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Fleurish: The Art of Naeem Khan

On view February 25, 2023 through February 11, 2024

Naeem Khan (Indian, b. 1958), "Floating Flowers Fuchsia and Gold", 2023. Mixed media on silkscreen. 4 panels at 58 x 58 inches each, overall: 119 x 119 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Naeem Khan (Indian, b. 1958), Floating Flowers Fuchsia and Gold, 2023. Mixed media on silkscreen. 4 panels at 58 x 58 inches each, overall: 119 x 119 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

As part of its ongoing exhibition series exploring the intersection of art and fashion, the Tampa Museum of Art presents a series of paintings by globally renowned fashion designer Naeem Khan. Khan works independently, as well collaboratively with artist Stanley Casselman as the collective KACE, to create large-scale works inspired by his ongoing exploration of flora, light, and color. Five monumental works, comprised of paint and sequins represent Khan’s inaugural museum exhibition.

The Khan Family, steeped in the tradition of fashion and textiles for over 100 years, is renowned for their atelier in Mumbai and their luxurious couture worn by luminaries and India’s royalty. Khan arrived in New York at the age of 17, travelling to the United States with his father. A business appointment with Halston changed the course of his life as the famed designer decided on the spot that Khan would be his protégé. With Halston as his mentor, Khan became immersed in Manhattan’s art and social circles. From the atelier to Studio 54 and Andy Warhol’s Factory, Khan emerged as a designer at a pivotal moment in the 1970s where the lines between art, fashion, music, film, and celebrity were often blurred, further signifying New York City as the epicenter of creativity.

While working with Halston, Khan met Andy Warhol who frequently collaborated with Halston on his projects. Khan participated in their collaborations by drawing the flowers for their designs, specifically poppies. Warhol, like Halston, took Khan under his wing and once told the young designer, “You shouldn’t hold your pencil that way. Let me show you how to draw.” Flowers, inspired by his work and friendship with Warhol as well as the flora in his home country of India, anchor Khan’s visual language.

In 2020, painter Stanley Casselman introduced himself to Khan at one of his fashion shows and was immediately struck by the beauty and power of the designer’s work. Casselman observed that Khan’s designs could be translated into painting. Conversations lead to collaboration and today the two artists work both individually and together under the name KACE. Works, such as Jardin Chrome and Jardin d’Or, feature Khan’s elaborate sequined blooms in concert with Casselman’s gestural paint strokes. The compositions reveal the signature elements of each artists’ practice. Here, Khan’s ornate craftsmanship and Casselman’s abstract mark making unite in dazzling effect.

Khan’s solo works, Floating Flowers Pink and Silver and Floating Flowers Fuchsia and Gold, nod to his familial history with fabric, color, composition, and texture while pushing the boundaries of contemporary painting. Each flower is comprised of hundreds of sequins and beads. Delicately sewn onto silkscreen material, Khan suspends the panels one over the other, creating a sculptural quality to the paintings. Fabricated in a range of petal formations and size, Khan’s blossoms both capture and reflect light. As if suspended in space, the flowers come to life, symbolizing Khan’s creative past and his burgeoning artistic future. 

KACE (Naeem Khan, Indian, b. 1958 and Stanley Casselman, American, b. 1963), "Jardin Noir", 2021. Mixed media on silkscreen. 93 x 93 inches. Courtesy of KACE.
KACE (Naeem Khan, Indian, b. 1958 and Stanley Casselman, American, b. 1963), Jardin Noir, 2021. Mixed media on silkscreen. 93 x 93 inches. Courtesy of KACE.
KACE (Naeem Khan, Indian, b. 1958 and Stanley Casselman, American, b. 1963). Detail, "Jardin d’or", 2022. Chrome over mixed media on silkscreen. 4 panels at 60 x 60 inches each, overall: 123 x 123 inches. Courtesy of KACE.
KACE (Naeem Khan, Indian, b. 1958 and Stanley Casselman, American, b. 1963). Detail, Jardin d’or, 2022. Chrome over mixed media on silkscreen. 4 panels at 60 x 60 inches each, overall: 123 x 123 inches. Courtesy of KACE.

Fleurish: The Art of Naeem Khan is presented in conjunction with the Tampa Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser CITY: Fashion + Art + Culture.

