Ground Level

Moving from the Library into the Street Bar, the first pieces of art we discover are two paintings from Jeannie Motherwell. Jeannie Motherwell addresses our desire to talk about legacy in the collection. She is Robert Motherwell’s daughter and the stepdaughter of Helen Frankenthaler. Both Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler were two of the most important American abstract expressionist painters in art history and Jeannie continues that tradition, living and working in Cambridge and Somerville. We chose these two smaller works that are presented in somewhat of a through space but we wanted people to spend a moment between rooms. We really wanted these to be a moment of pure style and a different style of painting than many of the other artworks in the collection. The embellished metallic leaf frames showcased these pieces against the dark midnight blue wall like a beautiful piece of jewelry, or a luxurious broach for the Newbury to wear.

Moving from the Library into the Street Bar, the first pieces of art we discover are two paintings from Jeannie Motherwell. Jeannie Motherwell addresses our desire to talk about legacy in the collection. She is Robert Motherwell’s daughter and the stepdaughter of Helen Frankenthaler. Both Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler were two of the most important American abstract expressionist painters in art history and Jeannie continues that tradition, living and working in Cambridge and Somerville. We chose these two smaller works that are presented in somewhat of a through space but we wanted people to spend a moment between rooms. We really wanted these to be a moment of pure style and a different style of painting than many of the other artworks in the collection. The embellished metallic leaf frames showcased these pieces against the dark midnight blue wall like a beautiful piece of jewelry, or a luxurious broach for the Newbury to wear.