527 Madison Avenue is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by Frank Webster in the Lobby Gallery from January 9 – April 25, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, January 15, from 5–7 PM, at 54th Street and Madison Avenue. Presented in partnership with Isabel Sullivan Gallery, the show is open to the public 9 AM – 5 PM, Monday through Friday
Frank Webster is a devout chronicler of natural history. His numerous works capture the ephemeral and fragile qualities of our planet, simultaneously rendering us awestruck by their grandeur and sublime power. An intrepid and devoted explorer of the otherworldly, he bears witness through each brushstroke, exploring themes of memory, transformation, isolation, and melancholic yet rapturous experiences with landscapes. Webster works in the plein-air painting tradition of the 18th and 19th centuries, creating studies for these paintings directly in the landscape during his numerous expeditions and residencies worldwide.
Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Webster received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Some of the residencies he has been granted include the Arctic Circle Residency, Burren College of Art in County Clare, Ireland, the NES Artist Residency in Iceland, The Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, The MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire and the Sharpe Walentas Studio Program in Brooklyn. He has participated in many group and solo exhibitions at museums and galleries, such as the Zimmerli Museum of Art, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Steffany Martz Gallery, the Parrish Art Museum, Blackston Gallery, and many others. In early 2022, Webster was commissioned to execute The Stone—a monumental Icelandic landscape—by the Durst Organization for the library for the newly constructed SVEN residential project in Long Island City, New York. Webster currently lives and works in Queens, New York.