SAXTONS RIVER — The art of the late Jerry Pfohl is the focus of an exhibition entitled New England Landscapes at Main Street Arts from Jan. 9 to Feb. 24, with an opening reception Thursday, Jan. 12, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Pfohl employed a wide variety of styles and subjects, with this retrospective focusing on local and regional landscapes such as the Vilas Bridge in Bellows Falls, according to a news release.
A resident of Acworth, N.H., until his death in 2010, Pfohl studied painting in Paris, London and New York City. He taught art at the Putney School in the 1950s and then became involved with Steuben Glass, for whom he was the engraving designer for the prize-winning commissioned piece “The Myth of Adonis.”
In 1966, Pfohl moved from New York City to Acworth. He spent the winters of 1972 through 1978 in New York City working in art-related fields from pewter and blacksmithing to illustration. Returning to live in New Hampshire full time, he started a school for traditional drawing and painting.
In 1979, he accepted an invitation from the New Hampshire Commission on the Arts to participate in the Artists-in-Residence program, in which he continued to work during the 1980s.
Among other locations, Pfohl's art has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., Janet Nessler Gallery, New York, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Hartford, and locally at the Three Rivers Gallery in Bellows Falls and the Garden Gallery in Londonderry.