This exhibit of 68 oil paintings by landscape artist Philip Juras offers a glimpse of the pre-settlement southern wilderness as William Bartram described it. Juras combines direct observation with historical, scientific, and natural history research to depict, and in some cases re-create, landscapes as they appeared in the 1770s. The paintings bring the long lost southern frontier to 21st century eyes in much the same way that 19th century American landscape painters like Bierstadt and Moran brought the western frontier to the consciousness of the industrializing nation. The exhibit will acquaint the viewer with many of the important and imperiled ecosystems that remain in the South today – remnant natural communities that would greatly benefit from wider public awareness.
The exhibit book (128 pages) published in conjunction with the exhibit features more than 60 reproductions of Juras’s paintings along with essays by Juras, Dorinda Dallmeyer of the University of Georgia, Holly Koons McCullough of the Telfair, and lauded poet and environmental advocate Janisse Ray. The essays place the work in the context of Bartram’s legacy and the American landscape movement, and reveal the ecology and history underlying the work. It was published in January 2011 by the Telfair Museum and distributed by the University of Georgia Press.
Several of the paintings in the exhibit are also included in Bartram’s Living Legacy: The Travels and the Nature of the South, an anthology of essays by southern nature writers inspired by Bartram, published by Mercer University Press September, 2010.
More about the exhibit: Art Daily, Augusta Chronicle, Savannah Morning News
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Works in the Exhibition (organized by size):
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Shining Rock Wilderness, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
December 2008
Oil on canvas
40 x 80 in. (101.6 x 203.2 cm)
Private collection
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Columbia County, Georgia
2001
Oil on canvas
48 x 66 in. (121.9 x 167.6 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
July 2010
Oil on canvas
40 x 66 in. (101.6 x 167.6 cm)
Collection of Pensacola Federal Court
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Broad River, Wilkes County, Georgia
August 2009
Oil on canvas
40 x 66 in. (101.6 x 167.6 cm)
Collection of the Telfair Museums
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Greenwood Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia
November 2008
Oil on canvas
40 x 60 in. (101.6 x 152.4 cm)
Private collection
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Isle of Hope (Wormsloe), Georgia
July 2010
Oil on canvas
40 x 54 in. (101.6 x 137.2 cm)
Private collection
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Harbor Island, South Carolina
January 2009
Oil on canvas
40 x 54 in. (101.6 x 137.2 cm)
Private collection
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Greenwood Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia
December 2005
Oil on canvas
40 x 54 in. (101.6 x 137.2 cm)
Collection of Morris Communications
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East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
July 2010
Oil on canvas
36 x 54 in. (91.4 x 137.2 cm)
Private collection
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Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina
July 2010
Oil on canvas
30 x 42 in. (76.2 x 106.7 cm)
Private collection
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Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
April 2010
Oil on canvas
30 x 42 in. (76.2 x 106.7 cm)
Private collection
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Dawho River, Edisto Island, South Carolina
June 2008
Oil on canvas
30 x 42 in. (76.2 x 106.7 cm)
Private collection
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Pisgah National Forest , North Carolina
October 2007
Oil on canvas
30 x 42 in. (76.2 x 106.7 cm)
Private collection
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Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama
July 2010
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Private collection
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Altamaha River, Wayne County, Georgia
September 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
Private collection
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Fontainebleau State Park , Louisiana
October 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
Private collection
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Sprewell Bluff Natural Area, Upson County, Georgia
March 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
Private collection
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Rock and Shoals, Athens-Clarke County , Georgia
October 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
Private collection
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Manatee Springs State Park, Florida
October 2010
Oil on canvas
24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm)
Private collection
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Montgomery County, Alabama
November 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm)
Private collection
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Edisto Island , South Carolina
March 2006
Oil on canvas
24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm)
Private collection
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Ossabaw Sound, Georgia
June 2008
Oil on canvas
24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm)
Private collection
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Columbia County, Georgia
October 2010
Oil on canvas
18 x 28 in. (45.7 x 71.1 cm)
Private collection
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Pickens County, South Carolina
