Name: Masters in the Mountains: Early Work from the Tryon Artist Colony with Michael McCue
Start: 2025-01-23T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-23T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 103 S Lafayette St, Shelby, NC, United States, North Carolina 28150

Masters in the Mountains: Early Work from the Tryon Artist Colony with Michael McCue

When Amelia Watson arrived in Tryon, NC from her home in Connecticut in 1892 at the invitation of renowned actor William Gillette, the small railroad town that served as a connector from to Asheville, NC had already established a reputation as a welcoming environment for intellectuals looking for inspiration in nature. Watson would become the first in a long line of professional artists numbering in the dozens that would capture the spirit of the mountains with the bristles of a brush.
Join Michael McCue, author of Tryon Artists, 1892-1942 and Paris and Tryon: George C. Aid (1872-1938) and His Artistic Circles in France and North Carolina, as he delves into the unique environment that joined a community of artists through a love of the mountains and a need for expressive freedom.