Boutelle-Cole, The Voyage of Life: Old Age, 1852, Oil on canvas, 75 x 53 in, Courtesy of the Manoogian Collection
DeWitt Boutelle after Thomas Cole: The Voyage of Life From the Manoogian Collection
September 16, 2017 – January 7, 2018
The suite of four paintings representing an allegory of man’s earthly journey, (Childhood, Youth, Manhood, Old Age) by itinerant painter DeWitt Clinton Boutelle (1820 -1884), bears the unmistakable influence of painters Thomas Cole (1801-1848) and Asher Durand (1796-1886). In fact, Boutelle was commissioned to paint the complete full sized copy of the elder artist’s much-celebrated Voyage of Life for sending over to Europe to be engraved in the highest style of modern art. Curiously, artist Thomas Cole’s signature appear inscribed on these artworks alongside Boutelle’s, indicating that the latter was acknowledging the existence of Cole’s hand, however tentative, in the finished paintings.
Museum in the Garden: Envisioning the New VBMA
January 9, 2026—February 7, 2027
The Museum in the Garden: Envisioning the New VBMA exhibition traces the evolution of the designs for Vero Beach Museum of Art’s new building and transformed campus created by the Allied Works architecture and Unknown Studio Landscape Architecture & Urban Design.
American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection
January 31–June 7, 2026
Featuring over 80 works by renowned American artists, this exhibition traces the evolution of American art with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. Showcasing landscapes, still lifes, and genre scenes, it highlights the influence of European training and the diverse styles that have shaped American artistic expression across generations.