July 17, 2018
2018-07-17T10:00:00
Eldredge, Spratlen, and Armstrong Galleries
1111 East Brookside Drive
Springfield, MO 65807
Free and open to the public
Frolic of the Mind: The Illustrious Life of Rose O'Neill
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
This exhibition will trace Rose O'Neill's work in all media and will feature 150 works from a number of public and private collections including the Springfield Art Museum, the Huntington Library and Art Museum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bonniebrook Home and Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, among others. The exhibit will include illustrations, rarely seen paintings, drawings, archival documents, personal effects, and smaller sculpture. A fully illustrated catalog will bring new research to the topic, featuring several guest essays. Curated by Sarah Buhr, Curator of Art at the Springfield Art Museum.