Visit the home of American Abstract Artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen, set on a 46-acre estate in the heart of Lenox, Massachusetts. View their paintings, frescoes, and sculpture; experience their exquisite collection of American and European Cubist Art.
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The Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio opens its season June 26th with an exhibition that complements the permanent collection with fresh examples of abstract art from some of George L.K. Morris’ closest friends and colleagues. Paintings by Ilya Bolotowsky and Alice Trumbull-Mason are on loan from the Washburn Gallery in New York. Bolotowsky and Mason were both major figures and founding members of the American Abstract Artists movement. Three rare works by Charles Biederman have been lent by The Frederick R. Wiseman Art Museum of the University of Minnesota. Biederman showed with Morris in 1937. The exhibition includes early and mature styles from these artists and puts them in colorful contrast to the adjacent wall of European Cubists.
Newly restored furniture by Aalto and Rohde will be shown with the painting exhibit to emphasize the harmony of art and design, a goal of the artists of the period. Modernism was meant to be an art and design movement for the betterment of mankind. Simple lines and materials, often industrial materials, were used for furniture and design. Paintings and artwork became simplified too, emphasizing shapes and color.
Director Kinney Frelinghuysen explains, “American artists and designers, all riding the wave of Modernism together, create a full blown sensual experience of Modernism and it is breath-taking in the architectural setting”.
“Park Avenue Cubists”, the 58 minute documentary of George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen will be played on a continuous loop in the Classroom all season.
Berkshire residents are invited for half-priced tours for Thursday’s 10 am tour throughout the season as part of the Discover your Berkshires promotion.
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"'Park Avenue Cubists' George Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen were a defiantly nonconformist presence in the conventional world of Forties Massachusetts. The ample fruits of their aesthetic rebellion — their own Abstract frescoes and pieces by celebrated artist friends — can still be seen in the couple's newly restored home, as Carol Prisant discovers..."
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