Masters Of The Golden Age: Harvey Dunn And His Students Opens July 1

At The Hunter Museum

  • Monday, May 23, 2016

When illustrator Harvey Dunn died in 1952, his obituary in The New York Times bore the headline "Harvey Dunn, 68, Artist, Teacher." Beginning Friday, July 1, at the Hunter Museum of American Art, Masters of the Golden Age: Harvey Dunn and His Students explores the artistic and teaching career of an icon of late 19th and early 20th century American illustration, whose work had enormous influence on the way Americans saw their lives portrayed, said officials. 

Review for the exhibit: 

The Hunter Museum will present an 80-piece exhibition which highlights Mr. Dunn’s stunning, painterly illustrations for the prominent periodicals of his day, including Scribner’s, Harper’s, Collier’s Weekly, Century, Outing and The Saturday Evening Post. Rich in detail and color, these illustrations allowed audiences to visualize current events and stories in newspapers and magazines in the era before photography rose to prominence. The exhibition also features powerful works created for the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I, in which the artist, as visual journalist, recorded the unforgettable realities of battlefields and war hospitals. Additionally, the collection includes Dunn’s prairie paintings, inspired by his life-long love of South Dakota’s landscape and history. 

The exhibition also features original artworks by Dunn’s students including Dean Cornwell, Henry C. Pitz, Mead Schaeffer, Harold von Schmidt, Frank Street, Saul Tepper, John Clymer, Lyman  Anderson and James E. Allen, among others.  Artworks are drawn from the collection of the South Dakota Art Museum, as well as The Kelly Collection of American Illustration Art, The Illustrated Gallery, The Eisenstat Collection of American Illustration, Norman Rockwell Museum, Collection of Carol and Murray Tinkelman and other private lenders. 

General admission to the Hunter Museum, including this special exhibition, is $15 for adults and free for youth 17 and under. As always, members are admitted free. To learn more about membership, visit www.huntermuseum.org/memberships. 

Masters of the Golden Age: Harvey Dunn and His Students is made possible in Chattanooga by support from SunTrust and is a collaboration of Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass. and the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings, S.D. 

Exhibition related events:

Thursday, June 30, 6-7:30 p.m.
Art Wise: Distinguished Speakers Series Presents Stephanie Plunkett
Norman Rockwell Museum Chief Curator and Deputy Director Stephanie Plunkett will speak about Harvey Dunn, his artistic and teaching career, and the themes of his work. Because the exhibition was organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum and the South Dakota Art Museum, Ms. Plunkett will be able to offer special insight into Mr. Dunn’s legacy and some of the rarely seen original works featured in the exhibit. This program is free to members and open to the public with regular admission.  The Art Wise series is sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Community Trust. 

Thursday, Sept. 15, 6-7 p.m. 
Art + Issues: Illustrating America Then and Now
The Hunter Museum welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning Chattanooga Times Free Press editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett to lead this edition of Art + Issues.  Mr. Bennett will choose a single work from the special exhibition and use it as a springboard to explore how we illustrated the nation’s culture then and now. All Art + Issues events are free and open to the public. 

Thursday, Sept. 22, 6-7 p.m.
Beyond an illustration: Meaning and Memory through the work of Harvey Dunn and His Students
Join UTC literature professors Heather Palmer and James Arnett and Hunter Museum staff in a participatory gallery discussion. Everyone will have a chance to join the conversation as we explore the imagery of Dunn’s America and its meaning in the context of the America of his day. This gallery exploration is free to members and open to all with regular admission.


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