ASA President Richard Berkemeier’s William G. Congdon Art Collection Featured at Rhode Island Exhibition

ASA President Richard Berkemeier, a Rhode Island base Machinery & Technical Specialties Appraiser specializing in aircraft valuations and also a William G. Congdon art collector, recently loaned pieces from his private collection for an exhibition entitled “A Life’s Journey: A Collection of Works of William Congdon”, presented by the Portsmouth Abbey School’s McEvoy Gallery.

Berkemeier’s pieces, along with pieces from other collectors featured in the exhibition, included various sculptures, drawings and paintings from 1935 to 1996, with a majority representing a significant 25-year span of Congdon’s career.

A sample of William G. Congdon’s work displayed at the exhibition was spotlighted on Portsmouth Abbey School’s Facebook page. As noted in the post, the drawings were recorded while serving as an ambulance driver in WW2, being one of the first responders to enter the Bergen Belsen concentration camp after its liberation in 1945.

Additional samples of the exhibit were also showcased in a special video promotion hosted on the school’s YouTube channel, including these three:

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Berkemeier was also spotlighted in the video promotion and spoke to Congdon’s background, style, and what he liked about the artist’s work. View Berkemeier’s interview here.

When asked about his passion for Congdon’s work, Berkemeier mentioned he liked how each piece is quite unique and not copied from somebody else; how the artist was the cream of the crop for his era and genre; his extraordinary travels and coverage; and how Congdon’s work is engaging.

Learn more about William G. Congdon by reading: The Market & The Muse – If an Artist Paints in Monastic Seclusion, is it Art?

All photos credit: Portsmouth Abbey School.

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