Joan’s Beach, oil on canvas, by Bill White
Admission:
Event: $10.00 | Members & Children: Free
Event & Dinner*: $41.95
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The Sagamore Seminars education series is offered by Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization chartered by the Board of Regents of the Education Department of the State of New York and sole owner and operator of Great Camp Sagamore.
In this engaging, image-rich presentation, Bill White explores how the artists we now call the Impressionists broke from the rigid traditions of the French Academic system and the authority of the École des Beaux-Arts. At a time when acceptance depended on pleasing the French Salon and adhering to carefully constructed, studio-based methods, these painters chose a different path.
Turning to plein air painting, they focused on capturing the fleeting effects of natural light and atmosphere rather than building compositions through meticulous drawing in dim Paris studios. Influenced by new discoveries in optical color and newly available vivid pigments, they experimented boldly to convey light and movement—reshaping the course of art history in the process.
Bill White - Artist
Bill White has been a painter for over 60 years. He has a BFA & MFA in Painting & he taught Drawing, Painting and Modern Art History for over 40 years. He retired in 2010 as Professor Emeritus from Hollins University, Roanoke, VA. He has received grants from the Ford, Mellon and Cabell Foundations, and he has had residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Cite des Arts International in Paris. White’s works are in 18 Museum and Institutional Collections in the USA. His works have been in over 40 solo exhibitions and over one hundred invitational and juried group shows He is a member of the Midwest Paint Group & He is represented by Steven Francis Fine Art gallery in Lynchburg & Roanoke Virginia as well as the Village Gallery in Caledonia, NY.