Domestic Scenes As Seen by an Outsider
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DOMESTIC MODERNISM
Russell Cheney and Mid-Century
American Painting
Ogunquit Museum
of American Art (Maine)
August 1–November 17, 2024

AN EXHIBITION at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Maine may finally set Russell Cheney on the road to finding his rightful place in American art history. While there have been smaller shows of his paintings since his death in 1945, his work has not received the attention it deserves. Cheney is now more famous for having been the older life partner of the influential literary critic and cultural historian F. O. Matthiessen.

Scott Bane is the author of A Union Like Ours: The Love Story of F. O. Matthiessen and Russell Cheney.