Collecting is far more than a mere hobby; it is a foundational process that establishes context, timeline, and a deeper understanding of our shared culture. From childhood curiosities to a lifelong passion for original art, our journey as collectors has been guided by the belief that works touched by the hand of the maker offer a profound personal connection that mass-produced items cannot replicate.
While our collection of Jack Coughlin’s work grew through a mix of careful study and serendipitous availability, it has taught us that art which challenges the viewer is often as vital as art that comforts. By moving beyond the static history of the Great Masters to engage with a living artist, we have found "the water that primes the pump" to vast oceans of beauty and insight.
This catalog serves as a formal record of that thirty-year journey—a testament to the fact that in this time and place, these works were gathered, studied, and deeply loved. --Nathan Krämer
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Jack Coughlin's portrait of
Walt Whitman
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About the Artist
Jack Coughlin
is well known for his strong
portraits of literary figures and musicians. His prints,
drawings and
watercolors have been exhibited widely across the United
States and Europe.
They are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan
Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National
Collection of Fine Arts in Washington D.C., the Norfolk Museum
of Arts
and Sciences in Virginia, the Worcester Art Museum in
Massachusetts,
the University of Colorado, the Philadelphia Free Public
Library, Staedelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort,
Germany, the New University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland and in several other important museum, university and library collections worldwide.
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| Photo by Ken Buck |
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