ADRIAN — Adrian College’s Hickman Gallery will feature the travel studies, sketches, and paintings of Charles Franklin Chamberlain in an exhibit titled “Drawn to France” from August 8th to August 31st.
A reception is scheduled for August 29th, from 5 to 7 p.m.
The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
Chamberlain was born in 1871 in Washtenaw County and was a longtime resident of the Dexter area.
He balanced his artistic work with life on a working chicken and honey farm.
Travis Erxleben, chair of the Adrian College Department of Art and Design and director of Hickman Gallery, said in a statement, “The works are on loan from collectors across the country, and the artist holds an important place in Michigan’s art history.”
The Hickman Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and also by appointment.
For more information about the exhibit, contact Erxleben at 265-5161, extension 4374, or email TErxleben@Adrian.edu.