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Catalogue entry
324
Evening at Swan's Island
1938
Oil on canvas
34 x 50 in. (86.36 x 127 cm)
Signed lower right: John Folinsbee; on verso: Newman Gallery label; estate label; National Academy of Design exhibition label; Feragil Gallery (63 E. 57th, NYC), Price $1,200; Ogunquit Museum of American Art exhibition label
Folinsbee 1920s–40s stockbook: p. [21]
Provenance
John F. Folinsbee Art Trust
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 2003
Exhibitions
1938 NAD
National Academy of Design, New York, 113th Annual Exhibition, March 16–April 13, 1938, no. 277.1938 Montclair Museum
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, Paintings by Jon Corbino, John F. Folinsbee, Ivan Olinsky, April 1938.1938 Currier Gallery NH
Currier Gallery of Art, July–September 1938.1939 Grand Central
Grand Central Galleries, New York, American Art—Without "Isms", June 1939, received fourth prize for best landscape.1950 Century
The Century Association, New York, Artist Members Exhibition, November 1950.1980 Western Electric Gallery
Western Electric Gallery, John Folinsbee, A Retrospective, 1980.1980s Richard Stuart
Richard Stuart Gallery, Pipersville, Pennsylvania, Bucks County Painters, 1980s.1981 Richard Stuart
Richard Stuart Gallery, Pipersville, Pennsylvania, John Folinsbee: His Changing Landscape and Industrial Modernism, 1981.1982 NJSM
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, The Paintings of John Folinsbee, October 30, 1982–January 9, 1983, no. 29, ill., [16], color ill.1986 St Botolph Boston
St. Botolph Club, Boston, John F. Folinsbee, 1986, no. 19.1990 Newman
Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, John F. Folinsbee: Following His Own Course, March 2–April 7, 1990, no. 16.1994 Newman
Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, John Folinsbee: Another View, April 8–30, 1994, no. 26.2001 Ogunquit
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine, The Art of John Folinsbee, July–August 2001, no. 17.2002 Clark Point ME
Clark Point Gallery, John Folinsbee and Peter Cook, 2002.2003 Gunn Memorial Museum
The Gunn Memorial Library and Museum, Picture Perfect: The Art of John Folinsbee, Summer/Fall 2003.Published References
Jewell 1938b
Jewell, Edward Alden. [no title]. New York Times, March 20, 1938, "the spacious, liberal happiness of John Folinsbee's 'Evening at Swan Island'".Grand Central NY 1939
Grand Central Art Galleries, Yearbook 1939. New York: Grand Central Art Galleries, 1939, p. 14 b/w ill.NY Times 1939
"Art Without 'Isms' Wins $1,100 in Prizes." New York Times, June 6, 1939.Vose 1972
Appraisal of Pictures, Estate of John F. Folinsbee, June 20, 1972. Boston: Vose Galleries, 1972, #405.Stricker 1990
Stricker, Michele Pavon. John Folinsbee: Following His Own Course. Philadelphia: Newman Galleries, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, p. 18, color ill.Cook 1994
Cook, Peter G. John Folinsbee. New York: Kubaba Books, 1994, p. 114, color ill.Culver 2001
Culver, Michael. "The Art of John Folinsbee." American Art Review 13, no. 4 (August 2001), p. 108, color ill.Ogunquit 2001
Michael Culver. The Art of John Folinsbee. Ogunquit, ME: Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 2001. Exhibition catalogue.Jensen 2013
Jensen, Kirsten M. Folinsbee Considered. Hudson Hills Press, 2013, p. 136, color ill.; p. 267, cat entry.Record last updated January 12, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Evening at Swan's Island, 1938 (JFF.324)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=324 (accessed on April 20, 2024).