Lycian to exhibit works of late local artist

Sugar Loaf — The Lycian Centre will host a Centennial Exhibit, “Journey Through Seventy Years of Art,” featuring the works of John Fleming Gould (1906-1996), patriarch of the Hudson Valley’s most distinguished family of artists. The exhibition will include original paintings and prints of mid-1950s American Red Cross posters. At the opening reception on Saturday, Nov. 11, a special “Meet the Models” program will be held at 2:30 p.m., where attendees can meet some of the original models who posed for these posters. There will also be a brief presentation by the American Red Cross at 3:00 p.m. In this centennial year of Gould’s birth, the Lycian Centre is privileged to present an unprecedented exhibition of work drawn from and celebrating “pulp art” to the Hudson Valley. A prominent advertising artist, one of the country’s best known illustrators and a distinguished teacher at Pratt Institute, Gould was first and foremost a dedicated gallery artist. In a career that spanned more than seven decades, he explored the Hudson Valley and captured elements of its history and its beauty on paper and canvas. Organized by his son, Robert, this unique exhibition of oils, acrylics, pen and ink, and other mediums, includes images of the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry, Eagles Over West Point, Glen Curtiss’ Albany flier and other examples of the country’s architectural and historical glory. Illustrations from stories that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, Redbook and Outdoor Life will highlight the diversity of exposure for Gould’s works. A special wall display of General Electric School and College posters from the 1960s will also be exhibited. The public is welcome to attend the opening reception, which will run from 2 to 5 p.m. The exhibit will run from Nov. 7 through Dec. 31, and is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For information and directions, call 845-469-2287.