Bert Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

Main Exhibit

Summer Tides

Summer / Fall 2014

The seashore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world.
- Thoreau

Bert Gallery is featuring a varied selection of paintings celebrating the end of the summer season. In a rapidly fluctuating art world many artists escaped to the shade of the woods and shores to concentrate on their own artistic development and experiment with new art ideas. This was a restorative process leading to the production of many remarkable works of art. On view is a selection of thoughtful and accomplished paintings and etchings by artists of the late 19th and early 20th century.

There are many fine examples of early Newport scene painters such as Elijah Baxter (1849 - 1935) founder of the Newport Art Association and James Drummond Herbert (1898 - 1970). Also, there are many artists active from the 1940’s and 1950’s on view who transition from Magical Realism to the newest trends in European art. See works by Gordon Peers (1909 - 1988), Edgar Corbridge (1901 - 1988), and Louise Marianetti (1916 - 2009) capturing shore scenes and various ports of call from New England to Europe.

The exhibit hours are Wednesday through Friday, from 11 - 5pm and by appointment. Please call ahead, hours may vary.

Elijah Baxter (1849 - 1935)

1. Mist and Sea, Oil on Canvas 36" x 36"

2. Newport Rocks, 1910, Oil on Canvas 16" x 24"

3. Newport, 1912, Oil on Canvas 6" x 10"

4. Sullen Sea, Oil on Canvas 22" x 27"

5. Stormy Coast, Oil on Canvas 26" x 21"

Edgar Corbridge (1901 - 1988)

6. Deserted, Watercolor 17" x 29"

7. Old Shacks, Watercolor 24" x 18"

8. Blue Dory, 1940, Watercolor 24" x 18"

9. Red Sheds and Sailboats, Watercolor 16.75" x 9"

10. Small Brown Sailboat, Watercolor 21" x 13"

11. Boy Fishing, Color Woodcut 10" x 7"

12. On the Boat 13/35, Color Woodcut 10" x 8"

13. Boy with Crabnet, Color Woodcut 11" x 8"

14. Thirsty Little Brother, 1922, Color Woodcut 10" x 8"

15. On the Fence, 1920, Color Woodcut 7" x 5"

Gordon Peers (1909 - 1988)

16. Painters Beach Still Life, Oil on Canvas 29" x 35.5"

17. Cadaques Spain, Oil on Canvas 30" x 40"

18. Harbor, Oil on Canvas 30" x 40"

19. Beach Scene with figures and Lifeguard Stand, Oil on Canvas 16" x 20"

20. Highland Lighthouse II, 1954, Oil on Canvas 25" x 30"

21. Newport Coast, Oil on Canvas 25" x 30"

22. Oceanside-Beacon Rock, Oil on Canvas 24" x 28"

23. Red Sails, Oil on Canvas 40" x 50"

Other Individual Works of Art

24. Florence Leif (1913 - 1968), Afternoon Figures near the Ocean, Oil on Canvas 26" x 36"

25. Lester Hornby (1882 - 1956), Gloucester Harbor, Etching 8" x 10"

26. Louise Marianetti (1916 - 2009), On the Seashore, 1946, Gouache 15" x 22"

27. Hazard Durfee (1915 - 2003), Beacon Rock 1, Newport, Etching 8" x 10", $400.

28. Hazard Durfee (1915 - 2003), Beacon Rock 2, Newport, Etching 8" x 10"

29. James D. Herbert (1896-1970), Rochambeau, Newport Harbor, Watercolor 8" x 12"

30. James D. Herbert (1896 - 1970), Newport Statues, Watercolor 8" x 12"