JOHN STOBART WORK TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE NORTHSIDE-MANCHESTER AREA OF PITTSBURGH BY COLBY FRAME COMPANY

The works of preeminent maritime artist, the world renowned John Stobart are to be represented at the Colby Frame Company in Pittsburgh.

BOSTON, MA and PITTSBURGH (PRWEB) December 3 2003--The works of preeminent maritime artist, the world renowned John Stobart are to be represented at the Colby Frame Company in Pittsburgh.

To celebrate representation in the Northside Manchester area of Pittsburgh, Mr. Stobart will appear in person at an open house celebrating their grand opening on Thursday, December 4, 2003, from 5 pm to 9 pm.

John Stobart stands proudly in this continuum of artists," says Peter Neill, President of the South Street Seaport Museum, New York and the International Congress of Maritime Museums. ...Johns success can be found in his commitment to place, his evocation of historic American harbors and riverfronts. New York, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Savannah, and many others large and small..."

Inspired by tradition, John Stobart serves as our historian and guide to life along the water. To the viewer, it seems as though Stobart stood a century ago along the ports and harbors he recreates for us. We can almost feel the effects of the weather and time of day and we learn about our history and our heritage through wonderfully descriptive narratives that have been compared to stories by Mark Twain and Joseph Conrad.

John Stobart, artist

John Stobart was born in Leicester, England in 1929, and in 1950 was accepted to the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts in London. Moving to Canada in 1957, he continued lucrative commission work before moving to New York City in 1965. Today, Stobart continues to travel widely, researching and painting American and European ports as they were in the great era of sail and steam. Seven Stobart galleries and 100 dealers located throughout the U.S. offer the artists books, paintings and limited edition prints.

Colby Frame Company

For more than eighteen years the family owned and operated Colby Frame Company has provided quality custom framing for galleries, museums and artists¾specializing in shadowbox and memorabilia framing. The adjacent Colby Frame Company gallery represents artist signed prints, original works of art and more from all around the world. Colby Frame Company is located at the R.J. Casey Industrial Park, Columbus and Preble Avenues, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15233. The framing center hours are 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. The gallery hours are 10 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. Both locations are available by appointment. On site free secured parking is always available. More information available at (412) 321-7557. Coming soon on the web at wwwcolbyframe.com.

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