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Life & Death in the Ancient World

On view January 13, 2023 through 2026

"Mask of Father of Comedy Terracotta sculpture; Syria; Hellenistic period, ca. 2nd-1st cent. bce. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Knight Zewadski to be shared jointly with the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, 1988.034.016 
Mask of Father of Comedy Terracotta sculpture; Syria; Hellenistic period, ca. 2nd-1st cent. BCE. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Knight Zewadski to be shared jointly with the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, 1988.034.016 
"Woman with Wool Basket"  Red-figure lekythos (ceramic oil vessel); Attica, Greece; Classical period, ca. 480-470 bce. Joseph Veach Noble Collection, 1986.081 
Woman with Wool Basket  Red-figure lekythos (ceramic oil vessel); Attica, Greece; Classical period, ca. 480-470 BCE. Joseph Veach Noble Collection, 1986.081 

Life in the ancient world was marked by many of the same events and experiences as our modern life: most obviously birth, marriage and death, as well as war and peace. People felt love and hate, just as us. Food and drinks stilled hunger and thirst. Music and dance provided amusement. Theater and sports provided leisure and entertainment. Trade and travel brought goods and ideas from farther away. Faith and worship offered hope when all else failed. For thousands of years, daily life will have changed very little for most common people and will have differed only depending on the land and climate of each region. Commoners toiled the land, they hunted game and gathered other foods. Men may have been called upon to serve in the army in times of war. People will have visited temples in times of public festivals or personal hardship. 

This display of the Antiquities Collection of the Tampa Museum of Art aims to introduce some of those general aspects of life and death in the ancient world. The Lemonopoulos Gallery is broadly divided into five main themes: namely (1.) daily life – including human and animal figures, everyday ceramics, metal tools and glassware, portrayals of love and beauty ideals; (2.) amusement – including theater and sports, wine production and consumption; (3.) death and dying – including funerary vessels and (fragments of) sarcophagi; (4.) religion – including illustrations of myths and rituals; and (5.) power and trade – including warfare and seafaring, as well as two coin cabinets. The displays in the middle of the gallery generally showcase one or two artworks, while those along the walls and in the aisles regularly feature a larger selection of pieces so as to exhibit the variety of the Museum’s Antiquities Collection. 

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Young @ Art 2023

On view January 14 through February 12, 2023

Amal Abu-Kishk, Flying Colors, pastel, Universal Academy of Florida, 5th grade, Art Teacher: Ameena Khan
Lucas Lillo, Practice, Practice, marker, Orange Grove Magnet School, 7th grade, Art Teacher: Hilda Muinos
Lucas Lillo, Practice, Practice, marker, Orange Grove Magnet School, 7th grade, Art Teacher: Hilda Muinos
Esteban Lopez, Untitled, ink, RCMA Wimauma Community Academy, 8th grade, Art Teacher: Yanira Santana
Emahni Walters, Family Fruitplate, tempera, 3rd grade, Shore Magnet School, Art Teacher: Audrey Leach

Each year the Tampa Museum of Art invites Hillsborough County art teachers to submit a student’s artwork for the Young at Art Student Exhibition. The Museum celebrates the creativity of this year’s submissions from students in kindergarten through eighth grade. We would also like to acknowledge the dedication and support of the visual arts by the educators, school staff and administration, and the families and friends of the artists.

130+ student artworks from private and public schools will be on view in the Education Center hallway. This exhibition is free to the public.

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Prelude: An Introduction to the Permanent Collection

On view October 20, 2022 through March 13, 2025

Jake Troyli (American, b. 1990), Stalemate, 2023. Oil on canvas. 48 x 36 inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Museum purchase, 2023.240.
Jake Troyli (American, b. 1990), Stalemate, 2023. Oil on canvas. 48 x 36 inches.
Tampa Museum of Art, Museum purchase, 2023.240.

Prelude: An Introduction to the Permanent Collection presents the Tampa Museum of Art’s main collecting areas in ancient, modern, and contemporary art. The exhibition features artworks exploring themes of site, power, and the body in ancient vessels, tools, and jewelry, as well as sculptures, painting, and photography. Viewed together in dialogue with each other, the objects speak to shared experiences across time and place. An ongoing exhibition, Prelude includes both familiar works and recent additions to the permanent collection.

