Masters Exhibition and Opening Reception

The Masters Exhibition at the Century Association is currently ongoing and includes 23 original works of art and can be seen from October 2 through November 20, 2013.  

The Century Association is located at  7 West 43rd St,  NYC.

If you wish to view exhibition, see the address above and request to see the Francis Cunningham exhibition.  Hours are Monday thru Saturday, 9-3pm.

The opening reception was held on Wednesday, October 2 from 5pm - 7pm.

Francis is also be debuting his new book "Unframing the Nude". A labor of love that was 10 years in the making. 

From inside the front cover, "Francis Cunningham caught the attention of Ben Shahn at a Boston Museum summer school session in 1947, Cunningham was sixteen. Now, after a lifetime of painting, teaching and co-founding two New York art schools, he summarizes his experience in "Unframing the Nude". This book is about ways of seeing and the craft of painting; its focus is on transforming the naked human body into a nude.

"Unframing the Nude" is an incisive and personal account of a lifetime's work, an ardent sharing of accumulated knowledge that speaks to artists and viewers alike."


"With conviction and hope Cunningham has carried forward several long traditions in painting. His work continues not only the Renaissance humanistic practice of depicting the natural world and living men and women, but also the modern practice of discovering abstract forms in those things and letting those forms determine how they are painted"

- John Walsh, Director Emeritus, J. Paul Getty Museum

"Unframing the Nude" is available for pre-order. Please email for details and to reserve your copy today.





 We hope to see you at the Opening!

Set-up, Color-spots, Clean-up with Francis Cunningham (Video)

Francis Cunningham is in the country, in his summer studio, painting while vacationing. Before he left we recorded some footage for the third in a series of video about the painting process. I've edited it into a new, hypnotic video. Hopefully it'll be as pleasant to watch Francis in his studio silently preparing for a short quite theoretical session of painting and at the end revealing some behind the scenes - cleaning-up, as it was recording and editing it. Here is the link to the whole series and below is the most recent video.