D&R Greenway Land Trust is set to present the artwork of three generations of Kuennes on view through January 15, 2016 at One Preservation Place in Princeton.
The Kuennes family donated the funds to establish the Olivia Rainbow Gallery when the Johnson Education Center opened its doors as headquarters for D&R Greenway in 2006.The gallery is named in memory of the family’s gifted young daughter, Olivia Kuenne.
The exhibit includes art by Olivia’s grandfather, noted painter Peter Vought, her mother Leslie Kuenne of Princeton and Olivia’s brothers, Peter, William and Matthew Kuenne. The family has won prizes, purchase awards and gallery display in many media.
Olivia’s grandfather, the late Peter Vought, was internationally renowned, from earliest days as watercolorist and portrait artist, through abstract acrylics of American landscapes. Perspectives in these large-scale works were inspired by the artist’s decades as a pilot, beginning in the U.S. Navy. Late in life, Vought would compensate for vision challenges by becoming a sculptor. Known as “Grandpeter” by Peter, William and Matthew, Vought was considered a Renaissance man, intellect, pilot, an avid chess player and athlete. A graduate of Deerfield and Yale, Vought relinquished law school for the paintbrush.
The work of Vought’s three grandsons, Peter, 21, a junior at Princeton University; William, 16, a junior at the Lawrenceville School; and Matthew, 15, a freshman at Princeton Day School, range from landscape photography and abstract landscape paintings to sculpture. William’s monotypes earned honorable mention in the Northern NJ Regional Scholastics Art and Writing Awards through the Montclair Art Museum. Matthew is a professional actor at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre and George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick.
Kuenne’s own intimate photography has appeared in numerous juried shows. These include the Arts Council of Princeton, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association and Garden Club competitions throughout the Northeast. Her work here includes subtle flower paintings, landscapes and photographs, such as one of Yellowstone with a rainbow.
The Gallery is open during business hours. For more information, call (609) 924-4646 or visit drgreenway.org.
D&R Greenway Land Trust is set to present the artwork of three generations of Kuennes on view through January 15, 2016 at One Preservation Place in Princeton.,
