Episodes from an Unwritten History
Episodes from an Unwritten History: Claude Bragdon and Fritz Trautmann
August 13–December 12, 2010 in the Lockhart Gallery
This exhibition showcases Rochester artists and visionaries Claude Bragdon and Fritz Trautmann, whose shared ideas about cosmic forces in art and life fueled a steady friendship until Bragdon’s death in 1946. While Bragdon—architect, author, and stage designer—has been the subject of books and exhibitions in recent years, this will be the first examination of Trautmann’s contributions as a colorist, longtime teacher at the Gallery’s Creative Workshop, and painter of Galaxy, a visitor favorite.
Presented in honor of Jean France, architectural historian.
Public Programs
- What’s Up by Jessica Marten, MAG assistant curator: September 19
- Lecture on Claude Bragdon by Linda Henderson, University of Texas at Austin: October 10
Especially for Educators
- “A MAG Medley”: October 28
Read excerpts from Bragdon’s 1915 book Projective Ornament, The Frozen Fountain (1932), and selected writings by Fritz Trautmann from his notebooks in the Gallery’s archives.
Pictured left to right: Claude Bragdon, Mathematical Abstraction No. 5 “Study in complementaries” (ca. 1939–41). Gift of a Friend of the Gallery. Fritz Trautmann, Galaxy (1942). Marion Stratton Gould Fund.