Panel text reads:
Franz Kline + Bill McGee Summer 1952
Black Mountain and the Kline Influence, 1952
Can you supply the missing names?
1. Helen Tworkov
2. Hermine Tworkov
3. William McGee
4. Marty McGee
5. ?
6. ?
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?
I was reluctant to leave Black Mountain at the end of the 1952 summer institute. For me it was such a formative and dynamic period in my life.
The creative energy that I felt through that summer is very difficult to express in words. Emotionally I wanted to stay on at the college simply to assimilate the varied creative influences that seemed almost overwhelming at the time.
But, alas, I was scheduled to begin graduate study at Indiana University in September.
It continues to surprise me how vivid and poignant my Black Mountain memories are after all these years.
William McGee
August 22, 1995
William McGee, who is now 70, is a retired professor of art from the City University of New York. He lives with his wife, Myra, in Pawling, N.Y. where he works day and night (smile) in his studio. He continues to exhibit extensively.
Beneath the studies building…My studio
By the Sea 1993 oil on fiber board
Untitled, 1984 mixed media
Winter Set, 1994 mixed media
Franz Kline + Bill McGee Summer 1952
Black Mountain and the Kline Influence, 1952
Can you supply the missing names?
1. Helen Tworkov
2. Hermine Tworkov
3. William McGee
4. Marty McGee
5. ?
6. ?
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?
I was reluctant to leave Black Mountain at the end of the 1952 summer institute. For me it was such a formative and dynamic period in my life.
The creative energy that I felt through that summer is very difficult to express in words. Emotionally I wanted to stay on at the college simply to assimilate the varied creative influences that seemed almost overwhelming at the time.
But, alas, I was scheduled to begin graduate study at Indiana University in September.
It continues to surprise me how vivid and poignant my Black Mountain memories are after all these years.
William McGee
August 22, 1995
William McGee, who is now 70, is a retired professor of art from the City University of New York. He lives with his wife, Myra, in Pawling, N.Y. where he works day and night (smile) in his studio. He continues to exhibit extensively.
Beneath the studies building…My studio
By the Sea 1993 oil on fiber board
Untitled, 1984 mixed media
Winter Set, 1994 mixed media
Artwork: 1995.70.1
Remembering Black Mountain College, Summer 1952 (I was reluctant to leave)
This work was created for the 1995 exhibition Remembering Black Mountain College curated by Mary Emma Harris in conjunction with Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the BMC alumni reunion organized by Mary Holden Thompson, founding director of BMCM+AC.
24 x 18 inches
In copyright
Gift of William McGee
William McGee, Remembering Black Mountain College, Summer 1952 (I was reluctant to leave), 1995. Mixed media on foam board. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the artist.
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