“Still Life on Rose Cloth” William Segal Oil on Canvas Board 24x36” 1992 A2017.06.17 The phrase itself conjures up a sense of peace. Still life: a long-honored genre in painting which refers simply to things placed in such a way that they create an attractive display. Let’s take a...
“JOY FIELDS 2” Whitney Wood Bailey Oil/Mixed Media 72x72” 2018 Instead of interpreting a piece from our collection for you to understand and appreciate more fully, I am going to step back a bit further; to the space that exists before interpretation. This is the space that involves the viewer’s...
Untitled Self-Portrait: 3/4 View William Segal Oil on Canvas 24x20” A2021.2.1-17 THE ART OF THE SELF-PORTRAIT: SEEING AND BEING In conjunction with the show of the late William Segal’s works on display at MAS until late spring. As we embark on this adventure of a project of self-introspection...
“JOB” Jerry Smith American/Kansas Acrylic on Canvas 66x90” A2017.07 This painting by Jerry Smith was one of the first I interpreted to our Board of Directors for accession as a Board member heading up the collections committee in 2017. This painting gave me such satisfaction to break down, analyze, and discover its meaning. Therefore,...
“Makin’ It on I-75” Betty Bivins Edwards Acrylic and Papier Maché on board. 32 x 48” A gift to the museum, by the artist, in memory of Joel Plum. A92.19.1 Betty Bivins Edwards was born and raised in Georgia. She creates works of art from her keen insight to what...
The Naked Young Painter William Segal 1947 Oil on Canvas 24"x20” The Art of the Self Portrait The introspection required of a person undertaking a self-portrait is sometimes daunting. You have to look what seems like endlessly into the mirror at your face in a back and forth constant...
Yellow Hat, Red Floor, Paris William Segal (self-portrait) Oil on Canvas Ca. 1980 A2009.1.1 MAS will be hanging the works we received in 2015 by William Segal. These works have never been shown before and will be hung in the Elam Alexander Hall Gallery for an extended period. The 17...
The Museum of Arts and Sciences receives the 2020 Governor's Award for the Arts and Humanities.
Guy Charon Lot Guy Charon Fr. b. 1927 Tulipes à Paris framed double matted and floated behind plexiglass marked and signed 301/375 Chartreuse, cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, viridian green, pink, blues PROVENANCE: marked on the back as the property of Carlyle Hotel New York to see what a painting is...
By Christopher Collier, Guest Writer for the MAS Educators and civic leaders founded the Museum of Arts and Sciences in 1956, envisioning the expansion and enrichment of the educational opportunities available to Bibb County school children. While the Museum has expanded from a single rented room to a state-of-the-art, 50,000...