23/02: Robert Morrow Display and Reception
Category: News For 2010
Posted by: Historical Soc
WAYNESBORO — The Waynesboro Historical Society will honor noted Waynesboro artist Robert Morrow with a display in March and a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 21, in the Oller House at 138 W. Main St.A native of Waynesboro, the artist has celebrated through his art more than 30 local landmarks — combining technical knowledge of his medium with an inner compulsion to re-create the beloved landmarks he has either grown up with or learned to love later in his life.
A graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Artist’s School of Illustration, he was an artist and photographer for Landis Tool Co. from 1948 to 1962. He and his wife, Connie, operated Robert Morrow Studio in Wayne Heights from 1962 to 1970. Morrow then set up and managed the photographic department at Grove Worldwide from 1970 to 1989. Retired since then, he devotes himself full time to drawing and painting.
He has received a host of awards throughout the years for both his photography and his art, including many Best of Shows. His oil paintings, prints and photographs are in public and private collections throughout the United States and abroad.
Morrow’s work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and one-man shows in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
In 2004, the Waynesboro Historical Society produced a limited edition collector’s set of four pewter coasters in recognition of the four historic properties owned by the society: the Oller House, Harbaugh Reformed Church, Welty’s Mill Bridge and Zullinger School.
The images on those coasters were taken from drawings created by Morrow. A limited number of coasters will be available for purchase during the reception and month-long show, as well as many of Morrow’.
Morrow’s subjects include local landscapes, barns, stone buildings, Civil War re-enactors and the coast of Maine.
In addition to his oil paintings, Morrow has created since 1976 a series of pen and ink drawings of Franklin County that range from tollgate houses to courthouses, blacksmith shops to log cabins, barns to bridges.
They have been reproduced in small limited edition art prints and include various buildings at Renfrew Museum and Park, the D.M. Welty Mills, Shank’s Mill, Waynesboro’s Toll Gate House, Bourns Cabin, Emanuel Chapel on the Campus of Penn State Mont Alto and the Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library.
A Mercersburg series includes the Academy Chapel, James Buchanan’s Birthplace, the covered bridge near Welsh Run, McKinstry’s Tavern and Irwinton Mill.
During the reception and the month-long exhibit, Morrow’s works will be available for sale at the Oller House, with the artist donating a portion of the proceeds to the historical society.
The exhibit will on display the entire month of March during the Oller House's regular hours: from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.
For information, call the Oller House at 762-1747.
A graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Artist’s School of Illustration, he was an artist and photographer for Landis Tool Co. from 1948 to 1962. He and his wife, Connie, operated Robert Morrow Studio in Wayne Heights from 1962 to 1970. Morrow then set up and managed the photographic department at Grove Worldwide from 1970 to 1989. Retired since then, he devotes himself full time to drawing and painting.
He has received a host of awards throughout the years for both his photography and his art, including many Best of Shows. His oil paintings, prints and photographs are in public and private collections throughout the United States and abroad.
Morrow’s work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and one-man shows in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
In 2004, the Waynesboro Historical Society produced a limited edition collector’s set of four pewter coasters in recognition of the four historic properties owned by the society: the Oller House, Harbaugh Reformed Church, Welty’s Mill Bridge and Zullinger School.
The images on those coasters were taken from drawings created by Morrow. A limited number of coasters will be available for purchase during the reception and month-long show, as well as many of Morrow’.
Morrow’s subjects include local landscapes, barns, stone buildings, Civil War re-enactors and the coast of Maine.
In addition to his oil paintings, Morrow has created since 1976 a series of pen and ink drawings of Franklin County that range from tollgate houses to courthouses, blacksmith shops to log cabins, barns to bridges.
They have been reproduced in small limited edition art prints and include various buildings at Renfrew Museum and Park, the D.M. Welty Mills, Shank’s Mill, Waynesboro’s Toll Gate House, Bourns Cabin, Emanuel Chapel on the Campus of Penn State Mont Alto and the Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library.
A Mercersburg series includes the Academy Chapel, James Buchanan’s Birthplace, the covered bridge near Welsh Run, McKinstry’s Tavern and Irwinton Mill.
During the reception and the month-long exhibit, Morrow’s works will be available for sale at the Oller House, with the artist donating a portion of the proceeds to the historical society.
The exhibit will on display the entire month of March during the Oller House's regular hours: from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.
For information, call the Oller House at 762-1747.