In 2016, Preservation Long Island recognized Mr. Jake Gorst for, Andrew Geller: Deconstructed, a book that captures the life and career of his grandfather, the Modern architect, Andrew Gellar. By exploring Gellerโs architectural legacy on Long Island, Gorst approaches the subject of how a young Brooklynite, born to immigrant parents, entered the field of architecture and became known as the “architect of happiness” through his whimsical, modernist beach houses and the “everyman’s” weekend retreat homes of Leisurama. Tinged with personal memory, it is a book that allows readers to understand the aspirational and optimistic context in which Geller was designing, the values possessed by him and his clients, and the historic significance his surviving work provides to understanding the broader Long Island cultural landscape.
Thanks Maine Antique Digest for sharing the news of our Dean F. Failey Grant from the The Decorative Arts Trust in support of the Art of Edward Lange Project!
#artofedwardlange #edwardlangeprojectThe Decorative Arts Trust has announced that the 2023 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients will be British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO), London; the Center for Painted Wall Preservation (CPWP), Hallowell, Maine; Preservation Long Island (PLI), Cold Spring Harbor, New York; and Stenton, Philadelphia.
The Failey grant program provides support for research, exhibition, publication, and conservation projects through the Dean F. Failey Fund, named in honor of the trustโs late governor. Preference is given to projects that employ or are led by emerging professionals in the museum field.
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Edward Lange (1846-1912), Lower Main Street, Northport, 1880. Watercolor, gouache, and lead pencil on paper. Collection of Preservation Long Island. 2011.2.
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