FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Dona Vella (937) 223-5277 ext. 243
dvella@daytonartinstitute.org

THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE TO HOST ARTWORK
OF DAYTON NATIVE ROBERT WHITMORE

January 26, 2009 (Dayton, Ohio) – The Dayton Art Institute today announced it will feature the artistic legacy of Dayton native Robert Whitmore, with the retrospective exhibition, “In the Glen: The Art of Robert Whitmore.” The exhibition will open January 31 and close April 5, 2009. It features approximately sixty works of art that were jointly selected by Will South, DAI Chief Curator, and Kay Koeninger, Associate Professor of Art History at Sinclair College.

Whitmore attended Steele High School in Dayton before going on to study at the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago from 1913 to 1917. He is known for being an accomplished painter, printmaker and draughtsman, who expressed a genuine love for the world around him with vibrant line, vivid color and a disciplined eye for composition.

From Chicago, Whitmore served in World War I, and attended the Cincinnati Art Academy in 1919. In the 1920s, he began teaching at the recently established Dayton Art Institute. Whitmore purchased twenty-nine acres outside of Yellow Springs in 1924 that were once part of a farm owned by Horace Mann, the first president of Antioch College.

Whitmore’s youngest son, Jon, lives on that same acreage along with hundreds of works of art by his father, and it is through Jon’s generosity in sharing them that

“In the Glen: The Art of Robert Whitmore” was made possible.

ABOUT THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE
As the Miami Valley’s only fine art museum, The Dayton Art Institute – which is in its 90th year - offers a full range of programming in addition to exhibiting its collection. The galleries and Museum Store are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday with extended hours on Thursday until 8 p.m. Free parking is available at the museum and the facility is fully accessible to physically challenged visitors. CAFÉ MONET by Elegant Fare serves lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information, please call 937-223-4278 or visit www.daytonartinstitute.org.

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The DAI also receives funding from the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District.

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The Ohio Arts Council, a state agency that supports public programs in the arts, helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.