News from the Studio of Ben Solowey
Posted in exhibition, Studio, Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2008
There are landscapes, portraits, figurative pieces, and still lifes in our new show, WATER & LIGHT: The Watercolors of Ben Solowey, covering a nearly fifty year period. Almost exactly sixty four years from our June 7th opening you could have seen the same work Spring Flowers – Iris & Daisies at the opening of […]
Posted in exhibition on May 9th, 2008
WATER & LIGHT: The Watercolors of Ben Solowey, the ultimate collection of works in watercolor, casein, and gouache by Ben Solowey will open to the public on Saturday June 7th at the Solowey Studio in Bedminster, PA with a reception from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The installation will continue Saturdays and Sundays, 1 p.m. […]
Posted in exhibition on Apr 7th, 2008
Studio Director David Leopold’s latest project is a unique installation for the Shaw Festival celebrating Al Hirschfeld’s drawings of George Bernard Shaw’s productions in america over seven decades. Over those seven decades, Hirschfeld saw most major Shaw productions on and off-Broadway. Beginning with the Theatre Guild’s Major Barbara (1929), Hirschfeld captured the quicksilver of Katharine […]
Posted in exhibition on Oct 15th, 2007
Many people remember our 2004 exhibition of the works of Charles Ward. Ward was a friend of Ben’s and lived only minutes away from the Solowey studio. In 1932 he moved to Carversville, Pennsylvania, where he maintained a studio for thirty years until his death. He drew his inspiration from the surrounding scene there, and […]
Posted in exhibition, Studio on Jun 6th, 2007
How did Ben and Rae get to “the farm,†as they often referred to this property? They were married six years before they found this spot. City dwellers in Manhattan on Fifth Avenue and Twelfth Street, like many New Yorkers, the Soloweys left town in the summertime. They went North to find good climate, rustic […]
Posted in exhibition, Studio on Apr 17th, 2007
BEDMINSTER, PA — The Studio of Ben Solowey is pleased to announce a new exhibition, ON THE ROAD: Ben Solowey’s American Landscapes, an extraordinary collection of landscape paintings, drawings, and prints by Ben Solowey (1900 – 1978) of vistas off his Bucks County property. The exhibition will open to the public on Saturday June 2nd […]
Posted in exhibition, Theater Portraits on Sep 2nd, 2006
This spring the Metropolitan Opera unveiled the latest addition to their remarkable portrait collection on view at the Opera House at Lincoln Center: Ben’s stunning portrait of Lawrence Tibbett in the premiere of Peter Ibbetson in 1930. The drawing, autographed by the famed tenor, was seen last summer here at the studio as part […]
Posted in exhibition, photo on Sep 1st, 2006
New exhibition showcases previously unseen Solowey photographs September 30 – October 22, 2006 At the Studio of Ben Solowey BEDMINSTER, PA — The Studio of Ben Solowey is pleased to announce a new exhibition SOMETHING DIFFERENT: Photographs by Ben Solowey 1924 – 1944, which is the first exhibition devoted to Ben Solowey’s photography. These recently […]
Posted in exhibition, Theater Portraits on May 3rd, 2006
It has been a good spring for Solowey admirers. Ben’s work has been on view in a number of museums and galleries. Close to the Solowey Studio, one can go to the Sabine Rose Gallery in Doylestown, Pennsylvania to see four still lifes in their colorful still life show on right now. The Metropolitan Opera […]
Posted in exhibition, Rae on May 1st, 2006
New exhibition include nearly a half century of works that feature artist’s wife June 3 – 25, 2006 At the Studio of Ben Solowey BEDMINSTER, PA — The Studio of Ben Solowey is pleased to announce a new exhibition WOMAN ETERNAL: A Rae Solowey Centennial, which celebrates the birth of Rae Landis Solowey (1906 – […]
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