MFA Gallery presents:

"The John Schmidtberger Showcase" 

featuring the artworks of John Schmidtberger, 

the former & long-time owner of our Gallery!

 

**This Pop-Up Exhibition will run for 2 weekends only, 

from March 13th through March 21st**

 

Join MFA Gallery for the Opening Reception

on Saturday, March 13th, from 2-6pm, 

where we will celebrate with live music, wine & tasty treats!

 

John Schmidtberger is a painter who works en-plein-air style

in the Delaware River Valley and coastal Maine.

 

His paintings have been described as modern and poetic,

with a strong sense of light,

deliberate brushwork, and a vivid palette.

 

John grew up in Schooley’s Mountain, New Jersey

and attended Phillips Exeter Academy on a scholarship.

At the University of Pennsylvania, he studied

painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking

with Neil Welliver, Robert Engman, and Hitoshi Nakazato,

earning an MFA 1987.

 

In recent years John has won several awards,

including first place

in The Art of the River Towns Juried Exhibition (2020)

and The Patrons’ Award for Painting

in both the 2020 and 2021

Phillips Mill Annual Juried Exhibitions.

 

John’s work is represented in such private collections as

Mitchell Zuckerman, formerly of Sotheby’s;

renowned classical pianist Richard Goode;

Kate White, author and former editor-in-chief at Cosmopolitan;

Mark Rosenthal, screenwriter; William Tally, screenwriter;

Daniel Tishman of AECOM and Tishman Construction;

Stephen McDonnell, founder of Applegate Farms,

and ArtYard Founder Jill Kearney.