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“Gammell was a philosopher whose medium of expression was the visual image, rather than the written word.”
– Elizabeth Ives Hunter, Art Historian

Childs Gallery is pleased to present R.H. Ives Gammell: Visual Philosopher, an exhibition of the largest known collection of paintings by American Realist painter R.H. Ives Gammell (1893-1981) in private hands. One of the last American artists to receive classical training, and a former student of William Paxton, Gammell was influential as a mentor who imparted the classical ideals of The Boston School to future generations of artists. Gammell’s …