April events at the Hopper House

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Finding Edward Hopper in Vermont, a talk and book signing of Edward Hopper in Vermont by Bonnie Tocher Clause
Friday, April 19 at 6 PM
Edward and Josephine Hopper made a series of summer trips into Vermont between 1927 and 1938, culminating in two month-long stays on a farm in South Royalton. There Edward painted a series of distinctive and little-known watercolour landscapes of the White River. Author Bonnie Tocher Clause describes her quest to illuminate the back story of these Vermont sojourns. She will illustrate her talk with slides of Hopper's Vermont works--both watercolours and drawings--along with photographs, old and new, of the real places in the paintings.  Reservations strongly suggested.

 Artists of Deception: The Art of the Ghost Army
April 13-June 9
Curators: Elizabeth Sayles and Rick Beyer
An exhibition of original works by soldiers in “The Ghost Army,” an extraordinary World War II deception unit loaded with artists.  This top-secret group of GI’s helped win the war with inflatable tanks, sound effects and illusion.  As they travelled across the battlefields of Europe they documented everything, with watercolours, ink, and pastel, creating a vast array of artwork by some of the most talented artists of the era.  Artists in the unit included fashion designer Bill Blass, painter/sculptor Ellsworth Kelly, and wildlife artist Arthur Singer. This exhibition, specially curated for the Hopper House, will feature wartime paintings and sketches by more than 15 Ghost Army soldiers.  It includes Blass’s wartime sketchbook and exquisite Singer watercolours, as well as works by Rockland County Ghost Army veterans Bill Sayles and Ned Harris.

Please note the gallery hours: Thursday–Sunday, 1–5 p.m. or by appointment.  Admission is $5 adults, $3 Seniors; Free for members, students and children. Docent guided tours can be arranged for an additional fee.  

The Edward Hopper House Art Center is situated at Nyack, New York, about 20 miles north of NYC.