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Burnet Corwin Tuthill

Donahue, Thomas, 1948-2012
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Donahue, Thomas, 1948-2012
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Keywords
Images, Art and Art History, Department of, oil painting
Local ID
2015x-183
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Rhodes College Collection of Art
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Abstract
This is a portrait of Burnet Corwin Tuthill in black regalia, sitting and holding a sheet of music in his right hand. There is a clarinet in the background with a dark red-orange background. The portrait is framed in a decorative gold frame with a plaque in the bottom center that reads: “BERNET CORWIN TUTHILL / 1888-1982 / Lovingly known to generations of students as “Papa Tut,” he is indeed the “father” of / music at Rhodes. A teacher, conductor, choir leader, composer, convert virtuoso and a / founder of the National Association of Schools of Music, he was the college’s first / Director of Music, serving with distinction from 1935 until his retirement in 1959. / Dedicated October 11, 2003”. The artist’s signature “TOM DONAHUE ’04” is written in the lower left corner of the portrait.
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Artwork photographed and inventoried by the 2015 Summer Art Inventory team in the Visual Resources Center.