

city Green.

"The Work of William Merritt Post in the Reinhold Collection," Sunday,

February 1, 2 pm, included with museum admission.

Ann Smith, curator at the museum, will discuss the work of William Merritt

Post as revealed by the paintings in his studio at the end of his career. She

will refer to works in the exhibition and addition works from the Reinhold

collection not included in the show to illustrate the course of Post's

personal and professional life.

"William Merritt Post and American Landscape Painting," Sunday, February 8, 2

pm, no charge.

Jack Becker, curator of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, will place

the work of William Merritt Post within the broader context of American

landscape painting. Working from 1880 until his death in 1935, Post favored

intimate scenes of nature and a subdued tonal palette.

A discussion of different currents of American painting operating during his

career will elucidate the unique contribution Post made to American and

Connecticut painting.

"H. Siddons Mowbray: The Art of the American Renaissance," Sunday, February

15, 2 pm, no charge.

Stephanie Wiles, curator of drawings and prints at Pierpont Morgan Library,

will present a slide lecture on another member of the artists' community in

northwest Connecticut at the turn of the century: muralist H. Siddons Mowbray.

Mowbray was a contemporary of Post and a neighbor in Litchfield County. His

subjects included the murals and stained glass windows in the Gunn Memorial

Library in Washington (CT), and the Pierpont Morgan Library.

The Mattatuck Museum is at 144 West Main Street, Waterbury; telephone

753-0381. All facilities are accessible to the handicapped. Admission is free.

Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am-5 pm year-round; Sunday, 12-5

pm (closed on Sunday in July and August). Parking is available behind the

museum building, off Park Place.