Tony Bennett Brings His Music and Art to Washington, DC, in August
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Tony Bennett Brings His Music and Art to Washington, DC, in August
Tuesday July 13, 2:39 pm ET
An Exhibition of Bennett's Paintings to be Shown at the P&C Art Gallery in
Georgetown from August 18-August 31
Bennett to Perform at Wolf Trap on Monday, August 16
NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's capital and its surrounding
area will be treated to both the art and music of Tony Bennett in August.
The legendary performer and accomplished painter will have an exhibition of
his original works at P&C Art Gallery in Georgetown from August 18-31 and a
concert appearance at Wolf Trap on Monday, August 16.
The art exhibition will showcase Bennett's past and current works,
featuring a selection of oils, watercolors and sketches. Bennett will also
attend a private invitation-only reception at the P&C gallery on Tuesday,
August 17. The P&C Art Gallery is located at 3108 M Street NW in the
Georgetown section of Washington DC. The hours of operation are Monday-
Saturday, 10am-7 pm, and Sundays from 12-5 pm. For further gallery
information please call 888-299-6783 and to view Tony Bennett's artwork
online please visit http://www.benedettoarts.com.
The 12-time Grammy winner will also be performing with his quartet in
concert at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia, on Monday, August 16. Show time
is at 8 PM and tickets are priced at $75, $42, and $25. Tickets can be
purchased by calling 703-218-6500 or 800-955-5566. For further information
on Wolf Trap please visit their website at http://www.wolftrap.org
With over 50 million records sold world-wide and platinum and gold albums
to his credit, Bennett has won eleven Grammy Awards including the Grammy
Lifetime Achievement Award. The MTV generation first took Tony Bennett to
heart during his appearance with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the 1993 MTV
Video Awards ceremony. He appeared on MTV UNPLUGGED and the resulting
recording of the same name garnered the singer Grammy's top award, "Album
of the Year."
"Tony Bennett has not just bridged the generation gap," pointed out THE NEW
YORK TIMES, "he has demolished it. He has solidly connected with a younger
crowd weaned on rock. And there have been no compromises." Bennett credits
his son and manager, Danny, for his success in capturing a whole new
generation of listeners. Through over five decades as a recording artist he
has introduced dozens of pop standards into the Great American Songbook.
His latest release, A WONDERFUL WORLD, features duets with singer k.d. lang
of songs associated with Louis Armstrong, and was described by THE NEW YORK
TIMES as "a vocal fit so perfect it seems made in heaven." A new Tony
Bennett album will be due out this fall.
Ever since Anthony Benedetto, at the age of five, began drawing chalk
pictures on the sidewalks of his hometown in Astoria, Queens, he has had a
commitment to art that has flourished. With his standing over five decades
as one of the premier entertainers in the world, he finds time to paint
every day, sketching the view from the windows of his hotel suite or out in
the country sides to which he travels. The United Nations has commissioned
his artwork on two occasions including their 50th Anniversary. Bennett's
painting honoring good friend David Hockney, "Homage to Hockney," is on
permanent display at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown,
Ohio, and his original oil painting, "Boy on Sailboat, Sydney Bay," is part
of the permanent collection at the prestigious National Arts Club in
Gramercy Park in Manhattan. Bennett was also commissioned to be the
official artist of the 2001 Kentucky Derby and created two original
watercolors for this historic racing event.
Tony Bennett began formal training as an art student at the School of
Industrial Arts (now known as the School of Art and Design) in Manhattan
and continued his studies with private studios and teachers throughout the
years. A self-proclaimed "museum freak," he visits museums and galleries
all over the world, especially during his extensive concert tours. As an
artist of both worldly and familiar subjects, Tony Bennett has experimented
with a wide range of subjects, has studied the intricacies of various
styles, and has learned from the great masters. His body of work reflects
an awareness of the history of art and the artist's continuing passion for
enjoying and creating that which is universally recognized as beautiful.
Common to all his work, be it the oils, watercolors or sketches, is his
desire to communicate. His work as a painter has been featured in several
art publications including a cover story in ART AND ANTIQUES, ARTNEWS,
INFORMART, THE ARTIST'S MAGAZINE, and INTERNATIONAL ARTIST magazine. Among
the many owners of original Benedetto paintings around the world are the
late Cary Grant, Carol Burnett, Whoopie Goldberg, the late Frank Sinatra,
Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Mickey Rooney, Katie Couric and contemporary
artist Robert Rauschenberg.
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