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Guy Pene du Bois - American (1884 - 1958)
Third Avenue El - 1932
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Guy Pène du Bois was an American artist born into a French family. His training began in 1899 under William Merritt Chase. After spending time in France, the artist returned home to New York in 1906 and took a job as a general reporter with the New York American. It was a position that provided the interesting opportunity to observe people from all walks of life. During this early period in his career, Pène du Bois became involved with the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, which organized the Armory Show of 1913. Pène du Bois and his peers, who viewed themselves as a challenge to the conservative art establishment, resigned from the Association. His resignation left Pène du Bois free to establish a gallery career, which he did, and to cultivate the subtle and satirical humor in his work.
Guy Pène du Bois was one of the most stylish artists in early 20th century America. He found his subjects in daily life, painting the people he observed in cities, parks, cafes, cabarets, and at the opera. As an amused spectator of social theater and a gentle satirist, he often portrayed the comical pretensions of a variety of characters that included lawyers, actors, politicians, and gallery-goers. Pène du Bois began his training as a student of William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art and was later under the direction of Robert Henri. Henri profoundly influenced the painter’s early stylistic approach of applying darkened tonalities and broad brushwork to the canvas, as well as Pène du Bois’ life-long interest in subject matter gleaned from “real life”. In 1905, Pène du Bois made his first visit to Paris, where he painted scenes of fashionable people in cafes rendered in the dark tonalities and impasto commonly associated with the Ashcan School.
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American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection: From Edward Hopper to Alma Thomas
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - Sunday, August 2, 2026
"American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection: From Edward Hopper to Alma Thomas" is the first exhibition dedicated to the collection of businessman, philanthropist, and Texas native Charles Butt.
This exhibition presents over 80 rarely seen paintings and works on paper by icons of American modern art, including Edward Hopper, Ellsworth Kelly, Jacob Lawrence, Joan Mitchell, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Alma Thomas. The featured works span from the late 19th century through the 1970s, and will be grouped in seven thematic sections: Breaking Form: Cubism and Its Legacy, Urban Encounters, Intimate Perspectives, Precisionism, The Language of the Sea, Land Progressions, and Edges of Abstraction. The Blanton Museum of Art is one of four exclusive venues in Texas to host this exhibition.
Shared with the public for the first time, Butt’s collection reflects his vision of American creativity, as well as his civic dedication and commitment to education.
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A major private collection of American modern art will go on public display for the first time this spring in Austin. Opening March 8 at the Blanton Museum of Art, “American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection: From Edward Hopper to Alma Thomas” brings together more than 80 paintings and works on paper spanning the late 19th century through the 1970s. Organized by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the exhibition is the first dedicated to the collection of Texas businessman, philanthropist and H-E-B Chairman Charles Butt. It remains on view through Aug. 2 as part of a multicity Texas tour.
The exhibition features works by some of the most significant artists of the era, including Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jacob Lawrence, Joan Mitchell and Alma Thomas.
“We are honored to bring this extraordinary collection to Austin,” said Simone Wicha, director of the Blanton Museum of Art. “Charles Butt’s vision as a collector reflects his deep belief in expanding access to art and education—a mission we share at the Blanton. We look forward to sharing these remarkable works, many of which have never been seen outside his private collection.”
The Blanton organizes the exhibition into seven thematic sections tracing key movements and ideas in American modernism. “Breaking Form: Cubism and Its Legacy” examines how artists such as Arthur Dove and Stuart Davis absorbed and reinterpreted Cubist strategies. “Precisionism” focuses on artists including Charles Sheeler and Charles Demuth, who applied geometric clarity to industrial and architectural subjects.
“Urban Encounters” explores the psychological dimensions of city life through works by Hopper, Marsden Hartley and Alice Neel. A smaller section, “Intimate Perspectives,” centers on portraiture and personal relationships, featuring artists such as Bill Traylor, Rufino Tamayo and Milton Avery.
Two sections focus on landscape and environment. “The Language of the Sea” nods to Butt’s Gulf Coast childhood in Corpus Christi, moving from realist seascapes to Thomas Hart Benton’s “Flight of the Thielens.” “Land Progressions” examines changing approaches to the American landscape, including John Marin’s “Weehawken Series,” painted amid industrial growth along New Jersey’s harbor.
