Revisiting Movalli - paintings of Charles Movalli (1945-2016)

When:
Friday, Jun 08, 2018 6:00p -
8:00p

Where:
South Street Gallery
149 South St
Hingham, MA 02043

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Art, Date Idea, Lectures & Conferences, Meetup, Nightlife, Social Good

Event website:
www.southstreetgallery.com

South Street Gallery, South Shore’s premier fine art gallery supporting area artists, has announced that the upcoming exhibit will be a retrospective of the renowned Gloucester painter Charles Movalli. The special preview will take place on Friday evening, June 8 from 6 to 8pm. This exhibit will be on display from June 9 until July 11, 2018.

Movalli said of his work: “There is a real trend toward seeing things in terms of photographs, which is why photo realism is so popular. My view is that there should be more left to the imagination.”


Movalli was well known in the area. A resident of Gloucester, MA, he was a Gold Medal Winner from the Rockport Art Association as well as the North Shore Art Association.


Movalli received a BA from Clark University and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. He painted and wrote about art for more than thirty-five years. He belonged to the North Shore Arts Association, the Rockport Art Association, The Guild of Boston Artists, Academic Artists, Hudson Valley Art Association, and the New England Watercolor Society. Although he worked primarily in acrylic, he was also a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America. He received Life Achievement Awards from the Oil Painters of America (1991), Rockport Art Association (1999), and Hudson Valley Art Association (2002). He judged shows all over the United States and lectured and demonstrated for over a hundred different art organizations. He also conducted painting workshops in 24 states, Bermuda, Mexico, Canada, England, France, and Switzerland. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Art.


Movalli edited nine art books for Watson-Guptill Publications, working with Emile Gruppe, Paul Strisik, Betty Lou Schlemm, Roger Curtis, and Claude Croney. Two of his books appeared in Japanese and Chinese editions. He also wrote the historical preface for the Dover Press re-issue of William Morris Hunts on Painting and Drawing.


During his 25 years as Contributing Editor for American Artist, he wrote more than 80 articles. Some of the most popular of which were reprinted in Watson-Guptill’s Twenty Painters and How They Work, Twenty Landscape Painters and How They Work, and Twenty Figure Painters and How They Work. He also wrote for Southwest Art, The American Art Review, and other art publications.


Movalli’s work was featured in an article written by Stanley Marcus for American Artist June 1986 and in the American Art Collector July 2006. Movalli’s art also appears in the books Dynamic Composition by Frank Webb, Artist’s Guide to Using Color by Wendon Blake, Handbook to Landscape Painting by Stephen Doherty, and A Guide to Drawing by Mendelowitz and Wakeham. His painting methods are showcased in John Stobart’s “Worldscape II” video.


Considered one of Cape Ann’s best-known painters and teachers, Movalli’s work is electric with movement, color, and vibrant light.

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