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Sequin Arts: The Flagmakers of Haiti

On view now

Ronald Gouin (Haitian), "Erzulie and Dambalah", 1990s. Beads and sequins, black back on acrylic cloth. 33 x 31 inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed Gessen, 2023.034
Ronald Gouin (Haitian), Erzulie and Dambalah, 1990s. Beads and sequins, black back on acrylic cloth. 33 x 31 inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed Gessen, 2023.034
Edgar Jean-Louis (Haitian, 1921-2010), "Erzulie Freida-Mattrisse", 1980s. Sequins, beads, and faux pearls on fabric. 31 x 28 ½ inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed Gessen, 2023.013
Edgar Jean-Louis (Haitian, 1921-2010), Erzulie Freida-Mattrisse, 1980s. Sequins, beads, and faux pearls on fabric. 31 x 28 ½ inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed Gessen, 2023.013
Detail of Ronald Gouin (Haitian), "Erzulie and Dambalah", 1990s. Beads and sequins, black back on acrylic cloth. 33 x 31 inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed Gessen, 2023.034
Detail of Ronald Gouin (Haitian), Erzulie and Dambalah, 1990s. Beads and sequins, black back on acrylic cloth. 33 x 31 inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed Gessen, 2023.034
Georges Valris (Haitian, b. 1953), "Erzulie Danthor", 1980-1990. Sequins and beads on cloth. 43 x 32 ½ inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed Gessen, 2023.017
Georges Valris (Haitian, b. 1953), Erzulie Danthor, 1980-1990. Sequins and beads on cloth. 43 x 32 ½ inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed Gessen, 2023.017

The Tampa Museum of Art’s permanent collection includes one of the largest collections of drapo vodou (Haitian vodou flags) in the Southeast. These newly acquired works, largely gifted by the Gessen Collection, will remain on view for an extended display with new rotations focused on various themes and artists associated with drapo vodou. The inaugural display will survey the first, second, and third generations of flagmakers and the evolution of the genre from ritual art to high art. Artists featured in this selection include Clotaire Bazile, Myrlande Constant, Silva Joseph, Edgar Jean-Louis, Antoine Oleyant, Yves Telemak, George Valris, and others.

Drapo Vodou, or ritual flags, are the most celebrated of Haiti’s sacred arts. The flags reflect the creative inclusivity of Vodou, which combines and juxtaposes African symbols with those of Europe and the Americas to form a mosaic of ritual art. The flags are made of sequins, beads, golden ribbons, and ropes, among other things, which are hand-sewn onto various types of fabric, from simple burlap to velvet and satin. Due to the embargo, flags created in the 1990s were often made with hand-dyed, even hand-made, sequins. Each flag features approximately 2,000 to 20,000 sequins and beads, hand-stitched by artists trained in the tradition of drapo Vodou. First-generation artists such as Clotaire Bazile, Silva Joseph, and Edgar Jean-Louis exemplify the traditional format and design of the flagmakers working in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. Second-generation artists, including Joseph Oldof Pierre, Yves Telemaque, Georges Valris, and Vil Odelesse, inherited the craftsmanship of the first generation and created new interpretations of Vodou flags. 

Vodou flags traditionally feature a central image with a geometric border. The imagery ranges from depictions of lwas (Vodou gods) or veves (symbols of the gods). The bead and sequin colors selected are typically associated with the god featured on the flag. In some flags, the syncretization of Catholicism and Vodou is evident, and the flagmaker has incorporated a chromolithograph, a paper image of a saint’s face, hands, or feet, into the textile. The flags in this selection feature several of the major lwas (or deities) present in the Vodou pantheon, including St. Jacques, Erzulie, Gran Bois, Baron, and Papa Zaka.  

The Tampa Museum of Art started collecting Haitian objects over twenty years ago but began acquiring in earnest in 2019 after receiving a gift of twenty-one flags by collectors Ed and Ann Gessen. To date, the collection includes 135 Haitian flags and represents one of the largest collections of drapo Vodou in the U.S. Over the next two years, the Tampa Museum of Art will present highlights from these holdings in this space. This inaugural display introduces the artists and motifs unique to Haiti’s sequin arts. This rotation of flags focuses on depictions of Erzulie Freida, the Goddess of Love, Beauty, Femininity, and Fertility, and Erzulie Danthor, the fierce protector of children, women, and vulnerable people.

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Textiles, such as the Vodou flags, are sensitive to light. As part of the care and conservation for these objects, the flags are changed out every six months. Come back to the Tampa Museum of Art to view new Vodou flags from the permanent collection!

Edgar Jean-Louis (Haitian 1921-2010), "Agoue", c. 1980s. Sequins, beads, and faux pearls on cloth. 29 3/4 x 29 inches, Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed and Ann Gessen, 2019.022.
Edgar Jean-Louis (Haitian 1921-2010), Agoue, c. 1980s. Sequins, beads, and faux pearls on cloth. 29 3/4 x 29 inches, Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed and Ann Gessen, 2019.022.

