The Gift that Keeps Giving
July 9th - August 25th, 2024
A Spectacular Solo Show of Donated Oils, Watercolors, Studies and Photographs by Joseph Reboli
Join us at The Reboli Center for a very special solo exhibition of Joseph Reboli’s work. This exhibition will particularly feature works of Joe’s that have been donated to The Reboli Center’s permanent collection for the public to enjoy and the Center to preserve. This exhibition wouldn’t be possible without the extreme generosity of our donors. As always, our exhibitions are free for public viewing and no reservations are required for small groups to visit during business hours. Our business hours are Tuesdays - Saturdays: 11am - 5pm, Sundays: 1pm - 5pm.
Joseph Reboli (September 25, 1945 – June 4, 2004) , after whom our Center was named, was an American painter based in Stony Brook, New York, known primarily for his oil paintings of local landscapes and subjects from the Three Village area and the East End of Long Island.
Joe was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and began painting in his childhood. As early as junior high school, his aunt, Anna Reboli, would arrange for his art to be shown at the bank in Stony Brook where she worked, and quietly bought everything. Excitingly enough, that bank is the exact building in which our gallery now exists in honor of Joe, how special!
Joe attended the Paier School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut from 1964 to 1967, where he was instructed by American realist Ken Davies.[1] After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was assigned to the Army Exhibit Unit in Alexandria, Virginia, until his release in 1969.
Reboli had his first solo exhibition in 1971 at Gallery North in Setauket. In 1977, he met George Henoch Shechtman, owner of the Christopher Gallery on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, where Reboli's work would come to be exhibited regularly. Through the 1980s and '90s Shechtman continued to represent Reboli at Gallery Henoch in SoHo. Into the 2000s, Reboli continued to hold solo exhibits at Gallery North and with the help of Former Gallery North Director, Colleen Hanson, inspired the creation of The Joseph Reboli Wet Paint Festival, a plein air painting event held by the not-for-profit gallery annually.
Overall, Reboli’s work has been the subject of five museum exhibitions, over 20 solo exhibitions, and numerous group shows, as well as collected by both private collectors throughout America and Europe and corporate clients.
In 1998, the Museums at Stony Brook, known now as The Long Island Museum, held an exhibit titled Joseph Reboli Retrospective, consisting of 55 works gathered from across the nation, spanning his thirty-year career. The exhibition was accompanied by the hardcover book Joseph Reboli, an 84-page book published by the museum, comprising an essay by museum President Deborah J. Johnson, an exhibition record, and fifty color plates of Reboli's paintings.
In 1999, the White House Historical Association held an exhibit titled White House Impressions: The President's House Through the Eye of the Artist at the While House Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., featured the work of 14 prominent artists, including Joseph Reboli, who represented one of the 13 original states: New York. He was invited to document his personal impression of the White House in honor of the 200th anniversary of the White House. Reboli's painting for the exhibit was reproduced in a commemorative calendar for the year 2000 for the White House.
On June 4, 2004, Joseph Reboli died of lung cancer in Setauket, New York. He was 58 years old. He left behind four daughters, Jenna Reboli, Anna Reboli, Kathryn Strecker and Kathryn Reboli along with his wife, Lois Reboli, co-founder and President of our not-for-profit Art Center.