On Friday, February 16, a ceremony was held to acknowledge the College's acquisition of Robert Beauchamp's "The Artist In His Studio." The painting is currently on display in the Cantor Art Gallery, and was given in honor of the contributions that Frank Vellaccio has made to Holy Cross over the past 27 years.
Funding for the painting came from friends of the College who wished to acknowledge the large gifts of talent and the extraordinary service and personal devotion Vellaccio has given the College as a teacher, Dean, Provost, and especially as Acting President. When speaking in regard to the painting, Professor Maurice Géracht lightheartedly re-dubbed it as the "Vellaccio Beauchamp."
Robert Beauchamp (1923-1995) is an American artist associated with names such as Robert Goodnough, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Jan Müller and Jackson Pollock. Beauchamp works can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, all of which are located in New York; the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Now, one of his monumental canvases is part of the Holy Cross Collection.
Read Géracht's full remarks on the painting and why it was acquired.
Beauchamp Painting Given in Honor of Frank Vellaccio
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