“Alexander Nepote” Opening reception Sunday, Sept. 25, from 1 to 4, and continues through December 18.

Owned by Angela Kraft Cross
		Owned by Darius Kraft

Six years ago, the Peninsula Museum of Art honored six “Local Legends”, eminent San Mateo County artists. Alexander Nepote was one of the six, a watercolorist and mixed-media painter with roots in the plein-air movement of the ‘30s.

In the ‘50s he switched to oils and mixed media, and later acrylic, as he explored abstract expressionism in the form of richly textured landscapes. He became highly influential as a professor, first at California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), and then San Francisco State University.

The time has come to show Alexander Nepote more fully, and the opportunity has been provided by the heirs of Peninsula collector Robby Lee Kraft. Mrs. Kraft and her husband, Dr. Robert Kraft, owned 31 Nepote paintings at the time of her death.

Fifteen Nepote paintings were donated to the Museum’s Permanent Collection over a period of three years. The others now grace the homes of their three children. Angela Kraft Cross, Darius Kraft, and Peter Kraft, all Peninsula residents, have graciously loaned their Nepote paintings for this exhibition.

“Alexander Nepote” opens with a reception on Sunday, Sept. 25, from 1 to 4, and continues through December 18. Nepote paintings in the Museum’s Permanent Collection will be installed in the Collections Room for the opening reception (Sunday only).