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National Gallery of Lankville Art to Exhibit Rare Painting

By Charles A. Pappas

By Charles A. Pappas

LANKVILLE ACTION NEWS: YES!

A rare painting by Linda Ten Boom, Lankville’s best-known artist, will be exhibited for the first time in over twenty years, sources are confirming.

“The Candy Hamlet”, painted in 1959, has been shown only twice since it was acquired by a private collector in 1965.

“It’s an extraordinary vision,” noted head curator Chet Lemons. “It may be said to belong to Ten Boom’s “Pink Maudlin Period” but really it is its own singular creation.”

The Candy Hamlet, 1959.

The Candy Hamlet, 1959.

“The Candy Hamlet” will be exhibited for one month only before returning to a private collection. Tickets are already sold out for the first three weeks.

“I remember when Mom painted “The Candy Hamlet,”, said Ten Boom’s oldest son Kent. “She had just completed a long period of dark, tortured religious work, much of it drawing on her obsessions with Eastern Lankville Plains iconography. And then, suddenly, this glittering, sugary candy village came out of nowhere. I remember my sister and I were transfixed.”

“It remains my favorite of Mom’s work,” Ten Boom added after a long silence.

Ten Boom (1919-1962) has permanent exhibitions at several Lankville galleries. “There is no question, she is a modernist master,” noted Lemons. “Our greatest 20th century painter.”

Art lovers may contact the National Gallery of Lankville for more information (after 10 pm). Limited tickets for the final week of the exhibition are still available.

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