Edgar Jean-Louis learned the art of drapo Vodou from Silva Joseph. A respected artist and houngan, or local priest, Jean-Louis’ craftsmanship reflects the artistry and expertise of the Bel-Air flagmakers, a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince. He became known for the exceptional detail in his work. An influential Bel-Air artist, Jean-Louis mentored new generations of flagmakers until his death in 2010.  

Agoue is the Lwa, or God, of the Sea and Water, as well as the patron of sailors and fishermen. He is married to La Sirene and they are often depicted together. As the God of the Sea, Agoue is associated with the colors green, blue, and white. Fish frequently appear in flags dedicated to him.

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Jacob Hashimoto: This Particle of Dust

On view December 2022 through 2025

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The artist takes inspiration from cloud formations and the cosmos, with each navy blue kite featuring star-like markings. Depending on the time of day and the natural light filtering through the atrium skylights, the kites will shift in color intensity. This Particle of Dust explores the visual poetics of light and dark, color and form, as well as space and architecture.

Created from over 2,500 handmade kites, This Particle of Dust is a site-specific installation and unique to the Tampa Museum of Art’s architecture. The installation represents Jacob Hashimoto’s exploration of abstract landscape and his interest in blurring the boundaries between painting and sculpture. This Particle of Dust evokes the experience of observing the night sky through various cloud clusters. Thousands of transparent and opaque white discs hang suspended from a bespoke armature. Navy blue kites, imprinted with white and cerulean blue star patterns, hang amidst the cloud shapes and catch the light as the sun rises over the Museum and dips into the horizon over the Hillsborough River. Depending on one’s vantage point, either from the lobby, stairwell, or galleries, the experience of This Particle of Dust shifts—from below the cloudscape appears to drift into the sky while at eye-level the viewer looks directly into the stars.  

Hashimoto began making kite sculptures twenty-years ago while an art student in Chicago. Inspired by traditional Chinese kite making in the city of Weifang, where the artform of sculptural dragon kites originated, Hashimoto has made hundreds of thousands of kites from Japanese paper and resin. He appreciates kites as a universal object of joy that is recognized across the globe. Transformed into monumental artworks, Hashimoto’s kites convey happiness, wonder, and serenity. 

Jacob Hashimoto (American, b. 1973), "This Particle of Dust", 2022. Resin, bamboo, screenprints, paper, acrylic, and Dacron. Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Paige Boscia
Jacob Hashimoto (American, b. 1973), This Particle of Dust, 2022. Resin, bamboo, screenprints, paper, acrylic, and Dacron. Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Paige Boscia
Jacob Hashimoto (American, b. 1973), Detail, "In the Heart of this Infinite Particle of Galactic Dust", 2019. Site specific installation at Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois. Resin, bamboo, UV prints, and stainless steel. Dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist. Photographer: Ed Knigge.
Jacob Hashimoto (American, b. 1973), Detail, In the Heart of this Infinite Particle of Galactic Dust, 2019. Site specific installation at Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois. Resin, bamboo, UV prints, and stainless steel. Dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist. Photographer: Ed Knigge.
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Salman Toor: No Ordinary Love

On view February 23, 2023 through June 4, 2023

Salman Toor (Pakastani, b. 1983), "Three Friends in a Cab", 2021. Oil on panel. 16 x 20 inches. © Salman Toor; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photo: Farzad Owrang.
Salman Toor (Pakastani, b. 1983), Three Friends in a Cab, 2021. Oil on panel. 16 x 20 inches. © Salman Toor; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photo: Farzad Owrang.

Salman Toor: No Ordinary Love features more than 45 paintings and works on paper made between 2019 and 2022, that weave together motifs found in historical paintings with recognizable 21st-century moments to create new worlds based in Toor’s imagination. The exhibition captures the ways in which Toor engages with art history to center brown, queer figures and to challenge enshrined notions of power and sexuality.  

Toor (Pakistani, b. 1983) lives and works in New York City, but grew up in Lahore, his birthplace in Pakistan. Shaped by these viewpoints, Toor’s artistic practice explores his hopes and anxieties about the queer experience in both his ancestral and adopted countries. Throughout his work, Toor blurs sensual pleasure with satire and mines his deep knowledge of the European, American, and South Asian painterly tradition. 

This exhibition is organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art

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Salman Toor, "Construction Men", 2021. Oil on canvas. 60 x 48 inches. The artist and Luhring Augustine, New York.
Salman Toor (Pakistani, b. 1983) Construction Men, 2021. Oil on canvas. 60 x 48 inches. © Salman Toor; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photo: Farzad Owrang.
Salman Toor Salman Toor (Pakistani, b. 1983), "Thunderstorm", 2021. Oil on panel. 30 x 24 inches. © Salman Toor; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photo: Farzad Owrang.
Salman Toor Salman Toor (Pakistani, b. 1983), Thunderstorm, 2021. Oil on panel. 30 x 24 inches. © Salman Toor; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photo: Farzad Owrang.

