Hazard Durfee Exhibit in Tiverton til Aug. 10

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Hazard Durfee Exhibit in Tiverton til Aug. 10

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At the Donovan Gallery at Tiverton Four Corners until August 10, 2007.

The following information is from:
http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/dail ... zddobi.htm
CARDER H. DURFEE

PROVIDENCE -- Carder Hazard Durfee, 87, of Tiverton, formerly of New York City, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, at Rhode Island Hospital of complications resulting from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on Aug. 12.

Born in Fall River, Mass., he was the son of the late Charles H. and Amy (Ward) Durfee. He graduated from Choate and the Yale School of Fine Arts, which awarded him the Winchester Traveling Fellowship in 1940.

He served in the Army Camouflage Engineers from 1941-45 in Africa, Austria, Corsica, France, and Germany.

After World War II, he resided in New York City for many years, where his work was highlighted in solo and group exhibitions at galleries and museums, including Grand Central Modern, the Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

He traveled in Europe and Morocco and continued to exhibit with shows at the Denver Art Museum, Chicago Art Institute, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Corcoran Art Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design and the former Art Association of Newport, where he first exhibited in 1932.

He received many awards, including the Audubon Artist, Jane Peterson and the Childe Hassam awards. In 1958, he created artwork for the CBS television animated feature "Hook the Hawk." He was featured twice during this period in Life magazine.

In 1965, he returned to Tiverton to care for Homelands, his family's historic estate, where he was well-known for his horticultural expertise. From 1965-77, he traveled and painted but did not regularly exhibit his work. In 1978, he resumed exhibiting his work in solo and group shows, including the first of many at the Virginia Lynch Gallery in Tiverton, Francesca Anderson Gallery in Boston, the Providence Art Club, and the Bartholet Gallery and Treillage, both in New York.

In 2000 to 2001, he was honored with a major retrospective at the Newport Art Museum, "Hazard Durfee: Journeys in Art," which highlighted more than 50 years of his art.

His work is found in museums and numerous private collections, as well as corporate collections, including IBM, American Express, Raytheon and New York Presbyterian Hospital/New York Medical Center.

Survivors include Charles F. Hickey of Tiverton and New York; a sister, Constance St. John of Providence; three nieces, Julia Ballerini of New York, Anne Aldrich of Florida and Jane Aldrich of Montana; five great-nieces and great-nephews; and four great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.

He was the brother of the late Amy D. Aldrich.

His memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., Newport. Burial is private.
Some examples of his commercial work are currently on EBay:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dl ... age=search

I had phoned Kat the other day to see if she had any info on his line in the Durfee genealogy.

I found it interesting to learn that a Durfee "estate" still existed in the area until at least 2003, when Mr. Durfee died.
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Oh thanks for posting that!
That is nice- I like it!

I have a Durfee tree in the Peck & Earl but it only goes to 1877- or 1876 if we allow time for publishing.
The obit might be helpful!
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