The Art Museum of West Virginia University and The Friends of the Museum announce the next “Art Up Close!” event of the fall semester, focusing on individual works of art from the museum collection. The Nov. 18 presentation will feature William Louis Sonntag’s “Mountain Scene on the Ohio River (1852).”

A discussion of the painting will be presented by Rhonda Reymond, assistant professor of art history, and Timothy Warner, WVU professor of geology and geography.

The Sonntag painting was the first purchase for the Art Museum collection that was made possible by the Frederick P. and Joan C. Stamp Art Museum Acquisition Fund.

The “Art Up Close!” presentations are held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Museum Education Center (formerly the Erickson Alumni Center) adjacent to the WVU Creative Arts Center. All the events are free and open to the public.

Reymond received her master’s degree and a doctorate in art history from the University of Georgia, where her fields were American art and architecture and European art and architecture of the 19th century. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a double major in historic preservation and interior design from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Reymond’s teaching fields are Baroque, 19th Century, American and African-American art and architecture. She also teaches a survey of art history for non-art majors, and the art history undergraduate capstone course.

Warner is professor of geology and geography at WVU, where he teaches two classes in remote sensing and one in physical geography. He received a B.S. in geology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University in remote sensing. His research specialties broadly encompass the analysis of satellite and aerial imagery for mapping applications such as vegetation, urban land cover and geology. He is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Each “Art Up Close!” presentation features an original work of art and commentary by WVU faculty, followed by a question and answer session and light refreshments.

This series of lectures is designed to give an in-depth look at a single work of art selected from the WVU Art Collection. Audience members will have the opportunity to view the actual work of art.

For more information, contact the Art Museum of WVU at (304) 293-2141 or see the website at: http://www.ccarts.wvu.edu/art_museum.

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CONTACT: Charlene Lattea, College of Creative Arts
304-293-4359, Charlene.Lattea@mail.wvu.edu

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