{"id":15454,"date":"2021-05-18T13:56:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=15454"},"modified":"2024-05-08T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:00:34","slug":"jane-costello-wellehan-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/jane-costello-wellehan-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"An Adventurous Spirit: The Jane Costello Wellehan Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An Adventurous Spirit:
The Jane Costello Wellehan Collection<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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January 27th Ceramics Panel Discussion with Ayumi Horie, Mark Johnson, and Sequoia Miller<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
February 10th Painting Panel Discussion with Alan Bray, Linden Frederick, and Daniel Minter<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Virtual Exhibition <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
November 5, 2021 – March 19, 2022<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Focused predominantly on artists living and exhibiting in Maine, the Jane Costello Wellehan Collection is composed of nearly 100 paintings, ceramic vessels, baskets, drawings, photographs, and prints. Over the course of several decades, Wellehan sought out works by some of the state\u2019s finest artists of the  20th<\/sup> and early 21st<\/sup> centuries. She followed the careers of artists whose work she collected, often acquiring several works over the years.  Wellehan was particularly fond of ceramics, a medium which she felt is underappreciated, and her gift significantly increases the museum\u2019s holdings of works contemporary ceramicists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the many artists whose works are part of the collection are Dozier Bell, David C. Driskell, Susan Dewsnap, Lois Dodd, Linden Frederick, Maurice Freedman, Paul Heroux, Lissa Hunter, Dahlov Ipcar, Yvonne Jacquette, Bernard Langlais, Warren MacKenzie, Sam McMillan, Sequoia Miller, Daniel Minter, Joseph Nicoletti, Jane Peiser, William Thon, Charles Woodbury, and William Zorach. A Generous Spirit<\/em> includes work by all artists represented in the collection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Wellehan (n\u00e9e Costello) was born and raised in Lewiston, Maine, attended Lewiston High School, and graduated from Bates in 1960 with a degree in English. Emanating a remarkable joie de vivre<\/em>, she was passionate about all the arts, deeply engaged in community service, and enjoyed travelling the world, an activity she shared with her numerous children and grandchildren. Wellehan was a frequent attendee and a longtime friend and supporter of the museum, giving her collection to the college and establishing an endowment to support acquisitions, exhibitions, internships, and educational programming, and to \u201cattract more gifts of art as well as financial support to Bates and to continue moving the museum forward.\u201d As one who enjoyed learning about the people, cultures, and places across the globe, she was supportive of the museum\u2019s mission to bring a world of ideas to Bates and the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A catalogue with illustrations of the entire collection, essay by Jessica Skwire Routhier, and additional texts by museum interns Anna Greenspan \u201922 and Laila Stevens \u201821 accompanies the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Underwritten by the Jane Costello Wellehan Endowment Fund and Sheila Wellehan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Charles<\/a>
Charles Woodbury, Marcia in Studio, <\/em>1888, oil on canvas, 14 \u00bc x 20 \u00bc inches, 2019.4.13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"David<\/a>
David C. Driskell, Still Life Near Window (Bouquet)<\/em><\/em>, 2008, oil on paper, 2019.4.57 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lois<\/a>
Lois Dodd, 4 Figures + Clothesline<\/em>, 1999, oil on board, 13 x 20 1\/8 inches, 2019.4.21<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"William<\/a>
William Zorach, Innocence: A Portrait of Dahlov, the Artist\u2019s Daughter<\/em>, n.d., lathed mahogany, 12 1\/8 x 1 3\/4 x 1 1\/2 in, 2019.4.59<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bernard<\/a>
Bernard Langlais, Three Lions & Trees<\/em>, n.d., carved and painted wood, 13 \u00bc x 23 \u00bc x 3 \u00bd inches, 2019.4.42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Dahlov<\/a>
Dahlov Ipcar, Jungle Interior<\/em>, 2001, oil on canvas, 44 \u00bd x 24 inches, 2019.4.51<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Jane<\/a>
Jane Peiser, Vase<\/em>, ca. 2006, colored porcelain, 19 \u00be x 7 \u00bd x 7 \u00bd inches, 2019.4.81<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Maurice<\/a>
Maurice Freedman, Maine Pier,<\/em> 1945, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 \u00bc inches, 2019.4.10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lissa<\/a>
Lissa Hunter, #33-Pasttimes<\/em>, basketry and mixed media, n.d., 14 x 36 x 4 \u00bd inches, 2019.4.84.a-l<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tom<\/a>
Tom Paiement, 3 Black Stripes, Red, White, and Gray<\/em>, 2003, oil on wood, 21 x 21 inches, 2019.4.31<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Daniel<\/a>
Daniel Minter, All Night Long \u2018till Dawn,<\/em> n.d., oil on board, 2019.4.40<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sequoia<\/a>



Sequoia Miller, Hut Jar<\/em>, glazed stoneware, 12 \u00bd x 7 \u00bd inches, 2019.4.65<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Linden<\/a>
Linden Frederick, Picture Window<\/em><\/em>, 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches, 2019.4.47<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"George<\/a>
George Pearlman, Respire<\/em>, 2010
glazed stoneware, 19 3\/4 x 7 1\/2 x 7 1\/2 in., Bates College Museum of Art, Gift of Jane Costello Wellehan, 2019.4.81<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Ann<\/a>
Ann Lofquist, Afterglow Over Munjoy Hill<\/em>, 1999, oil on canvas, 6 7\/7 x 18 7\/8 inches, 2019.4.33<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"William<\/a>
William Thon, Winter Sunset<\/em>, ca. 1987, oil on board, 21 \u00be x 31 \u00be inches, 2018.4.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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About the artists<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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