The final section, “Edges of Abstraction,” traces the gradual move toward non-objective art across the 20th century. It includes works by female artists such as Mitchell, Blanche Lazzell and Alice Trumbull Mason, who used abstraction to develop new visual languages.
“American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection” premiered at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. After its run in Austin, it will travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the McNay Art Museum, remaining exclusively in Texas.
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The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (often referred to as the Blanton or the BMA) at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest university art museums in the U.S. with 189,340 square feet devoted to temporary exhibitions, permanent collection galleries, storage, administrative offices, classrooms, a print study room, an auditorium, shop, and cafe. The Blanton's permanent collection consists of more than 22,000 works, with significant holdings of modern and contemporary art, Latin American art, Old Master paintings, and prints and drawings from Europe, the United States, and Latin America. In 2024, the Blanton was ranked by the Washington Post as one of the five best college art museums in the U.S., "thanks to its dynamic programs, commitment to research and public-facing engagement."
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The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin is highly rated as a clean,, and beautifully designed, world-class institution, frequently praised for its extensive Latin American, European, and modern collections, particularly Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin. Visitors find it a, manageable, family-friendly, and relaxing experience with engaging, and, occasionally, interactive, installations.
Guests enter the museum, located on the edge of The University of Texas' campus, through a series of archways. As you enter the lobby, the first thing you see is an installation in the two-story atrium: Reflective, acrylic panels in ombre shades of blue cover the walls and staircase to create a submerged-in-water feeling.
The collection is compact but does an excellent job covering numerous genres: early Renaissance paintings, Roman-era pottery, modern works housed in the contemporary gallery, a vast collection of prints, and Native American and Latin American works.
The collection is well-paced and not overwhelming. A small series of sculptures is housed in a round rotunda. Contemporary works are showcased in gleaming white gallery spaces; skylights brighten more traditional, hardwood-floored spaces lined with Italian paintings. There are rotating exhibits, sometimes from big names like Ellsworth Kelly or Andy Warhol, in video, photography, paper, and print.
The Blanton Museum of Art is a teaching museum, so there are always university students in the galleries. And though it's the largest museum in Austin, it's rarely crowded beyond travelers who know and appreciate art.
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Creativity Impacts: InGAME and Beyond, was an event produced by Creative Dundee – a showcase celebration that explored the influences of locally-made digital and creative innovations. Over 130 people joined the event which included a panel discussion, film screenings and live experiments in sound/play.
The event was held at DCA on 24 August 2023. With thanks to: Anita Taylor, Jim Bown, Scott Davidson, Malath Abbas, Dr Hailey Austin, Michael Garty, by Noni Farragher-Hanks of Agency of None, Biome Collective, Professor Christopher Murray, Dr Damon Herd, Dr Hailey Austin, Becca Emslie, Rachel Simpson, James Morwood, SHHE and Duncan Barton.
Event photography: Holly Quinn, Studio QN.
Full event details: creativedundee.com/2023/07/creativity-impacts-ingame-and-...
Creativity Connect Forum and CDA 2015 by Creative Chiang Mai. 5-year Anniversary CCM (www.creativechiangmai.com)
On Friday, 31 May, ESCP Business School London Campus hosted its 16th Jean-Baptiste Say Entrepreneurship Festival. This year the theme of the festival centred around "How Entrepreneurship Can Address Local Challenges in Camden."
Based in West Hampstead, this year the ESCP London Campus decided to focus the Entrepreneurship Festival on leveraging its students' business acumen and creative mindset to support the local community. The MSc in Marketing & Creativity students on the Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship specialisation track were tasked to come up with business solutions that will help to address various social and environmental issues in the London Borough of Camden community.
The Festival, overseen by Prof. Stela Ivanova, ESCP Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, and supported by the ESCP London Blue Factory incubator, brought together a diverse group of stakeholders to exchange ideas and develop innovative venture solutions to address some of Camden's pressing issues. Students met with representatives from the Camden Council, One Kilburn, Think and Do Camden, and Camden Clean Air, discussing various local challenges in urban development, food access and circularity, community engagement, sustainability, and air quality.