As you leave the Gallery and enter the building's connecting hallways, you will see a collection of stadium renderings entitled "Views from the Baseball Stadium." This collection of lithographs by artists William Feldman, Andy Jurinko and Bill Purdom documents the history of baseball as seen from the stands of baseball's great stadiums.
Bill Purdom
"Camden's First Pitch"
William Feldman |
Andy Jurinko |
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William Feldman: Born in 1944, this avid sport fan has exhibited at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball and the Spectrum Fine Art Gallery. His works are included in many prestigious corporate, private and museum collections of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. After earning his Ph.D. in Art History from New York University, Feldman served as Art Librarian for the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum. Dr. Feldman lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. More on Feldman Andy Jurinko: Born in 1939 Phillipsburg, NJ, Mr. Jurinko attended the Philadelphia College of Art in Philadelphia, PA, from 1961 to 1963 and Kutztown State College in Kutztown, PA from 1957 to 58. "As a figurative painter of American imagery, I decided, in the late 1980's to turn my attention to the most American of all subjects, the game of baseball, our national pastime." — Andy Jurinko More on Jurinko Bill Purdom: Born in 1953, in Charleston, WV, and raised in the Cincinnati suburb of Wyoming, Ohio, Mr. Purdom graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor's degree in Visual Design. His work has appeared in nationally distributed magazines, including Time, Sport Illustrated, Sport, National Lampoon and Esquire. He has also been a major contributor of the New York Times. More on Purdom |
