Special Event
Reflections: Paintings Of Florida 1865-1965
Wednesday, February 18
Vip: 6 P.M.
Members: 7 P.M.
HistoryMiami
101C West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130

Members: Free
Non-Members: $10
RSVP by Feb. 16 to 305-375-5356 or membership@historymiami.org.
www.historymiami.org

Experience one of the largest and most significant assemblages of Florida-based art from the collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown. This exhibit consists of 69 paintings with views of Florida’s beaches, rivers, swamps and farmlands as seen through the eyes of some of America’s most important painters including Thomas Hart Benton, Frederick Carl Frieseke and Martin Johnson Heade.

Reflections: Paintings Of Florida 1865-1965
From The Collection Of Cici And Hyatt Brown
On View At The Museum From February 18 Through May 15, 2011
Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865-1965 highlights 69 paintings depicting the natural beauty of Florida before the post-World War II building booms. Drawn from the collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown, the largest private collection of Florida-based art in existence today, the exhibition includes representations of famous landmarks and structures from St. Augustine to Key West; historical portraits of Floridians; and landscapes capturing the lush green tropical environment of the state.

Reflections features masterworks by well-known American artists representing a “Florida School of painters,” including William Aiken Walker, Martin Johnson Heade, Frederic Remington, Herman Herzog, Frederick Carl Frieseke, N.C. Wyeth and Jane Peterson.

Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865-1965 is organized by the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, Florida.