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American Art at the Arkell Museum: The Role of the Macbeth Gallery in Shaping the Collection

Date

Mar 04 2023 - Dec 30 2023

Time

Tues-Fri: 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun: 12pm-5pm (closed Mondays)
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Cost

Adults: $9.00, Students and Seniors: $6.50, Children ages 11 and under: Free
Arkell Museum

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Arkell Museum
Phone
518-673-2314
Email
info@arkellmuseum.org
Website
http://www.arkellmuseum.org/

Location

Arkell Museum
2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie, NY
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Date

Mar 04 2023 - Dec 30 2023

Time

Tues-Fri: 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun: 12pm-5pm (closed Mondays)
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Cost

Adults: $9.00, Students and Seniors: $6.50, Children ages 11 and under: Free

American Art at the Arkell Museum: The Role of the Macbeth Gallery in Shaping the Collection

     “You told me earlier in the year that some day you wanted a fine Inness”… Robert Macbeth to Bartlett Arkell, March 8, 1917

 

The Macbeth Gallery had a profound impact on the development of American art. It was the first gallery in New York City to focus on work by American artists, and held many ground-breaking exhibits. Today, the gallery is recognized for raising an interest in and creating a market for American art during its sixty-plus years as an influential firm (1892-1953). Our founder Bartlett Arkell made many important purchases at the Macbeth Gallery, and worked closely with gallery directors to build our extraordinary collection This exhibit is a small tribute to his vision for the future, and the early work of the Macbeth Gallery.

 

Image:

George Inness (1825-1894)
The Rainbow, ca. 1878
Oil on canvas
Arkell Museum Collection, Gift of Bartlett Arkell
Purchased by Bartlett Arkell from the Macbeth Gallery, 1934

 

Open Tues-Fri: 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun: 12pm-5pm (closed Mondays)

Location

Arkell Museum
2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie, NY
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