Oscar Bluemner, , Montville (Movement of Space and Form, New Jersey) , ca. 1914-15, watercolor on paper, 15 ¼ x 20 ¼ inches, Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida
Oscar Bluemner: Selections from the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida
January 16, 2016 – May 22, 2016
Oscar Bluemner, one of America’s most important modernist painters, devoted himself to the new styles of painting he encountered on a trip to Europe in 1912. He portrayed both urban and rural landscapes in bright colors and simplified forms inspired by the European avant garde. This stellar selection of works from the collection of the artist’s daughter Vera follows his transformation from a traditional representational style to modernist abstraction.
James Prosek: At Work
July 11–October 25, 2026
James Prosek: At Work celebrates the significant projects that define the artist’s first 30 years of artmaking. This comprehensive survey presents the remarkable breadth of his practice, from on-the-spot field studies to studio work in painting, watercolor, and sculpture.
Jill Nathanson: Chromatic Phrases
July 25, 2026–February 7, 2027
This exhibition presents recent work by Jill Nathanson, whose abstract paintings are shaped through a deliberate process that balances spontaneity with a predetermined structure. This interplay between intention and material response brings into focus the dynamic movement of layered color.