Lydia Farve
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
Phone: 918–810–3249
E-mail: bellefarve@gmail.com
For Immediate Release
FRED JONES TO HOST OSCAR BROUSSE JACOBSON LECTURE
Norman, Okla., February 26, 2015 — The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art will host a public lecture for the museum’s new exhibition, A World Unconquered: The Art of Oscar Brousse Jacobson, at 7 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 26, in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium followed by a complimentary public reception.
Mark White, the Interim Director and Eugene B. Adkins Curator of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, will present the lecture, which will commemorate the centennial year of Jacobson joining OU’s art faculty. In his lifetime, Jacobson created more than 600 works, 50 of which will be on display in the exhibition. It will also include certain works that Jacobson acquired for the museum while he was on the faculty.
The lecture will describe Jacobson’s evolution as a painter, from his days as Birger Sandzén’s mentee and his early Van Gogh-influenced works, to his days traveling the American West searching for an untouched place to capture.
The title of the exhibition, A World Unconquered, chosen by White, is based on a quote from Jacobson written in 1948 which says, ““It may now be considered old fashioned but I seem to prefer to paint the world unconquered by man, unviolated by human greed, a world untouched by misery and despair.”
“Oscar Jacobson’s work inspired me. As an a Native American, he makes me proud of my culture,” Tori Ross, sophomore said.
The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is in the OU Arts District of the Norman campus on the corner of Elm Avenue and Boyd Street, at 555 Elm Ave. Admission to this event is complimentary. For more information call (405) 325–4938 or visit www.ou.edu/fjjma.
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Tori Ross
Fred Jones Museum
580–272–4079
toriross@ou.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Fred Jones Museum Celebrates Opening of Oscar Jacobson Exhibition
Norman, Oklahoma, February 26, 2015 —— The University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art celebrated 100 years of the artist and founder Oscar Brousse Jacobson with the opening of a new exhibition, A World Unconquered: The Art of Oscar Brousse Jacobson.
The event occurred on Thursday night, February 26th. The event opened with a public lecture at 7 p.m., in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium located in the Fred Jones Museum of Art.
Oscar Jacobson worked as the director for the School of Art at the University of Oklahoma from 1915 to 1954. While at OU, Jacobson founded the Museum of Art, which would later be known as the Fred Jones Museum of Art. Throughout his career, Jacobson painted over 600 works.
Mark White, interim director and Eugene B. Adkins Curator presented the lecture on Jacobson. White said this event was a momentous occasion for the museum because Jacobson was a founder of the museum. A World Unconquered, celebrated the centennial of Jacobson’s arrival at the University of Oklahoma.
“The event inspired me to become more cultural and to explore the Fred Jones museum. The exhibition was beautiful and intellectual,” Lydia Farve, sophomore said.
A World Unconquered: The Art of Oscar Brousse Jacobson, will remain on display through September 6th, 2015. The Norman Arts Council Grant Program made the exhibition possible.
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