Famous Works of Art
John Menihan once said, "If Ralph had a favorite, it was the next one he would be doing."
"The Statue of Mercury, " messenger of god's and the highlight of Rochester, New York's city skyline though Avery's eyes, is one of his most remember works. This series is a collection of seven paintings, all containing "The Statue of Mercury", are from different vantage points and in different seasonal weather depictions. The titles of these mastered, influential paintings are as follows:
1). Silhouette at Night 2). Guardian of the River 3). A Ladder to the Sky 4). The Company of the Gulls 5). Familiar Landmark 6). Reflections on Spring Day 7). One of theses Winter Days
Avery's paintings appeared on many greeting card covers, calendars, and, as mentioned before, the cover of Readers' Digest. The Bevier Gallery at Rochester Institute of Technology holds pieces from Avery's collection. On December 4 to December 18 of 1976; 75 of his paintings were on display in this gallery in celebration of his life.
Avery's estate gave the Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, NY) over 450 pieces of his collection. The collection includes sketches of how he came about some paintings, as well as tracings from photographs, among various styles of work.
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Famous quotes containing the words works of art, famous, works and/or art:
“The ancients of the ideal description, instead of trying to turn their impracticable chimeras, as does the modern dreamer, into social and political prodigies, deposited them in great works of art, which still live while states and constitutions have perished, bequeathing to posterity not shameful defects but triumphant successes.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“John Gilpin was a citizen
Of credit and renown,
A train-band captain eke was he
Of famous London town.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)
“It is the art of mankind to polish the world, and every one who works is scrubbing in some part.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
““Art” is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers.... What we call art is a game.”
—Octavio Paz (b. 1914)