Vose Galleries is pleased to announce the exhibition, Crosscurrents: The Colonies, Clubs & Schools that Established Impressionism in America. This show serves as the second of two significant exhibitions in 2016 to commemorate the galleries’ 175 years in business.

Crosscurrents will showcase the extensive art collection of Abbot W. and Marcia L. Vose, as well as over 100 works for sale by American artists working in the Impressionist vein around the turn of the century. In the nineteen-seventies and early eighties, Abbot (Bill) Vose gave dozens of lectures around the country on the artists working in the colonies, clubs and schools that brought American Impressionism to light. His advocacy of the movement helped catalyze the scholarly and public recognition that American Impressionism receives today. Abbot and Marcia’s shared passion for these artists form the base of their personal collection, which has never been displayed in its entirety to the public before.

Concurrently, the 100+ examples for sale explore the tightly knit communities of artists who synthesized their academic instruction from the Art Students League of New York and Boston Museum School with their exposure to Impressionism in Europe to form a distinctly American style. Reminiscent of artists' colonies formed in France, New England coastal communities such as Gloucester, Rockport, Annisquam, Essex, Manchester, Provincetown and Cape Cod in Massachusetts; Old Lyme, Cos Cob and Mystic in Connecticut; and Ogunquit and Monhegan Island in Maine, provided intimate settings in the summers for artists to experiment freely with form, light and color. Crosscurrents includes artists active in these influential colonies and associations, such as Henry Ward Ranger, Childe Hassam, William M. Chase, Frank V. Dumond, Theodore Wendel, Charles Woodbury, Jane Peterson, and more. In addition to the antique works, artists from Vose Galleries Contemporary Realist Division have created new works inspired by the galleries’ long history with American Art.

The exhibition is viewable online and in the gallery through December 31, 2016. An accompanying 80-page catalog is available for $25.