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Member: Art & Soul Book

In 2017, the Museum acquired the historic Portrait of Ethel Waters, created by well-known artist, Luigi Lucioni. HMA Executive Director, Christopher J. Madkour, and Luigi Lucioni Historian, Dr. Stuart Embury, heard of the painting and began taking measures to track down its whereabouts. When the two traced it to a private residence in 2016, they learned the family had plans to auction the painting off in the coming months. The owner graciously allowed the Huntsville Museum of Art to display Ethel Waters in the exhibition, American Romantic: The Art of Luigi Lucioni, where it was viewed by the public for the first time since 1942. The Museum successfully negotiated the purchase of Portrait of Ethel Waters and, thanks in large part to the generosity of the Huntsville community, Lucioni's Portrait of Ethel Waters now has a new home at the Huntsville Museum of Art where it will be made accessible for public viewing.

This book, Art and Soul:  Luigi Lucioni and Ethel Waters - A Friendship, details the lives of Ethel Waters and Luigi Lucioni and illustrates their connection through their creativity.  

The book is 29-pages long.

**Shipping and handling are INCLUDED in the cost of the catalogue.

 

$11.70


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