Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Cecilia Beaux Paints Future Lehigh President

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This post focuses on a great Pennsylvania painter- Cecilia Beaux. While we have not yet found a definitive link between Francis Quirk and Ce...
Monday, January 6, 2025

RISD Artists: Francis Quirk, Kara Walker and the Silhouette Art Form

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Sunday, December 15, 2024

Quirk Acquires Painting by Pennsylvania Impressionist Walter Baum for Lehigh University Art Galleries Collection

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This post builds upon a recent post regarding some acquisitions under Quirk and focuses on Walter Emerson  Baum.  Baum School Publication fe...
Friday, November 29, 2024

Francis Quirk Leads Lehigh in Purchase of A. Mark Datz Painting "Across the Hudson"

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According to an article in the Pocono Record on March 4, 1966, Francis Quirk announced the acquisition of three new works for the collection...
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Henry Strator Paintings Show Edward Hopper Influence

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Two delightful Henry Strator works are being deaccessioned by the ING Group's collection at the Atlanta Office at auction on December 7 ...
Monday, October 2, 2023

Francis Quirk Brings Roy Lichtenstein's George Washington to Lehigh

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Each year Quirk organized an exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at Lehigh and worked with 4-5 East Coast galleries to provide pain...
Sunday, July 9, 2023

Beautiful Quirk Watercolor "The Poppy Field" to be Auctioned July 27th at Eldred's in East Dennis, Mass

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A fresh watercolor painting of the French countryside will be auctioned on July 27th in East Dennis Mass.  "The Poppy Field" by Fr...