Bert Gallery

The Bert Gallery website is a great resource on research on Rhode Island artists, including our Podcast section. Our current exhibit, Gallery Collection: Top Ten, features the work of Rhode Island artists who have come to the attention of art critics and academics. Listen to two podcasts on artists James Drummond Herbert and Sydney Burleigh to find out about their contributions to the art world.

Field and Flower, our new pocket show, celebrates Spring and includes the color saturated works of Paula Martiesian and Robert Thornton. Listen to interviews with both of these contemporary artists. There are two new postings in our Attic Sale and Art Market section – a beautiful Cirino in our New Inventory and a look at a Gordon Peers watercolor, San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.

Two New Sections on the Website to Get Breaking News at Bert Gallery!

Updates
Updates gives you all of the latest news on openings, lectures, art reviews, videos, podcasts and more. Just click away, or link into our Facebook page, to get the most current Bert Gallery activities.

Just posted are fun YouTube videos of Frank Gasbarro and Kathy Hodge getting ready for their upcoming March 17th demonstration on egg tempera, and the Art New England review by Dana Rae Laverty on the current Marianetti exhibit.

Marianetti was an expert in picking apart the every day, exposing the brooding dark magic that lives inside of everything that seems beautiful on the surface. – Dana Rae Laverty

Attic Sale & the Art Market
This new section is updated every few weeks with art market insights, new sale items, new inventory and more. Just posted new inventory and thoughts on the popularity of the paintings of peasant women in the late 19th Century.

Don’t forget to visit our research section for biographical information on artists and podcast interviews on historic artists, contemporary artists and art topics!

WWW.BERTGALLERY.COM is a robust site that offers research on Rhode Island artists, introduces new inventory, shows online exhibits and gives you the latest events (openings, lectures and artist demonstrations) at our gallery, located at 540 South Water Street in Providence, RI. Once a month, we will send out Web Updates to introduce you to the many corners of the website.

Attic Sale and the Art Market
This section has been updated to include Attic Sale items, New Inventory, Special Sales, Auction Results that are relevant to the local art market and general thoughts on the Art Market. It is now linked into our Facebook site!

Louise E. Marianetti Exhibit
First Take: Rachel Golub unveils her first Gallery Tour of Bert Gallery’s The Magical Realism of Louise E. Marianetti exhibit. We are very excited to offer a tour to allow our out-of-state patrons a peek at the gallery. Please send your feedback – we already have a second take in the works, offering improved views of the installation and better sound quality.

Our Marianetti Catalogue is now available on Blurb.com – click here to order. Check out the latest review of The Magical Realism of Louise E. Marianetti by Greg Cook in The Phoenix and then come down and see the exhibit. Don’t miss it!

Please click here to view our new video segment about our current exhibit, The Magical Realism of Louise E. Marianetti (1916-2009). Click here to be taken to our YouTube site, where you can view our collection of videos and subscribe to our channel. Keep a look out for more videos from us, coming your way soon.

I hope you are enjoying the new updated website. Thank you for all of your positive feedback! On a monthly basis, I want to point out new sections and inventory highlights in an e-mail blast. This month, two great new additions to the site are a Drawings section under General Inventory (under the Gallery Collection section) – and under the At the Gallery section, look for the first entry in the The Price of a Picture. – Catherine Little Bert

Drawings
Edna Lawrence (1898-1987) loved to travel during her RISD summer break, where she taught Drawing in the Freshman Foundation Department. She often bought a passenger room on a freight ship and visited interesting locations as in this case the Caribbean. This pencil sketch is a fine example of her talent and love for travel.

The Price of a Picture
The Price of a Picture discusses Gardiner’s national reputation for color woodcuts. Here is an example of a 1920 color woodcut that demonstrates her sensitive portrayal of children, a subject matter collectors find endearing.

Pieces Pictured on Right:
1. Edna Lawrence, Woman Balancing Packages
Pencil, 8″ x 12″, $150.

2. Eliza Gardiner, On the Fence, 1920
Color woodcut, 7″ x 2.5″, $900.