Dublin Community Center hosting Thorne family show

“Dublin Lake,” by BeaTrix Thorne Sagendorph

“Dublin Lake,” by BeaTrix Thorne Sagendorph COURTESY PHOTO

“In the Forest,” by Jane Thorne.

“In the Forest,” by Jane Thorne. COURTESY PHOTO

“Winter Afternoon, Hancock NH,” by Rachel Thorne Germond

“Winter Afternoon, Hancock NH,” by Rachel Thorne Germond COURTESY PHOTO

Published: 10-10-2023 1:40 PM

Through mid-November, Dublin Community Center, 1123 Main St., will exhibit “Three Generations of Thorne Family Artists,” which will include paintings and other works by longtime Dublin resident BeaTrix Thorne Sagendorph, founder of Yankee Magazine and the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College; her daughter Jane Thorne; and Jane’s daughters Christina Germond Bell and Rachel Thorne Germond.

The public is invited to a reception on Friday, Oct. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the DubHub.

BeaTrix Thorne Sagendorph (1900-1985) was the daughter of Chicago philanthropists George Arthur and Louise Thorne, grew up in Winnetka, Ill., attended Vassar College and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. She also studied art in China, Mexico, Italy and New York. In 1928, she married Robb Sagendorph, who left the family steel business in 1930 to become a freelance writer and in 1939 became editor and publisher of the Old Farmer`s Almanac. The couple founded Yankee Magazine in 1935, and BeaTrix provided the bulk of 50 years of covers for the magazine.

In May 1965, she established the Thorne Art Gallery at Keene State College in memory of her mother, later dedicated to her husband after his passing in 1970. She produced hundreds of artworks that reflect the flavor, mood, weather, history, constants and changes that define the Monadnock region. This exhibit will include some of her landscapes and scenes in various media, including gouache and oil paint.

Jane Thorne (1930-2001) studied painting and art history while a student at Radcliffe College in the 1950s. She continued her studies with extension courses at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Sharon Arts Center and Bennington College in Vermont. Early achievements include a Currier Gallery Show (award 1959), and a major show of oil paintings at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery in Keene in 1969. She exhibited with the New Hampshire Art Association from the early 1950s until the late 1990s, winning several awards at the Currier Gallery in Manchester. Paintings on exhibit will include a variety of works in oil and watercolor.

Christina Germond Bell studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she received a BFA in textile design in 1975 and an MAE focusing on textiles and sculpture in 1979. After teaching art for several years, she worked as a studio artist doing fused glass inspired by textiles and landscapes. She was born in Peterborough and currently lives in Missouri. Works on display will include drawings, paintings, fused glass and a small textile sculpture.

Rachel Thorne Germond earned a BFA in studio art (printmaking and photography) from Cornell University’s College of Art, Architecture and Planning in 1986 and an MFA in dance and choreography from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2000. Her early training included tutoring by her grandmother, mother and father Russell Germond, who was a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design.

After a career in the performing arts in both Chicago and New York City, she moved to the Monadnock region in 2020 and resumed her early interest in painting and drawing. She has presented her visual art in New York City, Wellfleet, Mass., Bisbee, Ariz., and Peterborough, and often combines her art with performance, including video projections, text and choreography under the auspices of Rachel Thorne Germond Performance Collage (aka RTG Dance). She will present recent works in oil, acrylic and watercolor.

This show will be on display and available for purchase through mid-November, during open hours or by appointment. To make an appointment for viewing, send email to info@dublincommunitycenter.org.