Three Trees, Two Clouds
Artist
John Beerman
American, born 1958
Date1990
MediumOil on linen
Dimensions77 x 77 in. (195.6 x 195.6 cm)
Frame 84 3/4 x 84 3/4 x 4 in. (215.3 x 215.3 x 10.2 cm)
Frame 84 3/4 x 84 3/4 x 4 in. (215.3 x 215.3 x 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LinePurchased with funds from Thomas S. Kenan III and the National Endowment for the Arts
Object number91.3
On View
Not on view1] Inv. no. LM/JB P79
Published ReferencesFinding the Forgotten: Landscape Paintings by John Beerman (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1990), no. 16, discussed 4, illus. (color) cover, also fig. 8.
Steven Litt, "Art museum buys two works; donors give five more," Raleigh: The News and Observer (January 10, 1991), 4B.
Rubel Romero, "Watch This Space," Raleigh: Spectator Magazine (February 1991), 17.
"Art museum showcases Beerman," Chapel Hill Newspaper (February 21, 1991), B7.
Mid-Atlantic Country 12 (March 1991), illus. (color) 12.
Steven Litt, "Dream Scapes: Painter's vision encompasses big views, big spaces, big places," Raleigh: The News and Observer (March 1, 1991), "Weekend" section, 10-11, 19, illus. (color) 1.
Laura Murphy, "Regaining an unknown, perhaps lost, treasure," Cue Magazine (March 14, 1991), 20-21, discussed & illus. (color) 21.
Jacqueline Humphrey, "Beerman's paintings worth trip to Raleigh," Greensboro News & Record (March 29, 1991), 14.
Abe D. Jones, "Artistic Snapshots: Modern landscaper has link to the past," Greensboro News and Record (March 31, 1991), H1, H6, illus. (color, with artist) H1.
Tom Patterson, "Seeing Anew: John Beerman's Landscapes Are Stunning," Winston-Salem Journal (March 31, 1991), H6.
Max Halperen, "John Beerman's Twilight Mysteries: The New Romantic Landscape at NCMA," Asheville, NC: The Arts Journal (April 1991), 7-9.
Blue Greenberg, "Beerman's landscape lightweight, luminous," Durham, NC: The Herald-Sun (April 14, 1991), E10, illus. (b-w).
"Romantic Inspiration: First major showing of paintings by North Carolina's John Beerman," North Carolina Homes & Gardens 2 (August 1991), 49, illus. (color).
"Annual Report: Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Winter 1991-92), illus. (b-w) 43, see also illus. 34.
"Landscape artist blossoms," Greensboro News and Record (March 22, 1992), B6.
Frances M. MacDonald, "Landscapes of the Mind," Southern Accents 19 (March-April 1996), 102, 104, 106, 108, illus. (color) 102.
Jefferson Humphries and John Lowe, eds., The Future of Southern Letters (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), illus. (color) cover.
Marianne Gingher, "My First Marriage," in The Store of Joys, Huston Paschal, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1997), 126-129, illus. (color) 126.
Michele Natale, "Easy Does It: John Beerman at Somerhill," Raleigh: Spectator (April 29, 1998).
Geoff Edgers, "Landscapes, past and presence," Raleigh: The News and Observer, (May 1, 1998), E1, illus. (color).
Art Taylor, "Flora, Fauna and Fine Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (Sept/Oct 2001), mentioned 13.
Reynolds Price, "Strokes of Genius" [Profile of John Beerman], Garden and Gun 4, no. 1 (February/March 2010), illus. (color) 73.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Finding the Forgotten: Landscape Paintings by John Beerman, Mar. 2-May 26, 1990, no. 16, discussed p. 4, illus. (color) cover, also fig. 8.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions,” September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998)
Savannah, GA, Telfair Museum of Art's Jepson Center for the Arts, "Fast Forward: Three Decades of Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," January 23-April 27, 2008.
Wilmington, NC, Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, "Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 22, 2008-May 17, 2009. Object Rights Statement
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