While John A. Noble (1913–1983) is known for having chronicled the last days of the Age of Sail through his art, he was also an advocate for the modern maritime industries that populated New York’s working waterfront in the 20th century. His oeuvre depicts as much steel as it does wood, as many diesel vessels as it does schooners, and as much active building as it does wrecks and decay. This exhibition of rarely seen lithographs, paintings, and drawings contextualizes Noble and his relationship with industry within the century in which he lived and worked.
Join us on Thursday, April 18 from 6 to 8 PM for the exhibition opening of Noble Industrial, presented in conjunction with a closing reception for Picturing the Water: The Photography of Alice Austen, featuring a gallery talk by that exhibition’s guest curator Victoria Munro at 7 PM.
This exhibition was made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and by a grant from the Lily Auchincloss Foundation.