Nancy Hutchings Valentine
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christmas lights by nancy hutchings valentine


Christmas Lights


oil on canvas
9 x 12 inches


Nancy Hutchings Valentine Bermudian, born October 10, 1925


artist statement
I try not to make statements about my art. I just like to create things that people enjoy looking at.

education
1945- Pine Manor College, Associated BA
1946-47 Northwestern University
Further occasional courses at University of Minnesota, Art Students League (1954, 1973) and Parsons School of Design, New York

solo exhibitions
1972- Gallery 64, New York City
1975- B.E.L. Gallery, Westport, CT
1994- Windjammer Gallery, Bermuda
1999- Masterworks Gallery, Bermuda

selected group exhibitions
1950- Bermuda Art Association
1960- Design Derby, Miami, Florida
1960-99 selected Bermuda Society of Arts members shows
1977-99 selected Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard members shows
- Eastern Airlines Show, US tour

publications & books
1990- "Women Silversmiths 1685-1845", Thames & Hudson
1991- "All About Bermuda Onions" (with Nick Hutchings), Hutchings Books
1993- "Ghunda's Bermuda Holiday", Hutchings Books
1996- Introduction to the reproduction of first Bermuda Guide Book 1876, Hutchings Books

awards
1960- Third Prize in Design Derby, Miami, Florida

major commissions
Bermuda Government, official wedding gift to HRH The Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon
Royal Commonwealth Society, London
Governor Sir Julian Gascoigne and Lady Gascoigne
Bank of N.T.Butterfield & Son, Ltd.
Christ Church, Warwick, Bermuda

achievements
Lecturer on 18th Century women silversmiths, women botanical illustrators between 1700 and 1900, Renaissance women painters
Chair of the National Advisory Board of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC