Westley Olmsted (1934-2011), Sketch for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1963-64; ink and collage, Overall: 22 x 20 in. (55.9 x 50.8 cm) Frame: 28 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. (71.8 x 61.6 cm); The Charles Rand Penney Collection of Western New York Art at the Burchfield Art Center, 1991
Images of War
Past
Oct 25, 2003 - Jan 18, 2004
In addition to the Robert N. Blair collection of World War II watercolors, the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s collection contains other works that examine the effects of war, with images of its participants and its victims. This exhibition included Tanya Ganson’s works on the Russian Revolution, Patty Wallace’s diptych referencing the Vietnam War, Stephen Saracino's image of war in the Middle East, and Endi Poskovic’s images relating to the Bosnian war, as well as works by Harvey Breverman, Westley Olmsted, Esther Hoyt Sawyer, and Robert Senkpiel. Joseph Orffeo’s World Trade Center I, from 2001, represented the undeclared war at that time.