Roger L. Crossgrove: A lifetime of art
Homer Babbidge Library &
Archives & Special Collections, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
May 20 – August 4, 2017
Until his passing in December of 2016, Roger L. Crossgrove was a highly visible and active participant in Connecticut’s arts community. The works on display in the Homer Babbidge Library and Archives & Special Collections in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center are representative of his artistic life expressed in various media.
Throughout his artistic career, Crossgrove produced a wide range of works, however it was the watercolor monotype which engaged his imagination for more than fifty years. These works are in numerous private and public collections, have been exhibited around the country, have been given prestigious awards, and are referenced in anthologies of the technique. In 1976, Crossgrove turned his attention to photography, focusing largely on the male nude, experimenting with techniques and ideas such as time exposure, penlight drawing, classical sculpture, Muybridge motion studies, and abstraction. This body of work began by the chance use of a camera, a gift from his Pratt Institute colleagues, to capture a pose during a life drawing session. A selection of photographs is on display in the John P. McDonald Reading Room and the Exhibit Gallery at Archives & Special Collections in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
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