Bernard Perlin: An Anthology of Drawings, 1934-1994
Bernard Perlin: An Anthology of Drawings, 1934-1994 is on view February 23 through May 13, 2016, in the Harnett Museum of Art. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Bernard Perlin (American, 1918-2014) is most closely associated with the art movement and style known as “magic realism” that developed in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s. Recognized for his use of light and line in his paintings and drawings, Perlin’s career spanned seven decades, and his art included wartime propaganda posters, depictions of New York society, views of Italy, magazine illustrations, portraits, self-portraits, and nudes. This exhibition is the first to assess the full scope of Perlin’s mastery of drawing and includes more than seventy works from the 1930s to the 1990s.
