Cornelis de Man, Interior of Oude Kerk, Delft , circa 1660, Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio: Museum Purchase, Howald Fund II.
“I call architecture ‘frozen music,’” said German writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and architecture featured prominently in a number of Dutch artists’ paintings.
Laine Snyder, executive director of the Zanesville Museum of Art, selected this stunning example of interior painting – The Interior of Oude Kerk, Delft (ca. 1660, oil on canvas, 41 x 48 ¼ in.) – from the Dutch Golden Age, roughly the entire 17th century, including artists such as Rembrandt, Frans Hals and Johannes Vermeer (who is buried in this very church).
A successful artist of the Delft School, Cornelis de Man (Dutch, 1621-1706 painted this subject many times. The Columbus Museum of Art’s version is one of my favorites, mainly for the striking lights near the center of the painting. The soaring repeating arches give this fairly large painting a great sense of rhythm.
Though the art instruction was of a very high level in Holland, de Man had traveled to France and Italy for a nine-year period to further his considerable skills.
The Zanesville Museum of Art will present the Ohio Annual Exhibition June 16-Aug. 26.
The 72nd Ohio Annual Exhibition celebrates the Zanesville Museum’s commitment to discovering, encouraging and recognizing Ohio’s finest artists and artisans. In its 72nd year, this competitive juried exhibition welcomes submissions from all Ohio artists in all stages of their careers. In 2015, more than 100 artists vied for the opportunity to exhibit their work at the museum and earn the title Best in Show.
Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery recent exhibition Artists of the Winding Road A-Z featured several outstandingly Zanesville artists.
The Zanesville Artist Colony First Friday Art walks this summer are July 1 and Aug. 5. Clusters of studios are open to visitors.
If you go, please bring back a big box of Don’s Donuts (another Zanesville treasure!).
Nationally renowned local artist Michael McEwan teaches painting and drawing classes at his Clintonville area studio.
