Dox Thrash: Painted, Not Printed is on view at the Villanova University Art Gallery and was curated by History graduate students under the direction of Dr. Whitney Martinko, PhD, associate professor of History. Dox Thrash, a Black artist working in Philadelphia in the mid-twentieth century, is best known for prints made through the carborundum process that he invented. This exhibit presents a new view of the artist by featuring five of Thrash’s little-known paintings donated to the University by Benjamin Bernstein, a prominent Philadelphia art patron, collector, and donor. Painted, Not Printed explores the history of Thrash’s paintings in conversation with works by other mid-20th century artists such as Julius Bloch, Samuel Maitin, and Paul Keene.
