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Lost Man Blues: Jon Schueler - Art and War

"I found every passion in the sky -- as encompassing and as certain and as fleeting as the intimacy of a night mist. ..."
— Jon Schueler, 8 January 1960, New York City, New York

HMA’s exhibit, Lost Man Blues: Jon Schueler – Art and War, was curated by Marissa Roth, and features twenty-six paintings and selected writings by the esteemed prolific American abstract expressionist that reflect his war experiences. The exhibition, which takes its title from a piece commemorating the disappearance of a plane belongs to his squadron, opened on September 2 on the Housatonic Community College campus, and be on view through October 8, 2021.

Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

Lost Man Blues, Romasig, Scotland, September 1988

18 x 16”

Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

St. Nazaire: Red Sky Blues, New York, November 1982

70 x 63”

Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

Sadness In My Dreams, New York, May 1982

21 x 36”

Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

To Advance Against, New York, February 1988

36 x 60”

Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

Dawn Patrol, New York, December 1983

24 x 36”

Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

Wing Shadow Over Grey Sea, New York, April 1982

72 x 65”

Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

Sleat Shadow Over Skye, New York, June–October 1976

40 x 48”

Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

New Shadow Blues,New York, March 1981

44 x 65”

Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

Fantasy: Red Snow Cloud, Chester, CT 1968

48 x 54”

Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

Snow Cloud, New York, November 1983

36 x 30”

Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler

American, 1916-1992

Black, Red and Blues, New York, April 1985

50 x 79”

Oil on canvas