A four-evening tribute to a talented young Massachusetts Artist who never made it back from war.
E. Louis Vuilleumier captured the innocence and beauty of coastal and rural Massachusetts in his impressive body of work, from Rockport to Provincetown, the sandy lanes and sleepy ports of the 1920s and 30s are like windows in time to a simple beauty lost forever to war and progress. Oils and Watercolors will be displayed along side his memorabilia as well as many letters home to family describing the sights and sounds of World War 2, He even managed to send a few paintings back that were painted with the few supplies he was able to carry in the field.
E.L.V had just begun his career as an art teacher at the SWAIN school of New Bedford, when he answered the patriotic call and joined the US Army medical corps. As a deeply spiritual and religious person - he vowed he would never take a life, but he enlisted to save others, and to defend the country he loved. Sadly, after surviving the campaign through Africa, he succumbed to Polio in a field hospital in Italy, and never returned to show his work, or go on to the acclaim he would no doubt have achieved as a mature artist. We offer this show over the Memorial Day Weekend to honor all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom, we hope you will be able to join us in paying a tribute to this talented & brave local son.
Free Admission
Email: events@yarmouthportcommon.org
2019/05/24 - 2019/05/27
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Parking for this and all new church events is around the Village Green and at the HSOY trails.
Yarmouth New Church (now Thacher Hall)
266 Main Street (Route 6A), Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
Parking Note: There is no parking at Thacher Hall. Parking is available just across Route 6A from Thacher Hall around the Common, as well as at the Post Office. Overflow parking is also available at the Chapter House Inn parking lot (west side). Please cross 6A at the designated crosswalk in front of the building. If you need accessible parking information, please email events@thacherhall.org.
Accessibility Note: Thacher Hall is a historic building and is not accessible via wheelchair - a short flight of stairs is required for entrance into the Hall and the restrooms are located on the lower level (accessed via stairs).