Gallery Talk- Ralph A. Blakelock: American Landscape Painter

Ann Knoll, Raclin Murphy Museum of Art Associate Director and Ruthmere Board Member, will present a Gallery Talk on Ralph A. Blakelock: American Landscape Painter, on Tuesday, July 2nd at 11 am at Ruthmere. She will speak on the life and career of American landscape painter Ralph A. Blakelock (1847–1919), using paintings by him in the collections of both Ruthmere and the Raclin Murphy Museum as examples of his work.

Ralph A. Blakelock (American, 1847–1919), Indian Encampment, ca. 1867, Oil canvas, 9 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Gift of Mr. C. R. Smith, Collection of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 1967.030

Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection or a person or event in local history. Our Gallery Talks are free and open to the public. 

This Gallery Talk is sponsored by Dale and Shelly Seely.