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The permanent collection of the Concord Art Association includes a wide variety of paintings, drawings, sculpture, objects and furnishings acquired during its early years under the leadership of its founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts. Miss Roberts' fine eye as an art buyer and close relations with many of the artists represented in the collection, coupled with her great generosity to the Art Association, yielded a stellar collection, diminished somewhat over the years after Miss Roberts' death as mounting expenses forced the sale of some of the finer and then more marketable pieces. Thanks to more aggressive fundraising and an endowment which provides a small cushion against hard times, the current board of directors is determined to preserve and conserve the remaining collection. As the exhibition calendar permits, the Art Association plans to display portions of the permanent collection, and when appropriate will continue to make available work from the collection for exhibition elsewhere. Recently, works from the collection have been on exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Guild of Boston Artists and the Georgia Museum of Art. Artists whose work is represented in the collection are listed alphabetically below:
Mary Ogden Abbott The
Art Association is interested in adding to this collection works
of Miss Roberts and other artists who have had a particular direct
influence and bearing on the Association. If any reader is aware
of work that should be included, we invite you to call the office
or get in touch with any member of the board of directors. |
