Beach Umbrellas
Artist
Claude Flynn Howell
American, 1915–1997
Date1954
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions20 x 40 in. (50.8 x 101.6 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. (54.6 x 105.4 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. (54.6 x 105.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.54.1.2
On View
Not on viewAcquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 22, illus. (b-w).
American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Asheville: Asheville Art Museum, 1976), listed (with artist's bio.) 18, illus. (b-w) 19.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, State Art Gallery, Education Building, "Seventeenth North Carolina Artists' Annual Exhibition," December 1, 1954–January 2, 1955, no. 21.
Greenville, NC, Greenville Art Center, January 1960.
Wilson, NC, Atlantic Christian College, March 1960.
Wilmington, NC, St. John's Gallery, July–August, 1962.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966," March 12–26, 1967, cat. no. 22, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, Meredith College, "Claude Howell," September 22–October 22, 1972.
Wilmington, NC, St. John's Gallery, "Claude Howell Retrospective: 1939–1973," October 1973.
Artrain Southeastern Tour: A program of the Michigan Council for the Arts, April 1–September 30, 1974.
Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 16–June 27, 1976, listed (with artist's bio.) 18, illus. (b-w) 19.
Beaufort, NC, Carteret County Library, "Seven Paintings by 20th Century Artists," October 1–31, 1991.
Lumberton, NC, Robeson County Public Library, "Art in North Carolina, 1912–1954," March 30–May 14, 1993; Morganton, NC, City of Morganton Municipal Auditorium, October 5–November 7, 1994; Buies Creek, NC, Taylor Bott Rogers Fine Arts Center, March 1–30, 1995
Franklin, NC, Macon Savings Bank for the Arts Council of Macon County, "Outreach Exhibition," June 13–August 12, 1997
Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, "Inventing the American Landscape: A Dialogue with the Visual World," April 25–June 28, 1998; Hickory, NC, The Hickory Museum of Art, September 12–November 8, 1998; Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, November 22, 1998–January 17, 1999; Greenville, NC, Greenville Museum of Art, March 10–April 30, 1999, brochure (Outreach exhibition).
Tallinn, Estonia, United States Embassy, ART in Embassies Program, May 2, 2007–February 11, 2009. Object Rights Statement
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