More than an Illustrator

On July 31st, from 1-430pm, there will be an Opening Reception at the Vet Center in Middletown for an exhibition, showing artwork by the late John Gould. You can read all about that here.

But John Gould was more than just an artist and a consultant, he was also a teacher. In 1957 John Gould established the Bethlehem Art Gallery and Art School, so other artists could display their work, and so he had a place to continue to teach younger artists. He traveled America as a lecturer, teaching all things art-related (although he particularly loved to lecture about oriental painting). His sons are continuing his legacy, keeping the Bethlehem Art Gallery open, and having art classes avaliable all year round. They also display their father's work, his beautiful paintings of our Hudson Valley landscape,






the many trains he painted while working as a consultant to the Locomotive Division of General Electric,





and his illustrations- the one's that showed the United States of America in wartime through his eyes.







We are so happy to have have brought together a group of paintings for this Art for Vets show that span the 70 year career of artist Gould, and hope you can join us to see the art that John Gould created through the course of his long, full life.