Exhibit to showcase work by Barry Moser

Prints, drawings, and books by artist Barry Moser that reflect various stages of the his career will be showcased at Skidmore’s Schick Art Gallery from July 1 through Sept. 28. 

An opening reception will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 1. The artist will deliver the College’s Fox-Adler Lecture at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in Gannett Auditorium, with a gallery reception immediately following. These events are free and open to the public.

The Fox-Adler Lecture is named after the late Hannah M. Adler and donor Norman M. Fox and supports the intellectual mission of the Fox Collection, an invaluable asset for Skidmore students and faculty studying Victorian literature, illustration, and culture. Works for this exhibition are on loan from the R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton, Mass., and the Department of Special Collections at Skidmore’s Lucy Scribner Library.

Moser, who was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., and now lives in western Massachusetts, is one of the world’s great book designers and illustrators—a virtuoso wood engraver, painter, designer, publisher, author, and frequent lecturer on the art of the book. He composed his first line of hand-set type in 1969; since then, his work has been published in more than 200 books for children and adults. 

He is renowned for his children’s illustrations, wood engravings, watercolors, and reinterpretations of the classics, including the Pennyroyal Press editions of Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Frankenstein, Huckleberry Finn, The Wizard of Oz, and the Pennyroyal Caxton Edition of the Holy Bible. Moser’s art is represented in numerous library and museum collections.

Gallery hours through July 31 are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the week, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and closed Sundays. The Schick Art Gallery will be closed in August. Gallery hours after Sept. 1 are Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekends 1 to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free.