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I Always Come Back to Savannah: The Art of Myrtle Jones
Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta
Capturing the Immediate: Impressionism in the South: Paintings from the Permanent Collection
Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, AugustaWeek of Events
The First Moment’s Observation: Paintings by Nicholas Kilmer
Nicholas Kilmer, a native of Washington, D.C., grew up in Virginia, attended American University, the Catholic University of America, and Georgetown University. After earning a master’s degree at Harvard University, he embarked on a decades-long career in education. In 1988 he founded Nicholas Kilmer Fine Art and has devoted himself primarily to his painting ever since. Since the 1970s, he…
I Always Come Back to Savannah: The Art of Myrtle Jones
Myrtle Jones, an accomplished artist, is closely associated with Savannah, her home for most of her adult life. Born in Forsyth County, Georgia, she grew up in Winder, Georgia, and worked as a hairdresser before moving to Savannah in 1943. She first took up painting in 1950, when she studied at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences with Emil…
Capturing the Immediate: Impressionism in the South: Paintings from the Permanent Collection
This expansive exhibition includes figurative, still-life, and landscape paintings by many well-known and some previously undiscovered impressionist painters who worked in the South. Driven by the passionate interest of museum founders Sissie and Billy Morris, the museum has made impressionist painting an important focus of its collection since the start. More than three galleries are devoted to this groundbreaking exhibition. Although…