Jane Freilicher, Ornamental Cherry, 1978-1988, oil on linen © The Estate of Jane Freilicher. Image courtesy of Kasmin Gallery.

The Seasons

November 16, 2019 – March 1, 2020

Like the seasons themselves, perennial favorite guest co-curators Franklin Hill Perrell and Debbie Wells return to the museum with a fresh look at visual art inspired by the seasons highlighted by an outstanding roster of artists.

This fall, they proudly present The Seasons, complete with a full harvest of paintings, sculpture, photography, fashion and design, including works by Grandma Moses, Jasper Johns, Norman Rockwell, Marc Chagall and Jane Freilicher, plus a special showcase of glittering minaudières and fashion accessories by handbag designer Judith Leiber. From traditional landscapes to avant-garde works, this exhibition offers a fanciful experience of every season and an endearing look at holidays through the eyes of artists across the past century.

  • Nell Blaine, Garden and Font de Serpent, St. Lucia, 1965, oil on canvas, Courtesy of Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York

  • David Hockney, The San Fernando Valley As Seen from the Breakfast Table, 2000, oil on canvas, Private Collection.

  • L-R: Federico Uribe, Don Jacot

  • L-R: Janet Fish, Wolf Kahn

  • Janet Fish, Blue Decanter, Polka-Dot Bowl, Suzani, 2009, oil on canvas. Private Collection.

  • Thomas Moran, The Woods in Autumn, 1864, oil on canvas, Collection of the Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY. August Heckscher Collection.

  • Julie Curtiss, Anemones, 2019, acrylic, vinyl and oil paint on canvas, Courtesy the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York/© Julie Curtiss

  • Frederic Edwin Church, Winter Landscape, 1872, oil on paper mounted on canvas, [1965.3], Courtesy of The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY. August Heckscher Collection.