Exhibition Schedule Through Summer 2013 @ The Huntington:

Roger Medearis: His Regionalism


Through Sept. 17, 2012

Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, Susan and Stephen Chandler Wing

The career of American painter Roger Medearis (1920–2001) is explored in this special exhibition. With a title inspired by the artist’s unpublished book My Regionalism, the exhibition of more than 30 works brings together those given to The Huntington by his widow, Elizabeth (Betty) Medearis, as well as those on loan from private collections and a painting borrowed from the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum. Examples of Medearis’ accomplishments in various media, including paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture, along with letters and photographs, trace the artist’s career, from his beginnings as a student of Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Art Institute through the development of his own distinctive style in California later in life.

Royals, Courtiers, and Confidants: Early English Portrait Drawings from The Huntington’s Art Collections


Through Oct. 29, 2012

As part of their coursework on English cultural history, students from Claremont McKenna College contributed to this intimate exhibition on 16th- and 17th-century portrait drawings. Each student studied a single portrait, examining how it was made and how the subject was represented while conducting research on the portrait’s historical context. Their research forms the basis of the exhibition’s object labels. The 19 works on view include miniature graphite drawings, pastel sketches, and pen and ink drawings by artists such as Peter Lely, William Faithorne, Peter Oliver, and David Loggan. Collectively, these objects—and the students’ research—tell a story of how members of English society chose to portray themselves and how these works are seen by viewers today. “Royals, Courtiers, and Confidants: Early English Portrait Drawings from The Huntington’s Art Collections” is co-organized by Melinda McCurdy, associate curator of British art at The Huntington, and Victoria Sancho Lobis, visiting assistant professor at Claremont McKenna College and curator of the print collection and fine art galleries at the University