20 North Gallery Presents Chapman & Stone Exhibit
Toledo, OH—August 6, 2010. 20 North Gallery announces Chapman & Stone: Lifelong Legacies in Art, an exhibit of vivid watercolors by Walter H. Chapman and impressionistic oils by the late Ruskin Stone. These two painters were friends, colleagues and longtime members of Toledo’s historic Tile Club. The exhibit runs from August 7 – September 18, 2010.
The exhibition consists of local and national landscape scenes by both artists, along with figure studies and genre scenes of musicians—particularly paintings of jazz players from New Orleans to Tony Packo’s.
Walter H. Chapman (b. 1912) attended Cleveland Art School and John Huntington Polytechnic Institute in Cleveland, Ohio as well as Art Students League in New York City. He studied figure painting with Jon Corbino, portrait painting with Rolf Stoll and landscape painting with Carl Gaertner.
Working in oil, watercolor and other media, his work includes portraiture, landscapes and illustration. He is a member of Allied Artists of America, Watercolor USA Honor Society, Ohio Watercolor Society, Ohio Realists, Northwest Ohio Watercolor Society and Toledo Artists Club.
Ruskin Stone (1906–2003) focused on individual and group portraits and character studies, landscapes and seascapes. He traveled, sketched and painted in much of the U.S. His portraits and landscapes hang in many public buildings and private homes throughout the country.
Stone studied art in Toledo, Ohio, with Karl Kappes. He attended the Chicago Art Institute. Later he studied with Emile Gruppe, Paul Strich and Ken Gore in Glouchester, Massachusetts.
Mr. Stone was a member of the Toledo Artists Club, a past-president of the Art Clan and a charter member and past-president of the Palette Club, both of Toledo.
20 North Gallery will be welcoming friends and collectors at the Free Public Reception on Thursday, August 26th, from 6 - 9p.m., part of the Art Walk Downtown Gallery Hop. Visitors to 20 North will enjoy light refreshments and the opportunity to meet and speak with Walter Chapman and the family of the late Ruskin Stone.
During the reception, Mr. Chapman will offer a watercolor demonstration to 20 North Gallery visitors. Through a donation by 360ipt.com, Mr. Chapman’s demonstration will be videotaped and archived for posterity. “Walter Chapman represents the remaining leaders of Ohio’s mid-to-late-century art scene—for this reason it is important to record for history the work, ideas and inspirations of artists such as Walter for future generations,” states Peggy Grant, 20 North Gallery Art Director.
To view a virtual tour by 360.com of Chapman & Stone, visit www.20northgallery.net
What: Chapman & Stone: Lifelong Legacies in Art exhibit
Where: 20 North Gallery, 18 N. St. Clair Street, (Downtown) Toledo, Ohio 43604, 419-241-2400
When: August 7 – September 18, 2010
Chapman & Stone: Lifelong Legacies in Art
Regular Gallery Hours
Wednesday - Friday: Noon – 4 p.m.
Saturday: 1 – 5 p.m.
Free Public Reception with Painting Demonstration by Walter Chapman:
Thursday, August 26, 2010, 6 – 9 p.m.
For More Information Contact: Condessa Croninger (Associate Art Director) or Peggy Grant (Art Director) at 419-241-2400 or visit www.20northgallery.net
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