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DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
Current Exhibitions

Painting in Boston: 1950–2000
Realism

Allan Rohan Crite

Allan Rohan Crite, Our Lady of the MTA, 1953

Our Lady of the MTA, 1953, gouache on artist's board, 20" x 29 7/8", Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Print Department, Photo credit: Boston Photo Imaging

Linda Etcoff

Linda Etcoff, Small Pleasures, 1976

Small Pleasures, 1976, oil on canvas, 66" x 84", NEA Museum Purchase Plan: 1977.101, Collection of DeCordova Museum, Photo credit: Ri Anderson

Emily Eveleth

Emily Eveleth, Shelter, 1998

Shelter, 1998, oil on canvas, 80" x 76", Lent by Mr. Roger Altman and Ms. Jurate Kazickas; Courtesy Danese, New York, NY and Howard Yezerksi Gallery, Boston, MA, Photo credit: © Zindman/Fremont, New York, NY

Gregory Gillespie

Gregory Gillespie, Myself Painting a Self-Portrait, 1980–1981

Myself Painting a Self-Portrait, 1980–1981, oil, alkyd, pencil, crayon, conté crayon, wood, felt-tipped pen and ink, ball-point pen and ink, masking tape, photomechanical reproductions on wood, 58 1/8" x 68 ¾", Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. Museum Purchase with Funds Donated by the Board of Trustees, 1981, 81.230, Photo credit: Lee Stalsworth

Michael Mazur

Michael Mazur, Mind Landscape— After Chao Meng-Fu, 1994

Mind Landscape— After Chao Meng-Fu, 1994, oil on canvas, 70" x 79 ¼", Museum Purchase: 1996.95, Collection of DeCordova Museum Photo credit: Ri Anderson

John Moore

John Moore, Outbound, 1992–3

Outbound, 1992–3, oil on canvas, 72" x 80", Private Collection; Courtesy Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY, Photo credit: Greg Heins

Walter Murch

Walter Murch, Transformer, 1965

Transformer, 1965, oil on canvas, 38" x 28 ¼", Lent by the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Gift of Gail and Carroll Silver, 74.082, Photo credit: Erik Gould

George Nick

George Nick, Commonwealth School, 1986

Commonwealth School, 1986, oil on canvas, 50" x 80", Private Collection, Photo credit: Boston Photo Imaging

Scott Prior

Scott Prior, Nellie in Backyard, 1993–99

Nellie in Backyard, 1993–99, oil on linen, 60" x 56", Collection of DeCordova Museum, Museum Purchase: 1999.25, Photo credit: Stephen Petegorsky

Barnet Rubenstein

Barnet Rubenstein, Interior/Exterior, 1987

Interior/Exterior, 1987, oil on canvas, 48" x 42", Private Collection, Photo credit: Boston Photo Imaging

Donald Shambroom

Donald Shambroom, Blue Generator, 1985

Blue Generator, 1985, oil on canvas , 47 ½" x 63 ¾" , Collection of DeCordova Museum, Anonymous Gift: 1997.65, Photo credit: Ri Anderson

Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz

Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz, Nevada Darkness, 1986

Nevada Darkness, 1986, oil on rhoplexed plaster, 2 parts: 23 5/8" x 28" (top); 23 7/8" x 28" (bottom), Collection of DeCordova Museum, Gift of Joann Green: 1991.23, Photo credit: Ri Anderson

Sarah Supplee

Sarah Supplee, Tanker, Rt. 2, Fitchburg, Mass., 1975

Tanker, Rt. 2, Fitchburg, Mass., 1975, oil on canvas, 54" x 36", Collection of DeCordova Museum, Museum Purchase: 1976.98, Photo credit: Ri Anderson

James Weeks

James Weeks, Children Listening to Music, 1977

Children Listening to Music, 1977, acrylic on canvas, 67" x 94", Lent by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1978.80, Photo credit: Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Reproduced with permission. © 2000 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All rights reserved.