Cape Cod School & Provincetown Artists
April 26 through June 21, 2008
Reception: Saturday, May 3, 2 pm - 4 pm

The Whistler House Museum of Art presents The Cape Cod School and Provincetown Artists in a new exhibition in the Parker Gallery. Featuring nine artists, the exhibit showcases the many diverse styles that have come to signify the art of the Cape Cod School and the artists who call Provincetown their home. Curated by Whistler House Museum of Art Executive Director, Michael H. Lally and assisted by Jim Dyment, Exhibits & Gallery Manager the show is a brilliant display of color and light. Several of the artists in the show are Plein Air Impressionist painters who capture the ever changing light conditions of the Cape using traditional techniques. Each of the featured artists maintains studios or are represented by galleries in Provincetown and the Cape Cod area.

Provincetown, Massachusetts was a quiet fishing village on the tip of Cape Cod at the turn of the Twentieth Century when Charles W. Hawthorne discovered the luminous quality of the light which was favored by the French Impressionists. Hawthorne established the Cape Cod School in 1899, the first American school dedicated to the ideals of Impressionist painting. His reputation as a painter and educator attracted scores of other artists and Provincetown soon became the largest art colony in the world.

Hawthorne and his successor, Henry Hensche are credited with keeping American Impressionism alive in the United States. Today, Provincetown continues to be a destination for artists with galleries and studios lining the many picturesque streets and lanes.

Artists in this exhibit include: Midge Battelle, John Cascio, John Choly, Robert Louis Del Russo, Lynne Foy, Mary Giammarino, Dennis Lucas, Michael Moss, Hilda Neily, and Johniene Papandreas.