Woodbury said to his students, "Our studios are shops, and an exhibition is a show. This might be only another phase if the painters were not definitely a part of the times. We belong to reconstruction and that means that we build on the failures and successes of the past."
It's Monday -- off to virtual work and class we go. And meanwhile, fishermen and women, farmers, grocers, healthcare providers, restauranteurs, and delivery folk are heading out from their homes to provide essential services.
No discussion about Charles Woodbury would be complete without a glimpse of his etchings. Woodbury's pursuit and mastery of the form prompted him in the discipline of drawing. His proficiency in life drawing proved advantageous in conveying the motion of ocean waves in his seascapes and the movement of trees in landscapes.
Many months of behind-the-scenes work -- planning, research, writing, label printing, and fabrication -- come into play before an exhibition is ready to welcome visitors.
Charles Woodbury's most significant contribution to American art was his expertise in teaching. But who taught Woodbury?
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