Provincetown: The oldest continuous
art colony in America; a vibrant, diverse
and exciting art community that today
is home to over 50 galleries --
we're proud to be one of them.

Gallery Ehva represents exciting roster
of Provincetown and Outer Cape contemporary artists and offers
year-round workshops for beginners
and edvanced students of all ages.
We also work with local art collectors and show Early Provincetown Art and
Modern Art on consignment basis.
Our shows change every two weeks
with openings on every other Friday
evening 6 to 8pm.

Stephen Aiken
Tracey Anderson
James Bakker
Rachel Brown
Daniel Cleary
Barbara Cohen
Didier Corallo
Daniel Dejean
Donna Dodson
Mona Dukess
Rob DuToit
David Ellis
Nathalie Ferrier
Jenny Fragosa
Wendelin Glatzel
Irén Handschuh
Myrna Harrison
Alicia Henry
Jenny Humphreys
Leslie Gillette Jackson
Zehra Khan
René Lamadrid
Jonggeon Lee
Bill Liebeskind
Kevin McDermott
Andy Moerlein
Ewa Nogiec
Janice Redman
Jackie Reeves
Meg Shields
Richard E. Smith
Lisa Ventre
Michael Walden
Rob Westerberg
Tim Winn
Cyndi Wish

Ewa Nogiec, Director
art@galleryehva.com

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WHAT WE DO WHEN WE
DON'T MAKE ART

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Gallery Ehva
74 Shank Painter Road
Provincetown, MA 02657
508 487-0011
© 2009-2011 Gallery Ehva
All rights reserved.

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Early Provincetown Art

Olga Sears (1906-1990)

 

Olga Sears, Rabbit, graphite drawing

Olga Sears (1906-1990) Lemon Tree, watercolor

Olga Sears, 2011 Exhibit at Gallery Ehva

Muted Light, Gloucester, oil on canvas paper

Sunset Cambridge Brick Factory, oil on paper

Boatyard, oil on board

Owls, watercolor

Abstract (Fan), watercolor

Carp (Fan), watercolor

Back Alley, watercolor

Gorton Wharf, oil on board

Sleeping Nude, watercolor

Old Barrels, watercolor

Olga Sears, Dog Sleeping, watercolor on paper

Olga Sears, Dog, oil on paper

Olga Sears, Two Dogs, oil on paper

Olga Sears, Geese, watercolor

Olga Sears, Stairs, oil on board

Olga Sears, Seagull, oil on canvas, 42 x 30

 

Olga Sears was born on August 6, 1906 in Framingham, Massachusetts, the daughter of a shoemaker. 

At age 22, Sears was attending night school at the New England School of Design, and working as a silkscreen artist during the day. At age 25, she attended night classes at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston, earning money by posing for portrait and sculpture classes. Sears took private lessons from Charles H. Woodbury starting in 1939, and in 1940 she went to Monhegan Island, Maine for the first time and studied with Margaret Jordan Patterson. She also studied with George Demetrios in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Parallel to her working and studying as an artist, she taught art beginning in 1939, when she took positions at Dana Hall and Pine Manor School, teaching at Saint Mary's in Littleton, New Hampshire after World War II, and teaching summer classes at the Museum of Fine Arts School. Beginning in 1949, she also taught at the Vesper George School of Art.

Early in 1931 when working as a display artist at the Jordan Marsh Company she began designing Christmas Cards and making woodblock prints for a card shop in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

After World War II she began exploring abstract painting, and exhibited frequently at the Rockport Art Association, maintaining a studio in Rockport for a long time.

Source: James R. Bakker Antiques, Inc.