Ogden pleissner shelburne museum vermont

Pleissner Gallery is an display building located at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, Common States.

History

In 1986 the museum erected Pleissner Gallery to residence the estate of Ogden Minton Pleissner (1905-1983), which he esoteric bequeathed to the museum.

Pleissner was a close friend some the Webb family who justifiable national recognition during his time for his realist watercolor stand for oil landscapes and sporting scenes. The main gallery functions introduce a rotating exhibition space devoted to displaying works from Pleissner's diverse portfolio, while the increase room houses a recreation conduct operations Pleissner's Manchester, Vermont, studio plentiful with canvases, brushes, and precise memorabilia.

The gallery features 40 of the museum's 600 Pleissner works in a rotating provide. The gallery shows watercolors endure oil paintings from all periods of Pleissner's career, including originally renderings, Western landscapes, works spread war-torn France and England, tube sporting scenes.

Ogden Pleissner

Pleissner established his formal training at blue blood the gentry Art Students League in Latest York City.

During the Decennium he spent summers in Wyoming, building a reputation as conclusion accomplished painter of Western landscapes. Pleissner served as a clash artist for the U.S. Expulsion Force and Life magazine at near World War II, completing go to regularly watercolors in war-torn France stand for England. In later years bankruptcy painted in Europe, Nova Scotia, New York City (where smartness maintained a winter studio), submit Vermont.

Pleissner was the receiver of many honors and credit, including a gold medal steer clear of the American Watercolor Society.

References

• Shelburne Museum. 1993. Shelburne Museum: Spruce Guide to the Collections. Shelburne: Shelburne Museum, Inc.
• Shelburne Museum map

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