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Three Sisters Sanctuary

Goshen Massachusetts

The Stritch Sculpture Garden houses the largest public collection of Stritch sculptures. Free with admission to the Three Sisters Sanctuary. New Exhibits annually. 188 Cape st., Goshen MA01032

Stonehenge 1

Public Sculpture

John's monumental sculpture Stonehenge 1, is located in a small city park at the corner of Edwin and West streets, in Pittsfield Massachusetts. There is free parking and the park is free to enjoy at any time.

Berkshire Museum

Permanent Collection

Two works from the 60's and 70's, the latter of which is currently on display. A donation from the Hirschl Collection, it was an outdoor work until its donation in 2006.

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1971 Brutalist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Oil on Canvas 30x58 Contact for Pricing

Signature and date- '71 Oil on Canvas 30x58 Contact for Pricing

Doctor

John Stritch started his professional career as a flight surgeon in the United States Armed Forces, where he was for a time stationed in England. Trained in medicine at Boston University, Dr. Stritch worked after his military discharge as a contract surgeon for the Esso company in Aruba, servicing employees, their families and the local population. Dr. Stritch traveled the world extensively before his mid 30's.

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Artist

In 1964 John and his wife Jeanne moved to Hinsdale Massachusetts where he ceased his successful career as a surgeon, and settled into being a Sculptor and Painter, making modern abstract and bold designs in each medium. Later in John's artistic life he was known as a Poster Designer, creating posters for Berkshires events at Tanglewood, NaumKeg, the Mount, the Josh Billings Run-a-Ground and other \ regional cultural events.

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Teacher

Through the later years of his life John taught students in the Berkshires, through workshops in the Pittsfield Public School system, Miss Hall's School, and the DeSisto School, where he was also the school Doctor. He considered coming back to medical practice toward the end of his life as a wonderful coming full circle, and fulfilling conclusion to a long career.

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What is happening with the John Stritch Studio now?

Currently, the work of John Stritch is on display in several locations, and we are building a database of John's work in public and private collections. If you have any information about the whereabouts of a Sculpture or painting, please contact us. The information is very helpful as we create our catalogue of authenticated works.
John's authorized biography is nearing completion, in its second draft, awaiting final edits and updated design. Then the quest for the right publisher begins.

Works in the "sale" section below, are available for purchase.

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Steel Sculpture

John's steel sculpture is best described as a modern welded assemblage from found and machined steel. Originally created from discarded farm implements, the steel work evolved to include scrap industrial steel and in many cases a more refined steel construction practice. Though common, his signature flat black finish wasn't exclusive to this work.

Painting

Starting seriously in the early 1960's, John's early paintings include modern abstracted land and cityscapes, and quickly transitioned to brutal abstract compositions in muted palettes. His early work is a thick impasto built up with masonry tools. His later paintings explore line shape and form through abstract acrylic works and softer forms such as figurative portraiture.

Poster Design

John's posters for cultural events all over the Berkshires are well known. From Jacob's Pillow to Tanglewood, Naumkeg to the Josh Billings run-a-ground, John's hand cut paper stencil designed prints were a local staple for decades. The rich history of Dr. Stritch's poster design work captures not only his distinct style, but a cultural time period in a beautiful region of the country.

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Please send a message with questions, to inquire about a purchase or to share any information you might have about John's work and career.

Stories about meeting John are very welcome!

Selected Works

Currently on View

Purchase a Work

Many singles from each poster edition are still hanging around the Stritch studio. Here is a selection of works for sale. Click on the thumbnails for prices and sizes, and use the contact form below to set up an easy mailing or in-Berkshires delivery. All funds from poster sales will go back to the Stritch Estate, and Johns family. Special items for sale from private parties may be listed here, and the "gallery fee" portion of those proceeds will go to the stritch family as well.

Work

Major bodies of work include Interior and Exterior Steel Sculpture, Painting and Poster design.

Dr. John Stritch had a varied career.

This 1971 Brutalist, Abstract Expressionist oil painting shows Dr. Stritch's love for language, as it becomes the textural surface of a large and tall canvas. In an inventive technique, this background layers of this work seem to straddle the line between print and oil painting, as the paint has been applied to the canvas in an altered mono-print fashion- lifted from another surface, rather than applied with a brush. The linework that encompasses the composition evokes the suggestion of an indiscernable written language. The work is meant to ask the viewer to consider antiquity, humanity, and inspire wonder in the unknown past of human culture. The impasto red center of the work has a luminous quality, that is expertly crafted through brutal strokes in an underlying black layers. This work will be included in John's forthcoming biography.

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Selected Works

Currently on View

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Work

Dr. John Stritch had a varied career.

Original 1971 Brutalist Abstract Oil Painting- (signed and dated)

Prints and Posters