October 2009
Oil on canvas
18 x 28 in. (45.7 x 71.1 cm)
Private collection
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Ossabaw Island , Georgia
January 2008
Oil on canvas
18 x 28 in. (45.7 x 71.1 cm)
Private collection
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Delta National Forest, Mississippi
October 2010
Oil on canvas
18 x 26 in. (45.7 x 66 cm)
Private collection
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Montgomery Island, Arkansas
October 2010
Oil on canvas
18 x 26 in. (45.7 x 66 cm)
Private collection
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Alachua County, Florida
March 2010
Oil on canvas
18 x 26 in. (45.7 x 66 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest , Florida
December 2007
Oil on canvas
18 x 26 in. (45.7 x 66 cm)
Private collection
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Rabun County, Georgia
October 2010
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Altamaha River, Long County, Georgia
September 2009
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
Private collection
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Splinter Hill Bog Preserve, Alabama
October 2009
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
Private collection
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Bayard Conservation Area, Florida
November 2009
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
Private collection
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Thomasville , Georgia
November 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
November 2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Ocala National Forest, Florida
October 2010
Oil on canvas
18 x 20 in. (45.7 x 50.8 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
May 31, 2010
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Private collection
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Greenwood Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia
October 12, 2005
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Private collection
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Moody Forest, Appling County, Georgia
May 20, 2010
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Faver-Dykes State Park, Florida
May 29, 2010
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Isle of Hope (Wormsloe), Georgia
April 30, 2010
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Broad River, Wilkes County, Georgia
April 30, 2009
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Ocala National Forest, Florida
June 26, 2009
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
September 2005
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Oconee Station, South Carolina
June 11, 2009
Oil on canvas
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina
May 27, 2004
Oil on canvas
11.75 x 15 in. (29.8 x 38.1 cm)
Private collection
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Montgomery Island, Arkansas
June 22, 2010
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Artist's collection
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Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama
June 17, 2010
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Fontainebleau State Park, Louisiana
August 26, 2009
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Juniper Springs, Ocala National Forest, Florida
June 26, 2009
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Alachua County, Florida
June 27, 2009
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
May 16, 2001
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
May 16, 2001
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Ocala National Forest, Florida
October 23, 2009
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Georgia
March 2008
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Greene County, Georgia
March 2008
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Moody Forest, Appling County, Georgia
May 20, 2010
Oil on paper
6.5 x 8 in. (16.5 x 20.3 cm)
Private collection
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Moody Forest, Appling County, Georgia
May 20, 2010
Oil on paper
6.5 x 8 in. (16.5 x 20.3 cm)
Private collection
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Moody Forest, Appling County, Georgia
May 20, 2010
Oil on paper
6.5 x 8 in. (16.5 x 20.3 cm)
Private collection
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Moody Forest, Appling County, Georgia
May 20, 2010
Oil on paper
6.5 x 8 in. (16.5 x 20.3 cm)
Private collection
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Montgomery Island, Arkansas
June 22, 2010
Oil on paper
6 x 7.5 in. (15.2 x 19.1 cm)
Private collection
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Isle of Hope (Wormsloe), Georgia
April 30, 2010
Oil on paper
6 x 7.5 in. (15.2 x 19.1 cm)
Private collection
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Isle of Hope (Wormsloe), Georgia
May 1, 2010
Oil on paper
6 x 7.5 in. (15.2 x 19.1 cm)
Private collection
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Manatee Springs State Park, Florida
May 30, 2010
Oil on paper
6 x 7.5 in. (15.2 x 19.1 cm)
Private collection
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Manatee Springs State Park, Florida
May 30, 2010
Oil on paper
6 x 7.5 in. (15.2 x 19.1 cm)
Artist's collection
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Grand Gulf, Mississippi
August 27, 2009
Oil on paper
6 x 7.5 in. (15.2 x 19.1 cm)
Private collection
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Chickasaw Wildlife Management Area, Mississippi
August 28, 2009
Oil on paper
6 x 7.5 in. (15.2 x 19.1 cm)
Artist's collection
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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
June 6, 2006
Oil on paper
6 x 7.5 in. (15.2 x 19.1 cm)
Private collection
