FALL 2014 @CantonMuseum News & Events from YOUR Canton Museum of Art Discover the World's Most Notorious Art Forgers AUGUST 28 — OCTOBER 26, 2014 Coming This Fall / Winter ... Who's Who in the Vault? Patterns of Nature & NEW! CMA Clay Symposium See pg. 10 Explore Treasures from The Art of Connection The Permanent Collection Ceramic Creations from 43rd Annual Christkindl Markt See pg. 18 Rebecca Hutchinson & Paul Linhares The Legacy of Ferdinand Brader 2 FALL 2014 CONTENTS Fall 2014 DEPARTMENTS 4 Director’s Spotlight 5 Heard in the Galleries 6 News @CantonMuseum 8 Education in Action 18 Explore & Enjoy More! Coming Events to Your Canton Museum of Art 19 News from The Permanent Collection FEATURED IN THE GALLERIES 20 August 28 – October 26, 2014 Museum Membership 11 22 Intent to Deceive: Get Involved! Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World CMA Volunteer & Museum Groups 16 23 Who's Who in the Vault? About Your Museum Treasures from The Permanent Collection 17 Patterns of Nature The Ceramics of Rebecca Hutchinson The Art of Connection (Cover, Main) Girl with a Pearl Earring, by John Myatt (b. 1945), in the style of Johannes Paul Linhares Vermeer (Dutch, 1632-1675), 2012, oil on canvas. Courtesy of Graham & Margaret Wright. Washington Green Fine Art & Castle Galleries, United Kingdom. UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS (Cover, Bottom Row) White Houses (Gloucester Street), Alice Schille – American (1869-1955), 1916, Watercolor on paper, 17½" x 20½" 18 From the James C. & Barbara J. Koppe Collection 43rd Annual Christkindl Markt Canton Museum of Art Permanent Collection The Ideal Start to Your Holiday Season Red Flourish, Rebecca Hutchinson, 2013 / 14 , Porcelain paper clay and handmade paper from recycled clothing, 10" x 3' x 10' Coming November 7 – 9, 2014 Collection of the Artist Yunomi with Cobalt Pattern, Paul Linhares, 2014, Earthenware, 3½" x 7" x 3" The Legacy of Ferdinand Brader Collection of the Artist A Look at Our American Family Heritage (This Page, Top, cw l to r) Coming December 2014 Forgers Elmyr de Hory, Eric Hebborn & John Myatt; Odalisque, by Elmyr de Hory (1906-1976), in the style of Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954), 1974, oil on canvas 3 @CantonMuseum DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT Max R. Barton II 1001 Market Avenue North Canton, Ohio 44702 www.cantonart.org rt forgery is a trending topic in the day event features three diverse, hands-on sessions, 330.453.7666 media today, including a long list of New and participants are sure to be inspired. See all the Canton Museum of Art Staff York Times best-selling fiction and non- details on page 10 and register early for your spot! fiction writings on the shadowy world And speaking of classes ... a new series of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (retired) A of fakes and frauds, and a recent CBS 60 Minutes creative art Classes for Adults, Teens and Kids M.J. Albacete profile of Wolfgang Beltracchi — considered by starts this month through November. See the many to be the most successful art forger of our complete list on pages 8-9 and get signed up. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS time. In a nearly 40-year career, Beltracchi’s works As the holidays peer around the corner at us, Max Barton II have made their way into museums, galleries and it’s once again time for the annual Christkindl DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR private collections all over the world. Brilliant, for Markt. Now in its 43rd year, this fine arts and fine Scott Erickson a con artist of epic proportions. Busted in 2010, crafts fundraiser for the Museum showcases artists German prosecutors at his trial said Beltracchi had from around the region and around the country. FINANCE MANAGER created 36 fakes which were sold for $46 million. Read more on page 18 and make plans to attend. Sonja Herwick But art historians believe, and Beltracchi has On December 4, step back in time with REGISTRAR/CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS asserted, that there may be more than 300 of his a CMA premiere exhibition, The Legacy of Lynnda Arrasmith fakes all over the world. He has spent over a year Ferdinand Brader: 19th Century Drawings EDUCATION MANAGER (of a six year sentence) in prison — and faces of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Brader’s immense Erica Emerson lawsuits up to $27 million. drawings, assembled from private collections and ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY Our exciting new exhibition, Intent to museums, provide a window into our American Lynn Daverio Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World, family heritage. Learn more on page 18. takes us deep inside the world and works of five of Please remember that all of this is made CURATORIAL ASSISTANT & MUSEUM SHOP MANAGER the most infamous art forgers of the 20th century possible by you. So, support us with your new, or Kathy Fleeher through today. In this acclaimed national touring renewal, membership today for special “Members