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William Groombridge: Forgotten American Landscape

William Groombridge: Forgotten American Landscape Artist

During this afternoon lecture program at the 1774 Hammond-Harwood House in the Historic District of Annapolis, two eminent scholars will discuss one of America’s earliest landscape artists, William Groombridge. Groombridge, who came from England in 1794, produced a scant number of romantic landscapes. One of his works has only this year been discovered at Hammond-Harwood House. Hear the fascinating story of how the mystery of one painting’s origin was revealed and learn about the early development of this well-loved American art form from scholars Catherine Rogers Arthur and Arthur J. Wheelock, Jr.

Program

1:30- 2:30 Catherine Arthur

2:45-3:45 Arthur J. Wheelock, Jr.

3:45-4:45 Wine/cheese reception

Speakers

Catherine Rogers Arthur is Vice-President of Collections and at the Center for Maryland History and Culture in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Summer Institute and the Winterthur Program of Early American Culture. She received her M.A. from the University of Delaware. She has served as the Director and Curator of Homewood Museum, Johns Hopkins University where she also taught in the Museum and Society undergraduate minor program, and Director and Senior Curator at the Maryland State Archives.

Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. is Senior Advisor to The Leiden Collection. He recently retired as curator of Northern Baroque painting at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and as Professor of Art History at the University of Maryland. Wheelock received his B.A. in art history from Williams College and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. During his career Wheelock oversaw a significant expansion of the National Gallery of Art’s collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings and organized over fifty international loan exhibitions. He is currently co-editor of the on-line catalogue of The Leiden Collection. Wheelock holds numerous distinctions, including being named Knight Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau by the Dutch government and Commander in The Order of Leopold I by the Belgian government.

Sponsor

Avon Dixon Insurance

Glenn Harwood Memorial Scholarship

In memory of Glenn Harwood, thanks to the generosity of his wife Frances Newton Harwood, the Hammond-Harwood House is offering a limited number of scholarships to students, in the fields of architectural history, preservation, art history, decorative arts, material culture, history, and related subjects.

The scholarship covers all events connected with the annual lecture series.

Contact Curator Lucinda Dukes Edinberg for more information at hhhcurator@gmail.com

Tickets:

$45