Frost Gallery - Olive Pemberton: A Century of Beauty
Exhibition on Display: September 24 - December 11, 2021 | Works by Olive Pemberton
This exhibition recognizes the accomplishments of Olive Pemberton in a
retrospective survey of her career work. Pemberton studied and exhibited with
artists of the Fort Worth Circle. Her work ranges stylistically from realism
to abstraction. Her admiration for artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Paul
Gauguin, and Amadeo Modigliani can be seen in some paintings as she explores
adaptations of technique, color and composition. Some of her signature works
are highly abstract, with vertical veiled panels of color setting off simple
abstracted figures and trees in the landscape. She most often painted with oil
and casein, but also enjoyed sculpting with clay. The exhibition is primarily
drawn from the Pemberton family collection, but other works from private
collections are included, such as Morris Matson, Dr. and Mrs. Harry Froeschke,
Ken Jackson, Greg Dow and others.
ABOUT THE ARTS COUNCIL OF FORT WORTH
The Arts Council of Fort Worth was formed in 1963 to provide funding and leadership to
stimulate and assure the advancement of the arts throughout Fort Worth. Today's Arts Council
continues to promote, nurture, and support the arts in Fort Worth by providing fiscal and
business resources to local artists and arts groups while also serving the community
through management of the Fort Worth Public Art Program and Fort Worth Community Arts
Center. The Arts Council of Fort Worth is supported in part by the City of Fort Worth and
the Texas Commission on the Arts. For more information, please visit www.artsfortworth.org.
ABOUT THE FORT WORTH COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER
Located at 1300 Gendy Street, the Fort Worth Community Arts Center is part of the most
architecturally significant museum districts in the United States, Fort Worth's Cultural
District. The Arts Center's mission promotes experienced and emerging artists with nine
indoor galleries and an outdoor courtyard gallery. The Arts Center's Hardy and Betty
Sanders black box theatre and the William Edrington Scott Theatre hosts a wide range of
performances by local and nationally known artists and organizations. The historically
significant building is home to artists' studios, nonprofit arts organization office
suites, and classrooms. Learn more at www.fwcac.org
