On Friday, October 16, The Cummer opened its latest travelling exhibition. The exhibition, entitled “Discoveries in Detail: Jacques Le Moyne and Theodor de Bry,” consists of four different unique and engaging components and is on view through January 10, 2010.
The Botanical Watercolors by Jacques Le Moyne are exquisite. The gallery contains sixty-one botanical paintings all in watercolor and gouache. These works were par tof a series of eighty plates removed from a manuscript of Le Moyne.
The Artist Response: Botanicals contains work of local Jacksonville artists, Linda Broadfoot, Emily Arthur Douglass and Susan Ober. They chose to reinterpret the botanical art of Le Moyne’s watercolors in photography, printmaking and drawing. And, I’ve got to say, Susan Ober’s paintings are amazing! Such vivid colors! Her paintings stood out, and I loved it!
Don’t miss Voyages to the New World on your next trip to The Cummer either. This contains forty-two images, engraved by Flemish publisher Theodor de Bry in the 17th century and tells the story of the French settlement at Fort Caroline. And check out the old maps drawn by Theodor de Bry too!
For this exhibition, The Cummer partnered with Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville. DA students used their newly xeriscaped garden to create drawings inspired by the works of Le Moyne. That school has some talented students!
