Big Oct. 23 event at the Newport Art Museum

“On the Veranda (The Blue Porch)’’ (1909 oil on canvas), by Howard Gardiner Cushing, in the show “Howard Gardiner Cushing: A Harmony of Line and Color,’’ through Dec. 31, at the Newport Art Museum. See this event.

We could use more fantasy

“Fantasy Landscape’’ (oil on canvas), circa 1911, by Howard Gardiner Cushing, in the show “Howard Gardiner Cushing: A Harmony of Line and Color,’’ through Dec. 31, at the Newport Art Museum.

This is the first major retrospective in decades of Cushing (1869-1916), one of the Gilded Age’s most visionary— and overlooked—American artists. 

The exhibition brings together over 55 paintings, many of which have not been publicly exhibited in more than 60 years.

Classic Newport Art Museum show

L. to r.: Howard Gardiner Cushing, “Ida Rubinstein’’ (1883-1960), c. 1912, (oil on canvas) private collection; Howard Gardiner Cushing, “Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in Bakst Costume with Fleurs du Mal’,’ 1911-12 (oil on canvas), Whitney Studio Mural Panel, private collection.

High art and a bit of high society at a Newport Art Museum party. Hit this link to see the big show.