exhibit, with its Midwest premiere here, we are Only” events, free admission (plus reciprocal CANTON FINE ARTS ASSISTANT Carol Paris confronted with artists of ingenious methods to privileges at many other Ohio museums) and con the “art experts.” Their works are amazing discounts to classes and the Museum Shop. Also GALLERY INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE to view, and to learn what steps they took to consider a tax-deductible gift to the Museum’s George Samay perpetrate their crimes is a blending of science Annual Fund Campaign. Your direct gift enables SECURITY GUARDS and art and “CSI” plot twists. But it is not just premiere exhibitions; wide-reaching arts education Scott Kunkel, Ben Ankrum, the art — their lives alone hold great insight into programs; and community engagement in the arts. Stan Wood & Fred Pisani the mind of a criminal. They see their actions as It’s easy to make your gifts online. Learn more at MAGAZINE STAFF “victimless crimes” with no harm to individuals www.cantonart.org under the “Support” tab. Editor: Max Barton that accept their work. Come in and judge for Design: Canton Museum of Art & yourself. This is sure to be a crowd-pleasing show, See you in the galleries, Public Design Co. one that may challenge perceptions and leave you © Canton Museum of Art, asking, “is a fake any less art than the real thing?” Fall 2014, Vol. 2/No. 3 In October, we are pleased to welcome several @CantonMuseum is the official magazine of the renowned ceramic artists for Earthen Ingenuity — Max R. Barton II Canton Museum of Art. It is published for and the Museum’s first major clay symposium. This all Associate Director distributed to members, exhibit attendees and friends of the Canton Museum of Art. All materials are © Canton Museum of Art, unless otherwise noted, and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the Canton Museum of Art Board of Trustees Museum and/or copyright owner. PRESIDENT Mark Belgya J. Kevin Maxwell Adam Luntz James Bower Ken McPeek Letters/Comments Dan Chrzanowski Kay Seeberger [email protected] | 330.453.7666 FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Joe Feltes Evrim Fulmer Jeff Strayer Amanda Kendle Walter Wagor Follow us on … SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Tiffany Marsh Lindsay Zimmerman Cheli Curran SECRETARY Judi Longacre, President Travis Maxwell Canton Artists League TREASURER Susan Bennett, President Ron Van Horn Canton Fine Arts Associates 4 FALL 2014 THE GALLERIES Voices from Our Audience in the Galleries & Online “Great show! Waylande Gregory should be more widely known. WAYLANDE GREGORY: Insightful text, thoughtfully ART DECO CERAMICS AND THE ATOMIC IMPULSE displayed. Just an amazing exhibit of Art Deco!” – Kim S., Toledo, OH HEARD IN (Left) Maquette for Water, ca. 1938, Glazed earthenware, 22" x 12" x 9", Private Collection; (Above) Kansas Madonna, 1932, Terra cotta, 14" x 22" x 23", Estate of Yolande Gregory. “Splendid! The diversity of Gregory’s work was inspiring.” – Bryan & Heather S., Cleveland, OH The of Erin Mulligan “Erin Mulligan’s work was wonderfully strange. Thank you for featuring a young local artist — she is – Gregg P., Canton, OH Symphonya Canton treasure!” of Life: Art Katywite (A Treaty with the Slugbots), 2012, Oil on clay board, 9" x 12" Earthly Creatures: Turning Wood: Sculptures of The Nature of Patricia Raeder George Raeder “The Raeder’s are such a talented couple. We loved both exhibits. Terrific.” – Glen C., Canton, OH 5 @CantonMuseum NEWS @CantonMuseum Stark County High School Art Exhibition Showcases Diversity of Talent A New Exhibition from the Canton Museum of Art & Walsh University Dante’s Inferno: The Illustrations of Amos Nattini Second Place Anna Wright August 25 - DecemberDistress, Digital Print 1, 2014 GlenOak High School Birk Center for the Arts • Walsh University Third Place Clare Kreuzwieser Woman King, Mixed Media Hoover High School Dante’s Inferno: The Illustrations of Amos Nattini is a new exhibition organized by will explore Inferno influenced themes in art, literature, music, theater and the Canton Museum of Art, which will be displayed for the first time in the Atrium religion. All Lifelong Learning Academy programs are open to the public without Gallery of the Birk Center for the Arts at Walsh University from August 25 to charge. Reservations are not required. For further information, contact Rabbi December 1, 2014. John Spitzer at [email protected] or by calling 330.244.4734. The exhibition is comprised of 34 color lithographic illustrations, part of the CMA Permanent Collection, created by the Italian artist Amos Nattini for a special The Variations on Dante’s Inferno is a collaboration among the Walsh Elephant edition of The Inferno published in Milan in 1928. The book was Theology Division, the Jewish/Catholic Studies Institute and Lifelong purchased in Italy by a Cleveland physician of Italian heritage, assisted by a Learning Academy, the Museum Studies Program, and the Canton Museum number of Italian-Americans, and presented in 1929 to the Canton Public Library.