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The State of the Arts: A Celebration of Ohio's Rich Artistic Heritage


March 3 – May 4, 2003

To commemorate the Ohio Bicentennial, the Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery will exhibit masterpieces by prominent Ohio artists March 3 through May 4, 2003. An opening reception will be held on Monday, March 3, from 5-7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The State of the Arts: A Celebration of Ohio’s Rich Artistic Heritage celebrates Ohio’s prominent role as a catalyst for the visual arts within America and abroad. The exhibition primarily showcases Ohio’s rich contribution to painting, but also includes a select number of sculptures, photographs, folk art and decorative objects. It highlights Ohio’s great artists from early itinerant portrait painters to well-known artists of the twentieth century

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Tour some of the works that will be on display!

There are 8 images contained within this archive which are intended for personal/educational use only. All dimensions are given in inches unless otherwise noted. These images are protected by a 2002 photographic copyright which belongs to the Ohio Arts Council. They, therefore, are not in the public domain.


Karl Anderson - The Idlers George Bellows - Lucie David Gilmour Blythe - Street Urchins Charles Burchfield - Sultry Moon
Karl Anderson
The Idlers, August, 1909
oil on canvas
Collection of the Brauer Museum of Art
George Bellows
Lucie, 1915
oil on canvas
David Gilmour Blythe
Street Urchins, 1856-1858
oil on canvas
Collection of The Butler Institute of American Art
Charles Burchfield
Sultry Moon, 1959
watercolor
Henry Church, Jr. - Tabletop Still Life with Fruit Raphael Gleitsmann - The White Dam Elizabeth Nourse - La Petite Soeur Joseph Sharp - Young Chief's Mission
Henry Church, Jr.
Tabletop Still Life with Fruit, 1888 c.
oil on paper mounted on board
Raphael Gleitsmann
The White Dam, 1939
oil on canvas
Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
Elizabeth Nourse
La Petite Soeur, 1902
oil on canvas
Joseph Sharp
Young Chief’s Mission, 1919 c.
oil on canvas
Collection of The Butler Institute of American Art

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