"Portrait of a Lady: Mildred Scheel", by Andy Warhol. One of the portraits on exhibition at the Museum of European Art in Clarence, New York.
Photo: Marco/Bonn
"Portrait of a Lady: Mildred Scheel", by Andy Warhol. One of the portraits on exhibition at the Museum of European Art in Clarence, New York.
Photo: Marco/Bonn
Clarence/New York (meaus) An interesting selection of portraits of men and women of our time by European and American artists is currently on exhibition at the Museum of European Art in Clarence, New York. The works include not only paintings and graphic works, but also portraits in bronze and marble.
The works include portraits of: the French poet Jean Cocteau, the Dalai Lama, inventor Wilson Greatbatch, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, dancer Tilla Durieux, Princess Diana, the space travel pioneer Hermann Oberth, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Salvador Dali, music conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, Swami Rama of the Himalayas, Mildered Scheel by Andy Warhol, Pope John Paul II, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin L. King, Mother Theresa, the Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, and others.
Portrait of the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. A bronze medal.
Photo: Marco/Bonn
The exhibition runs from February 4 to April 25, 2008, Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm. Free admission.
Museum of European Art, 10545 Main Street, Clarence, New York 14031. Tel. 716-759-6078, e-mail: info@meaus.com
© PROMETHEUS 127/2008
PROMETHEUS, Internet Bulletin - News, Politics, Art and Science. Nr. 127, January 2008