It’s National Volunteer Week, and boy, do we have some fabulous volunteers! We couldn’t do it without you! Just this week, our flower beds are looking neat and refreshed for spring, thanks to Jule Rafuse and Norm LeBel, who put in multiple hours of work getting our perennials presentable! Thank you! Young Writers Contest is…
2021 Young Writers Contest
Visit the exhibitions and GET INSPIRED Select a work of art and start writing! You can write a poem, story, essay, play or dialogue, newspaper article, or any other kind of writing! All entries must be submitted by midnight onWednesday, August 25, 2021. Visit Portsmouth Historical Society and check out the art on display in…
Exhibitions Receiving Rave Reviews
After a long winter, visitors are loving the fabulous art on display! Between “Twilight of American Impressionism” and “Don Gorvett: Working Waterfronts,” there’s definitely something for everyone! Portsmouth Historical Society is open7 days a week10 am to 5 pm Museum Shop Featured Artist: Michael Sterling This week’s featured artist from the Shop’s “Art Wall” is…
We’re Open!
đ˛ Look! Real people, out and about! So glad to be getting back into the swing of things! History, Arts, and Culture Are Open for the Season! We are back for 2021! We’ve got some AMAZING exhibitions, a wonderful gift shop, and our friendly staff and volunteers can’t wait to see you! We’re still being…
âTwilight of American Impressionismâ & âWorking Waterfrontsâ at Portsmouth Historical Society
More images available at Twilight and Waterfronts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Meredith Affleck, Manager, Exhibitions & Programming Meredith@portsmouthhistory.org 603-570-2493 Sublime Impressionist paintings and powerful expressionist woodcuts are featured in two exhibitions of very different styles of art, both produced by artists with roots in the area. On display at Portsmouth Historical Societyâs galleries through September 12,…
Spring Is Here, and Portsmouth Historical Society is Open!
The witch hazel is blooming outside the Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center! Spring has definitely arrived! The Welcome Center is open10 am to 5 pmSeven days a week! Please note that we are still following health and safety protocols, asking all visitors to wear masks and follow a one-way route through the gallery, with a maximum…
Hard-Working Art
Above: Don Gorvett, Bend in the River, Bow and Ceres, 2016. Reduction woodcut; 21 x 40 in. Collection of Nancy and Brian Pearson. “Don Gorvett: Working Waterfronts” April 2, 20201âSeptember 12, 2021 at the Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center10 Middle Street, Portsmouth, NH Open 7 days, 10 amâ5 pm starting April 1st “Don Gorvett: Working Waterfronts” presents…
Don Gorvett: Working Waterfronts
Don Gorvett: Working Waterfronts” presents over sixty works by this famed seacoast master printmaker highlighting the dynamic commercial harbors of the region. Renowned for his imaginative seascapes and “boat portraits,” Gorvett’s work celebrates the mechanical and gritty alongside the serene and picturesque.
A Visual Feast!
“Twilight of American Impressionism: Alice Ruggles Sohier & Frederick A. Bosley” Opening to the public on April 2 is our long-awaited exhibition on two unsung artists of the Boston School of painting. Alice Ruggles Sohier and Frederick A. Bosley were talented students of Edmund Tarbell (Bosley even took over Tarbell’s job after his retirement). While…
Twilight of American Impressionism
“Twilight of American Impressionism” showcases the largely unsung talents of Alice Ruggles Sohier and Frederick A. Bosley, two American impressionists working at a time when realistic art was falling out of fashion and abstract art was in vogue. These two artists created works of profound quality and depth in the midst of the rapidly changing inter-war era. Their successes and failures offer insight into the difficulty of coping with rapid societal change, and their work, rarely seen in public since it was first painted, reminds us that great art, while not always trendy, stands the test of time. William Brewster, guest curator and descendant of both Sohier and Bosley, brings his unparalleled knowledge of the two artists to the project.