Eli Wilner & Company Selected to Frame Luminism Exhibition for the National Academy Museum.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Eli Wilner Eli Wilner (born 1956) is the proprietor of Eli Wilner & Company, a New York art gallery specializing in American and European period frames from the 19th through the early 20th century. & Company, the world's largest resource for antique American and European frames has been selected to facilitate the framing for the presentation of the National Academy Museum's forthcoming exhibition Luminist Horizons: The Art and Collection of James Suydam. Opening on September 14, 2006, Luminist Horizons will be the first exhibition to celebrate the masterful art and exceptional collection of American landscapist James Augustus Suydam James Augustus Suydam (1819-1865) architect, lawyer and artist; as an artist was considered one of the premier Luminism painters. He is widely known as an American landscape painter and one of the leading members of the Hudson River School. (1819-1865). With significant attention to the quality and appearance of the frames for the works on view, the National Academy Museum approached Eli Wilner & Company to restore sixteen original frames and loan historically appropriate replica frames for six additional paintings. "This is truly an honor for Eli Wilner & Company. Our company has been called upon to participate in the presentation of the entire exhibition and it is through our special partnership with the curators of the National Academy Museum that an overall vision of coherence, quality and beauty that is commensurate with the artists' taste in frames," says Eli Wilner, Founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Eli Wilner & Company "This exhibition will highlight the finest examples of Suydam's art and collection, which he left in its entirety to the National Academy Museum upon his death in 1865. We at the museum felt that Eli Wilner & Company's expertise in framing would bring to life and capture the appropriate time period for these beautiful works of art," says Annette Blaugrund, Ph.D., Director, National Academy Museum. About Eli Wilner & Company Eli Wilner & Company located at 1525 York Avenue York Avenue is a short north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It runs from 59th Street north to 91st Street on the Upper East Side. It is known for its upscale apartments, much like the rest of the Upper East Side. , New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , NY 10028 is the world's largest resource for antique American and European frames. As specialists in period framing for over 20 years, Eli Wilner & Company has worked with museums and auction houses framing priceless price·less adj. 1. Of inestimable worth; invaluable. 2. Highly amusing, absurd, or odd: a priceless remark. works of art. For more information please visit www.eliwilner.com or call 212-744-6521 About the National Academy Museum The Academy is an honorary association of professional artists, that maintains a museum and an art school. A requirement of membership, which is by election only, is the contribution of a representative example of each artist's work. Since its founding in 1825, the Academy has amassed a rich collection of American paintings, sculpture, prints, and architectural representations forming a permanent collection of over 8000 works of nineteenth- through twenty-first century art. Located in a beautiful Beaux-Arts townhouse town·house or town house n. 1. A residence in a city. 2. A row house, especially a fashionable one. on Fifth Avenue, the National Academy is one of the eight museums that comprise Museum Mile. |
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