touring art
One very effective way to share the collection of the Flint Institute of Arts while increasing the institution's visibility is to lend individual works of art or entire exhibitions to outside venues.
Since February 2004, the FIA's art has been displayed at Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art in Illinois, Michigan State University's Kresge Museum of Art in East Lansing, the Sloan Museum and The Whiting in the Flint Cultural Center, the Governor's Executive Offices in Lansing, the Marshall Fredericks Museum in Saginaw, the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, and the Boca Raton Museum in Florida. In addition, FIA works will be included in important exhibitions in Mexico, England, Switzerland, and even Japan.
Since February 2004, the FIA's art has been displayed at Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art in Illinois, Michigan State University's Kresge Museum of Art in East Lansing, the Sloan Museum and The Whiting in the Flint Cultural Center, the Governor's Executive Offices in Lansing, the Marshall Fredericks Museum in Saginaw, the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, and the Boca Raton Museum in Florida. In addition, FIA works will be included in important exhibitions in Mexico, England, Switzerland, and even Japan.
the following artwork is on loan from the FIA to the exhibitions
From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri & Ireland
Everson Museum of Art
Syracuse, New York
2/11/12 – 5/12/12
Syracuse, New York
2/11/12 – 5/12/12
Robert Henri's Catharine (1924), a highlight of the FIA's 20th century collection, is included in the exhibition From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri & Ireland, organized by the Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina. This 3-venue tour began at the Mint Museum and is currently on view at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Sante Fe, New Mexico through January 15, 2012; after which, it travels to its final venue at the Emerson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York from February 11 to May 12, 2012.
From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri & Ireland is the first major museum-organized exhibition of Henri's work since 1994 as well as the first to focus on the important body of work that he created during the six months that he spent on Achill Island in western Ireland.
Robert Henri, the influential portrait painter, teacher, and exhibition organizer, is particularly noted for his depictions of Irish children, such as Catharine, which he painted in Ireland in 1924.
Catharine is a beautiful example of Henri's work, not only on account of its formal qualities—particularly its strong color, which is one of the sub-themes of the exhibition and which is relevant to many of the artist's works—but also because it is one of only a handful of paintings whose subject (Catharine O'Malley) is still alive and can therefore be linked with certainty to a particular sitter. Additionally, this exhibition presents a rare opportunity for the painting to be seen alongside related canvases depicting other members of the sitter's family, such as the Mint Museum's own My Friend Brien (Brien O'Malley); Moira O'Malley (Arkell Museum) and Charles O'Malley (private collection).
From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri & Ireland is the first major museum-organized exhibition of Henri's work since 1994 as well as the first to focus on the important body of work that he created during the six months that he spent on Achill Island in western Ireland.
Robert Henri, the influential portrait painter, teacher, and exhibition organizer, is particularly noted for his depictions of Irish children, such as Catharine, which he painted in Ireland in 1924.
Catharine is a beautiful example of Henri's work, not only on account of its formal qualities—particularly its strong color, which is one of the sub-themes of the exhibition and which is relevant to many of the artist's works—but also because it is one of only a handful of paintings whose subject (Catharine O'Malley) is still alive and can therefore be linked with certainty to a particular sitter. Additionally, this exhibition presents a rare opportunity for the painting to be seen alongside related canvases depicting other members of the sitter's family, such as the Mint Museum's own My Friend Brien (Brien O'Malley); Moira O'Malley (Arkell Museum) and Charles O'Malley (private collection).
Robert Henri
American, 1865–1929
Catharine
oil on canvas, 1924
24.5 x 20.375 inches
Gift of James W. Sibley in memory of
Harriet Cumings Sibley, 1984.7
American, 1865–1929
Catharine
oil on canvas, 1924
24.5 x 20.375 inches
Gift of James W. Sibley in memory of
Harriet Cumings Sibley, 1984.7
