Dispatch 04
April 2023

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We enjoyed sitting down with Jay Snider in Marina Del Rey, California as part of our ongoing series Documenting David Hanna’s Work: The Collectors’ Stories. Jay shared touching, insightful memories of his relationship with David as both a friend and art collector.

Featured Artwork
Commissioned by Ed and Myrna Snider in 1980, the painting depicts the legendary Sintra (1959), their sailboat at the time. Made of mahogany, Sintra is considered one of the most elegant yachts in the sailing world. Jay recalls David spending time on the water to capture Sintra under sail: “It's hard to do because you need a good wind that day. Everything's gotta be right. They got it right.”

Sintra, one of the last paintings created by the artist, demonstrates his mastery of egg tempera, a permanent, fast-drying medium consisting of colored pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk. Tempera paintings are very long-lasting, and examples from the first century AD still exist.

Message from The Trust
We are thrilled to share that Barbara L. Jones, Curator Emerita, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art has joined the trust’s effort to locate and document David Hanna artworks. Barbara’s deep and relevant experience as a curator of American Art has accelerated our progress and we are grateful for her immediate and significant impact on the trust’s mission.

Next month we will travel to Edinburgh, Scotland to document four artworks and meet a collector who purchased his first David Hanna painting at the artist’s breakout Pittsburgh Playhouse exhibition in 1965. We look forward to sharing discoveries from this trip and our ever-expanding journey.

Warmly,