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WHERE: Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Rugby Road, Charlottesville
The Bayly Art Museum will show more than 80 watercolors and drawings of landscapes and portraits that speak to the diverse cultures he encountered on his travels.
Also on view will be paintings he exhibited in New York City in the 1920s chronicling his travels as a social revolutionary throughout the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. A number of the watercolors he made during these trips and while living in New York are shown as cover art, and, as in the case of the "Orient Express," as illustrations in his books. Included in the exhibition are Dos Passos's designs for productions presented by the New Playwrights Theater in New York, a proletarian dramatist group. "The Art of John Dos Passos" was organized by International Arts & Artists in conjunction with the Dos Passos estate. Its presentation at the Bayly Art Museum is supported in part by the Museum's Volunteer Board. The Bayly Art Museum is open to the public without charge Tuesday through Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. The museum is located on Rugby Road, a short distance from the Rotunda. A small parking lot for visitors is located behind the museum. For more information about the exhibit and the Bayly Art Museum, visit the Bayly Web site at www.virginia.edu/~bayly. Contact: Jane Ford, (434) 924-4298 |
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The
exhibition, "The Art of John Dos Passos," which opens Saturday,
July 21 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 16, is divided into sections
corresponding to his travels. These include works from a trip to
Spain immediately after his discharge from the U.S. Army in 1920,
his return to Paris and trips to Morocco in the mid-1920s and to
Mexico from 1926 to 1934.