Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Two New Francis Quirk Chalk Drawings Come to Light at Ursinus College- Depicted Benefactor Berman Donates Harding Painting to Lehigh

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Working on a hunch we reached out to Ursinus College in Allentown, Pennsylvania to see if they had any works by Francis Quirk. As it turned...
Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Francis Quirk Curates Exhibition with Waldo Peirce

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We continue to examine the work of Quirk as a pillar of the Pennsylvania arts community through the exhibitions he organized under Quirk...
Friday, December 15, 2017

Quirk as a Hub in the Pennsylvania Art Ecosystem- Charles Ward Exhibition

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When looking at the exhibitions organized under Quirk's era at Lehigh, we are seeing a stream of talented artists who are now represent...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Francis Quirk Redesigns the Banner for Lehigh's Brown and White Newspaper

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We have begun a survey of articles featuring Francis Quirk in the Lehigh University archives of the Brown and White, the student newspaper....
Monday, November 20, 2017

Violet Oakley makes a strong impression at Lehigh thanks to Francis Quirk

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We have begun researching the curatorial work of Francis Quirk while he was at Lehigh University. After his 1950 arrival and an initial sho...
Sunday, October 29, 2017

Quirk's Later Home in Bethlehem

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By chance we came upon a label on a Quirk painting for sale and saw the address of  Macada Road-  Further Research revealed that he  ...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

Francis Quirk Paints Francis Quirk- The Self Portraits

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We have finally set the time aside to put together the self-portraits of Francis Quirk in one spot. It is an interesting mix of different...