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Viktor Schreckengost: An American Master Discovered
2007
National traveling show originating at The Columbus Museum
of Art, Columbus, Ohio.
Thursday, January 12 to Monday, February 20, 2006
The Viktor Schreckengost Foundation presents an exhibition curated by Larry Waldman and the Viktor Schreckengost Foundation featuring the most original and successful children’s pedal cars ever marketed and a series of truly unique bicycles. This exhibition will for the first time survey the entire range and breadth of Schreckengost’s legacy of creating toys for children. Bikes, trucks, trains, wagons and pedal cars will be displayed with the artist’s original design drawings, resulting in a unique opportunity for viewers to see a toy’s progress from concept to completion.
"A celebration of creative strength at age 80 and beyond, showcasing recent and early works by artists who continue to flourish with the exuberance, zest and independence that maturity affords." Five of Viktor's pieces will be shown in this exhibition. Learn more.
An exhibition of various works of art collected by this Cleveland art critic during her 30 years as the Plain Dealer art reporter. Artists include Anna Arnold, Herbert Ascherman, Louis Bosa, Shirley Aley Campbell, H.C. Cassill, Clara Deike, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, Dorothy Rutka Porter, Robert Rauschenberg, Viktor Schreckengost, Phyllis Seltzer, Phyllis Sloane, William Sommer, Julian Stanczak, Paul Travis, and more. The Schreckengost piece Aaron with Serpent will be shown. Hours are Wednesday through Saturday noon to 10 pm and Sunday 1-5 pm. For exhibition information, please contact Gallery Director William Busta at wbusta@sbcglobal.net or 216-371-3457.
Jeddu will be shown at the annual April Art Show in Gates Mills, Ohio. Jeddu is a clay head modeled from a 1930s photograph of an African woman, with a dramatic profile reminiscent of the famous Nefertiti sculpture in the Berlin museum. Exhibition hours are 1-4 and 7-9 pm; weekend hours are 1-6 pm. Admission is free. This popular art show is one of northeast Ohio's premier exhibits of painting, drawings, graphic prints and sculpture. The show features the creative expressions of talented artists residing in the following communities: Gates Mills, Bainbridge, Chagrin Falls, Chardon, Chesterland, Hunting Valley, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Mayfield Heights, Mayfield Village, Newbury, Novelty, Orange Village, Pepper Pike, Russell, Waite Hill, and Willoughby Hills, as well as former Gates Mills residents. A distinguished panel of professionals from the Cleveland Institute of Art selects the works to be displayed.
Bringing Modernism Home is the first exhibition to celebrate the notable contribution of Ohio artists, designers, and companies in the decorative arts. It showcases more than one hundred objects-glass, ceramics, enameling, furniture design, metalwork, and jewelry-embracing ground-breaking movements such as Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Art Moderne. Included are works by nationally regarded figures such as Russel Wright and Viktor Schreckengost, as well as renowned creations by the important studios and manufactories Rookwood Pottery, Rose Iron Works, Hall China, and the Libbey Glass Company. One of the Jazz Bowls is a featured attraction. The Columbus Museum of Art organized this exhibition.
Viktor’s most famous contribution to the early 20th design phenomenon known as Art Deco is featured in an exhibition that seeks to outline the development of the works of one of the most influential style movements of the last century. Viktor’s Jazz Bowl (from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston) is one of the pieces featured in the show Art Deco, which originated in London at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The show features ceramics, sculpture and textiles that represent the most innovative and beautiful examples of the style.
The exhibition is in Toronto at the Royal Ontario Museum from September 20, 2003 to January 4, 2004. From Toronto the show travels to the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco where it will be displayed from March 13 to July 5, 2004. The final venue for the exhibition will be the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston whose exhibition dates are August 22, 2004 to January 9, 2005.
Fifty-three dinnerware patterns made for several manufacturers during the mid-1900s show how Viktor revolutionized the American table setting. Click here to read a write-up on the show published in the summer 2004 edition of the Northern Clay Center newsletter. Copies of the full-color catalogue for this show are available; click here to order.
Children's pedal cars are a uniquely American cultural phenomenon. This major loan exhibition examines how 20th-century America's grand love affair with the automobile fueled the production of miniature toy cars that rivaled Detroit's own productions.
The Viktor Schreckengost Foundation curates an exhibition of some of Viktor's artwork based on religious themes. Two- and three- dimensional works are displayed, from sculptures to cityscapes of religious architecture.
Link to the museum's summary of the show.
This was the Cleveland museum’s first major exhibition of a living Cleveland artist; Viktor was 94 at the time. Attendance topped 70,000, which was twice the expected audience. The show catalogue sold out its initial printing and the museum store did $250,000 worth of business. Henry Adams, PhD, curator of American art at the Cleveland Art Museum, curated the show. Read Henry's comments about the show.
To purchase a copy of the show catalogue, with the most comprehensive published treatment of Viktor's life and works, click here.
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