"I found every passion in the sky -- as encompassing and as certain and as fleeting as the intimacy of a night mist. ..."
— Jon Schueler, 8 January 1960, New York City, New York
HMA’s exhibit, Lost Man Blues: Jon Schueler – Art and War, was curated by Marissa Roth, and features twenty-six paintings and selected writings by the esteemed prolific American abstract expressionist that reflect his war experiences. The exhibition, which takes its title from a piece commemorating the disappearance of a plane belongs to his squadron, opened on September 2 on the Housatonic Community College campus, and be on view through October 8, 2021.
Jon Schueler
American, 1916-1992
Lost Man Blues, Romasig, Scotland, September 1988
18 x 16”
Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler
American, 1916-1992
St. Nazaire: Red Sky Blues, New York, November 1982
70 x 63”
Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler
American, 1916-1992
Sadness In My Dreams, New York, May 1982
21 x 36”
Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler
American, 1916-1992
To Advance Against, New York, February 1988
36 x 60”
Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler
American, 1916-1992
Dawn Patrol, New York, December 1983
24 x 36”
Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler
American, 1916-1992
Wing Shadow Over Grey Sea, New York, April 1982
72 x 65”
Oil on canvas
Jon Schueler
American, 1916-1992
Sleat Shadow Over Skye, New York, June–October 1976
