Vassar College announced today that some of Russell’s summer work will be exhibited, along with the summer work of other Vassar art majors, at the James W. Palmer Gallery in the Main Building on the Vassar campus. The Palmer Gallery is the same venue where “This The Range And Recent,” a showing of work by [...]
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Russell On Display
Posted in Art, Family, tagged Art, Family, Palmer Gallery, Russell Webner, Vassar on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Smell The Smoke, Hear The Jazz
Posted in Art, Music, tagged Art, Herman Leonard, Jazz, Music, Photography on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Herman Leonard died recently. An accomplished photographer, he is best known for stunning black-and-white photos of jazz performers like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and Dexter Gordon (pictured at right) among many others. His vivid photographs allow the viewer to almost smell the ever-present smoke, hear the clink of highball glasses in the hushed audience, and [...]
Public Art At The Ohio Statehouse (IX)
Posted in Art, Columbus, Ohio, tagged Art, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse, Ohio Veterans Plaza, Public Art on August 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The most recent addition to the Ohio Statehouse grounds — and the final stop on our periodic tour of public art outside the Statehouse — is the Ohio Veterans Plaza, located east of the Statehouse at the Third Street entrance. The Ohio Veterans Plaza is framed by two curved limestone walls that face each other [...]
Public Art At The Ohio Statehouse (VIII)
Posted in Art, Columbus, Ohio, tagged Art, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse, Sundials on July 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The north side and on the south side of the Ohio Statehouse are bookended by sundials. Whereas the sundial on the north side of the Statehouse is a tribute to George Washington, the sundial on the south side is dedicated in honor of the Grand Army of the Republic. The simple inscription on the sundial is ”Lest We Forget.” [...]
Public Art At The Ohio Statehouse (VII)
Posted in Art, Columbus, Ohio, tagged Art, Christopher Columbus, Christopher Columbus Discovery Plaza, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse, Public Art on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At the intersection of walkways at the southwest corner of the Statehouse is the Christopher Columbus Discovery Plaza, which features a rendering of the intrepid explorer, and the capital city’s namesake, atop a granite base and fountain. The Christopher Columbus Discovery Plaza came together gradually. The hollow copper statue of Columbus was created first and [...]
If The Mona Lisa Could Speak . . .
Posted in Art, Science, tagged Art, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Painting, Science on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
she might be able to explain how Leonardo da Vinci was able to produce such a richly shaded depiction of her human face, without apparent brushstrokes, thumbprints, or other evidence of human creation. Until she speaks, however, we will leave it to science to gather evidence — which is what happened when a form of [...]
Public Art At The Ohio Statehouse (VI)
Posted in Art, Columbus, Ohio, tagged Art, Civil War, Civil War Cannon, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse, Public Art on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Of the various objects that are found on the sidewalks and at the entrance points to the Ohio Statehouse, several are of a decidedly military air. They are Civil War cannons, produced by a foundry in Cincinnati in 1864. Although it is perhaps odd to think of cannons as “public art,” I think these qualify. [...]
Public Art At The Ohio Statehouse (V)
Posted in Art, Columbus, Ohio, tagged Art, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse, Public Art, William McKinley on July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The High Street side of the Ohio Statehouse is dominated by the McKinley Memorial. William McKinley was a Civil War veteran, a county prosecutor, a U.S. Congressman, and a two-term Ohio governor who was then elected President in 1896. He presided over the Spanish-American War and was reelected to the Presidency in 1900, only to [...]
Public Art At The Ohio Statehouse (IV)
Posted in Art, Columbus, Humor, Ohio, tagged Art, Columbus, Doughboy, Humor, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse, Public Art, Spanish-American War, The Spirit of '98, World War I on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The west entrance to the Ohio Statehouse is flanked by two large statues with military themes: a World War I doughboy to the North, and a Spanish-American War ranger to the South. The doughboy statue was erected in 1930 and is the work of Arthur Ivone. Like so many military statues, the doughboy features a [...]
Public Art At The Ohio Statehouse (III)
Posted in Art, Columbus, Ohio, tagged Columbus, Public Art, Ohio, Art, Ulysses Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War, Ohio Statehouse, These Are My Jewels, Philip Sheridan, Edwin Stanton, James Garfield, Rutherford Hayes, William McKinley, Union, Confederacy on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For many Ohioans — me included — our favorite statue at the Ohio Statehouse is “These Are My Jewels.” That statement is carved on the large circular monument underneath a female figure representing Ohio, and refers to the Buckeye State’s pride in the enormous contribution that the seven Ohioans depicted on the monument made to [...]
Public Art At The Ohio Statehouse (II)
Posted in Art, Columbus, Ohio, tagged Art, Civil War, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse, Peace Statue, Public Art on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The next stop on our tour of public art on the Statehouse grounds is the Peace statue, which is on the north side of the Statehouse grounds, directly across Broad Street from the Rhodes Tower. The Peace statute was erected by the Womans Relief Corps, Department of Ohio, in 1923. It commemorates the “heroic sacrifices [...]
Public Art At The Ohio Statehouse (I)
Posted in Art, Columbus, Ohio, tagged Art, Columbus, George Washington, Ohio, Ohio Statehouse, Public Art, Sundials on June 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday after I finished my Saturday morning work I took a walk around the Ohio Statehouse to look at the various statues, plaques, fountains, and other pieces of public art that are found on the Statehouse grounds. It is an interesting collection. However, it seems to be generally ignored by the Columbus community, perhaps because [...]
Hangin’ In Ho Chi Minh City
Posted in Family, Travel, World, tagged Art, Family, Giac Lam Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Russell Webner, Travel, Vietnam, World on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Russell made it to Vietnam earlier today, our time. After more than 24 hours of travel he landed in Ho Chi Minh City, where he will be spending his first few days in the country and undoubtedly will create his first bits of Vietnam-influenced artwork. Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, is the largest city [...]
The American Worker, The Public Art, And The Cleveland Fed
Posted in Art, Ohio, tagged Art, Cleveland, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, Ohio, Soviet Realism Art in America on May 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was up in Cleveland yesterday and walked past the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, which was built in 1922. It features a large, black, metal statue of what appears to be a seated worker, muscles bulging and torso bared, holding a large hammer. (I say appears to be a worker because it could be [...]
New Paintings From Russell
Posted in Art, Family, tagged Art, Family, Russell Webner on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Russell’s website features three new paintings, one of which appears above. You can check them out here.
