From Lee Krasnerâs âBirthâ painting to the âFamous Last Words: Death of a Poetâ painting by Robert Colescott, the latest exhibit set to open to the public July 20 at Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem covers all stages of life.
âThe Voyage of Life: Art, Allegory and Community Responseâ starts with two river paintings because the exhibit uses the river as a metaphor for the natural ebbing and flowing of life. The introductory section features two paintings â âMounts Adam and Eveâ and âNiagara.â
âMounts Adam and Eveâ is an oil painting on canvas by Jasper Francis Cropsey. It was a gift to Reynolda House Museum of American Art by Barbara B. Millhouse. This painting represents a site near Cropseyâs home in upstate New York.