john mallery - maurice bebb

After the curator's talk on Birger Sandzen, members of the Nelson Atkins Print Society gathered to look at the etchings and dry points of the Oklahoma artist, Maurice R. Bebb 1891-1986. Print Society president John Mallery spoke on Bebb's works. 

According to Mallery, Bebb had a unique printmaking career. He didn’t start drawing until he was in his 50’s and started printmaking full time after he retired as a florist in 1951 (Bebb’s Flowers is still in business in Muskogee, OK, although it is no longer owned by the Bebb family). 

Maurice Bebb was best known for his color multiplate, soft-ground etching and aquatint prints of birds. But he also created wonderful landscapes and architectural prints, many as a result of his two trips to Europe in 1956 and 1958. He created gift prints for the Chicago Society of Etchers, Printmakers Society of California and the Prairie Print Makers.

Mallery gave his presentation on Maurice Bebb and provided unique insight into the artist since he contributed to the catalog's raisonné.

Twenty-eight minute talk on Maurice Bebb's etchings. Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery on campus of Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas

Mallery loaned 80 works from his collection to create the retrospective exhibition.

A collaboration between John Mallery, curator Cori Sherman North and Jim Harbison produced the book "Birds and Beyond: The Prints of Maurice R. Bebb." Now available through Amazon.

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Post: Karl Marxhausen

john mallery - print salon share

   When 22 KC print society members got together to share a print that meant something to each of us, STORIES opened up, and it got exciting in the Spencer Room of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. Here is John:

"Once you buy a print, at least for me, it's a web. You start learning about one artist, then you want another artist, you want to know another artist, and it just kind of grows." John Mallery

 

The Nor-Wester  by Leon Pescheret, 

soft ground etching, 1936

More on print HERE 

(courtesy of Annex Galleries, http://www.annexgalleries.com/inventory/detail/CKCS107/Leon-Rene-Pescheret/The-Nor-Wester-aka-Fifty-by-Thirty-Four-in-January, accessed March 30, 2014) 

Mallery introduces his Maurice Bebb print.  Two minute video.

"So this piece is a baby bird, I think it's a robin, but it is almost identical to print by another artist, after Charles E. Heil. Heil was a really well known bird, and did a lot of these baby bird prints. And so I've been researching Heil." John Mallery

More on Heil HERE. (courtesy of Skinner Inc, http://www.skinnerinc.com/search?s=Charles+Emile+Heil, accessed March 30, 2014)

John Mallery is a member of the Nelson Atkins Print Society.

Print Salon Share took place on March 22, 2014.  

Photos and video by Karl Marxhausen

john mallery - kc collector

    Print society member John Mallery, a self-described new collector, although he’s already amassed @ 80 prints in the short time he’s been collecting, gave a spirited talk to society members describing how he discovered the Print Society and the world of print collecting. He has particularly become interested in early 20^th century American print artists including the Prairie Print Makers.                

John talked about the evolving nature of being a collector and how his son has joined him in this collecting passion. He talked about how being a member of the Print Society has opened up a new world of interest which he pursues through Society events, visiting museums throughout the country and all the books he has purchased to research his areas of interest.  paul sokoloff

Just do it!!  Jump right in. Many misconceptions will be shattered. Love what you collect -- "it's all personal." Learn as you collect; ask questions; you will be surprised how many will help you along the way.   paula winchester 

Everyone enjoyed John’s presentation which was both humorous and informative, and less anxiety provoking than a knife throwing demonstration (which is a professional side line of his).  paul sokoloff

1 of 2 videos  24 minutes.   It is standing room only in the Nelson Atkins training room Thursday evening. Justin Rogers speaks on the Diego Rivera lithograph commissioned by the Nelson Atkins Print Society.
Program coordinator Robin Gross introduces John Mallery as a husband, a father, a grandfather, an art historian in training. A man of a thousand faces. Also professional knife thrower and comedian on Youtube. Today, though, he is founder of a computer forensics company. His world is very technically-oriented. Some of the professional training he does for his peers include: Surviving Mobile Forensics, System Administration for SQL Servers 7.0, and Marsware Basic Computer Forensic Analysis. He is a new print collector and tonight he wants to talk about NUDES, COWS AND CLOWNS, adventures in print collecting.  24 minutes


2 of 2 videos        24 minutes

According to Mallery, his talk describes the "birth of a collector" from the very first impulsive purchase and on to more informed and personal collecting choices.

The presenter will share how his experiences as a marine biologist, traveling entertainer, and move to the Midwest influenced his collection. (courtesy of John Mallery)

 

Comments provided by Paul Sokoloff and Paula Winchester.
Video taping and uploading to Youtube format provided by Eric Lehnert.