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On Friday, Feb. 16, a ceremony was held to acknowledge the
College's acquisition of Robert Beauchamp's, "The Artist
In His Studio." The painting was given in honor of the contributions
that Frank Vellaccio has made to Holy Cross during the past
27 years.
Funding for the painting came from friends of the College who wished to acknowledge
the large gifts of talent and the extraordinary service and personal devotion
Vellaccio has given the College as a teacher, dean, provost and, especially,
as acting president.
Beauchamp (1923-1995) was an American artist associated with individuals such
as
Robert Goodnough, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Jan Müller and Jackson Pollock.
Beauchamp's works can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, all
of which are located in New York; the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and
the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Now, one of his
monumental canvases is part of the Holy Cross collection.
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