{"id":536377,"date":"2026-07-06T21:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/536377\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:26:24","slug":"masterworks-adds-five-new-works-to-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/536377\/","title":{"rendered":"Masterworks Adds Five New Works To Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art has added five new works to its permanent collection with support from donors and the Bermuda Arts Council.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson said, \u201cMasterworks Museum of Bermuda Art is thrilled to announce the addition of five new works to the Masterworks Permanent Collection, made possible with the generous support of our dedicated donors and the Bermuda Arts Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2025, Masterworks acquired John Hartman\u2019s The View North from Gibb\u2019s Hill Lighthouse [2024] with the generous support of Mary Ellen Snow, Family and Friends in memory of Joseph Snow. Hartman is a Canadian contemporary painter who specialises in aerial landscapes. His artistic engagement with Bermuda dates to a 2005 visit, when he was particularly inspired by the sweeping vantage point from Gibb\u2019s Hill Lighthouse. In 2024, on the occasion of the exhibition Looking Out: Canadian Artists in Bermuda, Hartman was invited by Masterworks to return to the Island. The View North from Gibb\u2019s Hill Lighthouse was created following this visit<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2025 and 2026, Masterworks also acquired two works by celebrated American artist Janet Fish [1938-2025]. Fish was raised in Bermuda, an experience which in part inspired her use of intense light and vivid colour as well as the eclectic range of objects in her still life compositions, many of which harken to her upbringing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first of the two Janet Fish artworks was the centrepiece of the exhibition Janet Fish: Place in Time, Fish\u2019s first-ever exhibition in Bermuda, which opened at Masterworks on November 15, 2025. Parakeet and Tropical Fruit [1991\/98] is a visual celebration of Bermuda\u2019s light and colour as well as Fish\u2019s memory of her childhood amidst the Island\u2019s sub-tropical splendour. It was gifted to Masterworks in 2025 by Margot Perot and Family. In Bowl of Onions and Squash [1990], Bermuda onions become a central subject, their purple and white skin explored through Fish\u2019s signature use of light and shadow. This watercolour painting was also on display in Janet Fish: Place in Time. It was gifted to the Museum in 2026 by Lynanne Sharpe Bolton.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo further major acquisitions were made possible due to the generous and ongoing support of the Bermuda Arts Council. Both works were on display in recent [2026] Rick Faries Gallery exhibitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first, entitled Flotsam and Jetsam [2025\/26], was created by Bermudian contemporary artist Meg Walters and was on display in her recent exhibition Palimpsest. This layered painting explores impermanence, displacement, and the evolving idea of home through a life lived between Bermuda and Australia. Walters\u2019 work offers a fresh, contemporary perspective on Bermuda\u2019s landscape and material culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second, by Louisa Bermingham, was on display in her multi-media exhibition A Personal Ecology. Entitled From Sunrise to Sunset [2025], it offers a luminous depiction of Bermuda\u2019s daily rhythms. Bermingham, a contemporary artist and educator based on the Island, weaves together personal and collective history as well as emblems of our community and of our natural world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese acquisitions reflect our commitment to \u201cBermuda as Muse\u201d and to contemporary voices expanding our Island\u2019s art history. We are deeply grateful to the Bermuda Arts Council and the supporters of Masterworks for their generosity. From Sunrise to Sunset will be available to view in the Members\u2019 Lounge in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Artwork details:<\/p>\n

John Hartman
\n The View North from Gibb\u2019s Hill Lighthouse
\n2024
\nOil on linen
\nGift of Mary Ellen Snow, Family & Friends in Memory of Joseph Snow, 2025<\/p>\n

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Janet Fish
\n Parakeet and Tropical Fruit
\n1991\/1998
\nOil on canvas
\nGift of Margot Perot and Family, 2025<\/p>\n

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Janet Fish
\n Bowl of Onions and Squash
\n1990
\nWatercolour on paper
\nGift of Lynanne Sharpe Bolton, 2026<\/p>\n

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Louisa Bermingham
\n From Sunrise to Sunset
\n2025
\nAcrylic on canvas<\/p>\n

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Meg Walters
\n Flotsam and Jetsam
\n2025-26
\nOil on linen<\/p>\n

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