Fredi Schiff Levin Lecture: Mary Abell

Art historian Mary Abell will discuss the Leo Manso exhibition at PAAM. Leo Manso (1914-1993) was a significant artist and educator in both New York and Provincetown art circles and helped to foster Provincetown’s reputation as a major art colony. He was the primary force in organizing two important cooperative galleries in Provincetown: the 256 Gallery (1951-1957) and Long Point Gallery (1976-1998), the longest-lived and most influential artist-run gallery in Provincetown’s rich history. Manso and the painter Victor Candell established the Provincetown Workshop (1958-1976), which became what the artist historian Dorothy Gees Seckler described in a 1965 interview for the Archives of American Art as “easily recognized as the most important school at this time” in Provincetown.

Using interview clips from the Archives of American Art, Mary Abell will guide the audience through the past, discussing Leo Manso’s work and his influence on American art history.

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