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29/10/2008 11:49 am
The 7th annual Fall Into Art exhibit at the Howard Steamboat Museum & Mansion opens on Sunday, November 2nd and runs through Sunday, November 30th. The exhibition features works by Paul Albert Plaschke (1880-1954) who was born in Germany and later worked mainly in Louisville and Chicago as a political cartoonist and impressionistic landscape artist.
The exhibit includes 29 works and includes oils and pastels on loan from museums, libraries and private collectors. A catalog of the show will be available for purchase at the museum gift shop.
The opening reception for the art show will be from 2:00 - 4:00 PM on Sunday, November 2nd. The exhibit is free during regular museum hours. There will be brief programs at 2:30 on November 9th and 16th with remarks by art historians.
Further information is available by calling the museum at 812-283-3728 or by clicking here at Howard Steamboat Museum - Home Page.
Photo: SHANTY BOAT -- painting by Paul Plaschke, lent by the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library.