“Norman Sunshine: The Conversation Pieces”
portrays Sunshine’s neighbors in scenes painted in their homes and at local get togethers.
top row from left to right: Norman Sunshine and his work; Portrait of Brooke and Peter Duchin
bottom row from left to right: Bob and Susan Summers and their portrait; Carolyn Klemm with her picture
On exhibit for the first time since museum director Bob Burns came across them stored at the artist’s home, Sunshine’s portraits fill two rooms of the museum’s Whittemore Gallery. Along with the artist noticing his own self portrayals in some of the paintings, Bob and Susan Summers and realtor Carolyn Klemm saw their visages posted on the walls among renderings of Brooke Hayward and Peter Duchin, David Calley, Lady Sandra Lean, William Hammerstein.
top row left to right: joseph montebello,margie stern,ellen giddins; joseph montebello; arthur carter
middle row left to right: nancy novogrod and isabelle fowlkes; peter heywood and ellen giddins
bottom row left to right: gael hammer; shirley lord, isabelle fowlkes,anne sutherland fuchs; lisa coleman
Shirley Lord and Peter Heyward, James and Ena Greenfield, Anne Sutherland Fuchs, Ellen McCourt, Leni and Peter May were among the guests at the opening reception and candlelit dinner during which Sunshine’s longtime partner Alan Shayne was able to announce that after extensive treatment the artist has been declared cancer free.
The exhibit is slated to run at the museum through November 24 and on October 24, Sunshine and Shayne will hold a discussion of their commitment which is portrayed in their unique book “Double Life: A Love Story from Broadway to Hollywood.” www.MattatuckMuseum.org