About Salman Toor

Salman Toor (born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1983) currently lives and works in New York. His first institutional solo exhibition, Salman Toor: How Will I Know, was recently presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (2020-2021). Toor’s work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions and projects, including Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters at Frick Madison, New York, NY, and others held at the RISD Museum, Providence, RI; the Public Art Fund, New York, NY; Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montréal, Canada; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL; Lahore Biennale 2018, Pakistan; and the 2016 Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India. Toor is the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, and his work is in many public collections. Toor’s work will be presented in the forthcoming Lyon Biennial, and his first solo exhibition in China opened at M Woods in Beijing.

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Time for Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection

On view November 10, 2022 through August 27, 2023

Barthélémy Toguo (Cameroonian, b. 1967), Road to Exile, 2018. Wooden boat, cloth bundles, glass bottles, and plastic containers. 120 x 60 x 45 inches. Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami. Installation at the Tampa Museum of Art.
Barthélémy Toguo (Cameroonian, b. 1967), Road to Exile, 2018. Wooden boat, cloth bundles, glass bottles, and plastic containers. 120 x 60 x 45 inches. Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami. Installation at the Tampa Museum of Art.

Time for Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection looks at how artists explore conflicts and contradictions of contemporary society, as well as analyze historical events and reframes them within the present. An interest in the marginalized, the marginal and the margins (of society, of history) unites the works in the exhibition. Time for Change was first presented as the inaugural exhibition in December 2019 at El Espacio 23, a contemporary art space founded by collector and philanthropist Jorge M. Pérez. Featuring artists from across the globe, the exhibition highlights art—from painting and sculpture to video and works on paper—that address unrest through allegory, metaphor or veiled allusion.​ 

Time for Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection was curated by José Roca for El Espacio 23.

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Travels in Italy: a 19th-Century Journey through Photography

On view January 28, 2023 through July 16, 2023

Francis Frith (British, 1822–1898), "The Pantheon", from the album "Rome Photographed", ca. 1873. Albumen silver print. 6 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. Publisher: William MacKenzie, Paternoster Row. London, Glasgow & Edinburg. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Knight Zewadski. 1989.109.057.f
Francis Frith (British, 1822-1898), The Pantheon, from the album Rome Photographed, ca. 1873. Albumen silver print. 6 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. Publisher: William MacKenzie, Paternostor Row. London, Glasglow & Edinburg. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Knight Zewadski. 1989.109.057.f

Travel in the 19th century was difficult, expensive and time-consuming. Prior to the discovery of a way to record an image by photography in 1839, the majority of Americans had only stories and the possibility of access to drawings, paintings, and etchings to illustrate the wonders of exotic lands overseas. Early photographers quickly realized that there was a demand for images of foreign lands and famous antiquities.

Travels In Italy will feature vintage photographs from the TMA’s collection of some of Italy’s most popular cultural draws like The Pantheon in Rome, the canals of Venice, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, as well as lesser known treasures such as the Piazza del Duomo in Milan and Genoa’s Interior Gallery of the Camposanta. Included will be some of the best-known names in 19th-century travel photography including Giorgio Sommer, Francis Frith, Robert Macpherson, and the Alinari studio.

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Poetry in Paint: The Artists of Old Tampa Bay

Selections from Alfred Frankel’s Artists of Old Florida, 1840-1960

On view August 18, 2022 through January 16, 2023

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Harry Bierce (American, 1886-1954). Hillsborough River, n.d . Oil on canvas. 14 x 18 inches. Frankel Collection.

Collector Dr. Alfred Frankel has studied and collected the paintings of early Florida artists for the past 40 years. After meeting Michael Turbeville in the 1980s, an antiques dealer based in Tampa, he started to collect relatively unknown artists capturing Florida’s untamed landscape. To date, Dr. Frankel has acquired nearly 500 works of art. His holdings not only depict Florida’s raw beauty, but the collection reveals how local artists from Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Gainesville, were influential in developing art communities across the state in the early 20th century. Poetry in Paint: The Artists of Old Tampa Bay explores artists essential to the founding of the Tampa Bay area’s creative circles and features painters such as Harry Bierce, Theodore Coe, and Belle Weeden McNeer. Dr. Frankel has extensively researched the artists in his vast collection, which has resulted in the self-publication of the books Artists of Old Florida, 1840-1960 and The Dictionary of Florida Artists.

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