The American Art Fair, 17th Year
May 11-14
Bohemian National Hall 321 East 73rd Street, New York City
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NEW YORK CITY — The American Art Fair celebrates its 17th year from May 11-14 at the Bohemian National Hall. Established in 2008, the American Art Fair features hundreds of American Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century works of art exhibited by 17 premier specialists.

Continuing as exhibitors are Alexandre Gallery, Avery Galleries, Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, D. Wigmore Fine Art, David A. Schorsch-Eileen M. Smiles, Debra Force Fine Art, Dolan/Maxwell, Graham Shay 1857, Forum Gallery, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Kraushaar Galleries, Questroyal Fine Art and Thomas Colville Fine Art. Two seasoned exhibitors are returning: Adelson Galleries and Meredith Ward Fine Art; first time exhibitors are Hawthorne Fine Art and Schwarz Gallery.

Continuing the fair’s tradition, five leading American art specialists will present lectures during the fair (see below); admission to the fair and lectures is complimentary. The American Art Fair’s 2024 catalog is available at www.theamericanartfair.com/catalogue.

Returning after their successful debut introducing folk art to the fair last May, David A. Schorsch-Eileen M. Smiles are exhibiting several Nineteenth Century portraits, including Ammi Phillips’ circa 1816 “Ruth (Haynes) Palmer”; Isaac Shurliff’s circa 1830 “Self portrait”; a circa 1840 “Young African American Girl, and Cat Seated on a One-Armed Rocker,” attributed to Harriet Guilford (1884).

For a second year, Dolan/Maxwell’s booth is devoted to works by African American artists and women, including Elizabeth Catlett’s 2007 bronze, “Standing Strong.” Joining the Catlett elsewhere in the fair are sculptures by Jose De Creeft and Cecil de Blaquière Howard at Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts. Among the sculptures at Graham Shay 1857 are Albert Wein’s “Moment of Waiting,” circa 1960 and Harriet Whitney Frishmuth’s “Joy of the Waters,” 1920.

Notable works on paper include ones by John Singer Sargent and Maurice Prendergast (Adelson Galleries); Andrew Wyeth (Debra Force Fine Art); Emil Bisttram (D. Wigmore Fine Art and Thomas Colville Fine Art); and Charles Burchfield (Meredith Ward Fine Art and Questroyal Fine Art).

Artists featured this year include Joseph Stella (Avery Galleries and Hirschl & Adler Galleries), Robert Henri (Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts and Hirschl & Adler Galleries), Thomas Hart Benton (Alexandre Galleries), Charles Sheeler (Forum Gallery), Charles Drogkamp (Schwarz Gallery) and Edward Steichen (Debra Force Fine Art). Several dealers are showing geometric abstractionist works, including Knud Merrild and Esphyr Slobodkina (Kraushaar Galleries).

Along with Catlett and Slobodkina, women artists shown include Doris Lee, Elaine de Kooning, Anna Walinska, Martha Walter, Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Sally Michel, Julie Hart Beers, Louise King Cox, Fildelia Bridges and Mary Kollock; many of these are exhibited by Hawthorne Fine Art, a new exhibitor specializing in women artists.

Lectures during the fair are: Saturday, May 11, 11 am, “The Ever-Experimental Work of Emil Bisttram” by Claire Mosier, registrar, American Museum of Western Art; 2 pm “The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury” by Shirley Reece-Hughes, curator of painting, sculpture and works on paper, Amon Carter Museum of American Art; 4 pm, “Fashioned by Sargent” by Erica E. Hirshler, Croll senior curator of American paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

On Sunday, May 12, at 2 pm, it’s “Mary Cassatt at Work” by Kathleen A. Foster, Robert L. McNeil Jr, senior curator of American art, director, Center for American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art; 4 pm, “Monuments and Myths: The America of Sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French” by Thayer Tolles, Marica F. Vilcek curator of American paintings and sculpture, the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Admission to lectures is complimentary; seating is on a first-come basis; lectures are conducted in the theater on the ground floor of Bohemian National Hall.

The Bohemian National Hall is at 321 East 73rd Street. Fair hours are from noon to 6 pm Saturday-Monday and noon to 5 pm on Tuesday; admission is complimentary.

May 11-13 12-6pm
May 14 12-5pm
Admission Complimentary
View our catalogue: theamericanartfair.com/catalogue
EXHIBITORS
Adelson Galleries
Alexandre Gallery
Avery Galleries
Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, LLC
D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc.
David A. Schorsch-Eileen M. Smiles
Debra Force Fine Art, Inc.
Dolan / Maxwell
Forum Gallery
Graham Shay 1857
Hawthorne Fine Art LLC
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc.
Kraushaar Galleries, Inc.
Meredith Ward Fine Art
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC
Schwarz Gallery Thomas Colville Fine Art

LECTURES
Saturday, May 11 11AM
The Ever-Experimental Work of Emil Bisttram
Claire Mosier
Registrar
American Museum of Western Art
2PM
The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury Shirley Reece-Hughes Curator of Painting, Sculpture, and Works on Paper Amon Carter Museum of American Art
4PM
Fashioned by Sargent Erica E. Hirshler Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sunday, May 12
2PM
Mary Cassatt at Work
Kathleen A. Foster
Robert L. McNeil Jr., Senior Curator of American Art and Director, Center for American Art Philadelphia Museum of Art
4PM
Monuments and Myths: The America of Sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French
Thayer Tolles
Marica F. Vilcek Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lectures are complimentary; seating is on a first-come basis.