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Press Contact: Lynne Kortenhaus, Kortenhaus Communications, (617) 536-5352
Gallery Contact: Sarah B. Cunningham, Owner, (617) 247-1319
Boston, MA – January 12, 2010, Walker-Cunningham Fine Art and Stylest Consultancy present paintings
by renowned
Provincetown artist Anne Packard and her grandfather, the influential American painter Max Bohm (1868-1923).
New and recent works by Anne Packard and a selection of late 19th and early 20th
century paintings by Max Bohm – including his
1898 gold medal winning masterpiece En Mer - will be on view.
In this first-of-its-kind exhibition showing works by Max Bohm and Anne Packard together, we see
an artistic family legacy fueled
by the inner drive of two deeply talented individuals who never met in life. Whether on the Brittany
coast, or the shores of
Provincetown, grandfather and granddaughter delight in the mystery and power of the sea and the natural
world beyond.
Bringing their paintings together, the exhibition provides a view of inspiration that has been passed
down through generations via
the power of artistic vision.
"It is an exciting moment when we recognize the importance of a family legacy among artists,"
says Sarah Cunningham, owner
of Walker-Cunningham Fine Art. “Individually, Anne Packard and Max Bohm hold their own in so many
ways - together, their
paintings create an energy that becomes more than the sum of its parts."
About Walker-Cunningham Fine Art
Established in 1979, Walker-Cunningham Fine Art specializes in works by American artists with a focus
on the late 19th and early
20th centuries as well as select contemporary painters.
About Stylest Consultancy, LLC
Stylest Consultancy is an innovative arts and interiors advisory working in collaboration with businesses,
artists, and individuals
regarding art, interiors, and styling matters.
About Anne Packard (b. 1933)
Ten years after her grandfather, renowned American artist Max Bohm died, Anne Packard was born in
1933 and raised in Hyde
Park, New Jersey. Ms. Packard spent summers as a child in Provincetown and made Provincetown her
full-time residence in
1977. A self-taught artist, her early work was often painted on wood panels and weathered shingles.
She later studied for a
time with the late Phil Malicoat. Ms. Packard, through her highly successful career, has gained
wide recognition and a major
following of both private collectors and institutions for her atmospheric, ethereal works. Her
subjects include the landscapes of
the Outer Cape of Massachusetts, Europe and the Mediterranean. She brings to her work an instinct
and skill drawn from a deep
family well of painters. Her life and work has been the subject of many publications, articles
and a short documentary. She is a
third generation painter.
About Max Bohm (1868-1923)
Max Bohm was a successful and popular artist in his day. He was member of the National Academy
of Design and of the
National Arts Club. Beginning in the mid-1880s, Bohm traveled abroad and spent the majority of
his life in France including
Etaples. Returning to the United States at the onset of WWI, he lived in Tuckahoe and Bronxville,
New York where he completed
several commissions for his patron Mrs. Mary Beecher Longyear of Brookline, MA including the acclaimed
triptych mural Music in
Nature. After only 8 years, he died suddenly at the age of 55 in Provincetown, Massachusetts
where he and fellow painters
Charles Hawthorne and Edwin Dickinson had a profound influence on the early years of the Provincetown
Art Colony.
Throughout his life, Bohm exhibited widely, winning numerous awards and medals. Bohm was a regular
feature in the New York
Times reviews and in International Studio magazine during his day. His works
were sought after both in the United States and
abroad. Bohm was as popular an art teacher as he was a painter; John Singer Sargent remarked that
he was the best teacher
he had encountered.
Bohm studied at the Académie Julian, Paris and won a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1898 for En
Mer, a masterpiece of
movement and emotion featuring a sailing vessel on high seas. Included in his extensive exhibition
history are showings at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago, Knoedler, Grand Central, Milch
and MacBeth Galleries in
New York. He was awarded a silver medal at the Paris Expo in 1900, a silver medal at the St. Louis
Expo in 1904, and a gold
medal in San Francisco at the Pan-Pacific Expo in 1915.
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