PUBLICATIONS &
EXHIBITIONS

Selected
In Chronological Order


Willard Bond, 40, New York, c. 1966

 

WEBSITES

willardbondart.com

American Society of Marine Artists >

National Hospice Regatta Alliance >

BOOKS

Aesthetics of the Margins/The Margins of Aesthetics - Wild Art Explained, pages 13, 70, 71. David Carrier and Joachim Pissarro, authors. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019

The Holy Grail of Yachting: The Art of The America's Cup, Vol. VII The Era of the 12-Meters, 1958-1987, Part 2: 1974-1987, pages 34, 35. Alan Granby, Janice Hyland, authors. West Palm Beach, FL: America 3 Foundation, 2013-2017

"A Gallery of Artists Looking at the Wavertree." John Stobart and the Ships of South Street, page 24. John Stobart, Peter Stanford authors. Peekskill, NY: National Maritime Historical Society, 2008

"The Sport of Kings – Willard Bond: Modern Racing." Bound for Blue Water: Contemporary American Marine Art, pages 104-105. J. Russell Jinishian, author. Seymore, CT: The Greenwich Workshop, Inc., 2003

"Painting the Wind – Willard Bond's Painting Process." Painting Ships, Shores and the Sea, pages 98-105. Rachel Rubin Wolf, author. Cincinnati, OH: North Light Books, 1997

"The Action Impressions of Yachting Artist Willard Bond." Maritime Quarterly Vol 1 No 3, pages 68-72. Arnold Art Gallery. San Diego: Maritime Quarterly Publishing Co., 1994

"Willard Bond – Balancing Spontaneity and Control" and "Willard Bond – Bold Brush Strokes, Bold Color." Marine Painting: Techniques of Modern Masters, pages 126-127, 130-131, 136. Susan Rayfield, author. New York: Watson-Guptil Publications, 1991

"Willard Bond." Yacht Portraits: The Best of Contemporary Marine Art, Plates 15-17. Fabio Ratti, author; Karen Hoare, editor. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House Inc., 1987

"Willard Bond – Painting the Essence of Sailing." Nautical Quarterly Number 20, pages 56-65. Rebecca Smith, author. New York: Nautical Quarterly, Co., Winter 1982

River Harvest: Poetry by Lucile Bond, illustrations by Willard Bond. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1951

PERIODICALS

Marion-Bermuda Race Book 2023, cover art. Deborah Bennett Elfers, editor.

"Can Hypebeast Magic Revive J. Crew?" New York Times, Men's Style Section. Guy Trebay, author. October, 27, 2022

Marion-Bermuda Race Book 2021, cover art. Deborah Bennett Elfers, editor.

"Seascapes – The Drop." Soundings, Real Boats for Real Boaters, pages 66-67. Steve Knauth, author. August 2021

"Painting the Wind – Uniqueness Grows Out of Such a Life." Marion-Bermuda Race Book 2019, cover art and pages 11-13. Jeff Shaub, author, Deborah Bennett Elfers, editor. 2019

Marion-Bermuda Race Book 2017, cover art. Deborah Bennett Elfers, editor.

"Willard Gordon Bond 1926-2012: A Tribute." Marion-Bermuda Race Book 2013, cover art and page 17. William Knuff, author. Deborah Bennett Elfers, editor.

"Willard Bond, Vivid Artist of Yachting, Dies at 85." New York Times, Art & Design Section, Obituary, Dennis Hevesi, author. June 10, 2012

"ASMA Loses a Legend." ASMA News and Journal, page 13. Summer 2012

"Christine's Log Book." ASMA News and Journal, page 5. Christine Diehlmann, author. Summer 2012

"Fellow Willard Bond Now a West Coastie." ASMA News and Journal, page 23. Spring 2012

"News From the Artists." Marine Art News Vol 14, pages 3, 5, 35. J. Russell Jinishian, author. 2011

Marion-Bermuda Race Book 2011, cover art. Deborah Bennett Elfers, editor.

"Within Reach, Understanding and Collecting Marine Art." Windcheck, Long Island Sound Sailing, pages 15-19. J. Russell Jinishian, author. November 2007

"Artist in the Studio – The Studio of Fellow Willard Bond." ASMA News, the American Society of Marine Artists, page 4. Robert Semler, author. October 2006

"From Christine's Log Book." ASMA News, the American Society of Marine Artists, page 5. Christine Diehlmann, author. July 2006

"The Call of the Sea." American Art Collector, pages 64-65. John O'Hern, author. July 2006

"Notes from Brush Hill." ASMA News, the American Society of Marine Artists, pages 11, 16. Charles Raskob Robinson, author. October 2005

"Harbor Lights." ASMA News, the American Society of Marine Artists, pages 13, 19. Pete Eagleton, author. October 2003

"The Sensuousness of Sails, Art Spread by Willard Bond." Good Old Boat, The Sailing Magazine for the Rest of Us! cover art and pages 40-41. Karen Larson, editor. September/October 2002

"A Brush with Maritime Art." BoatUS, Boat Owner Association of the United States, cover art and pages 16-17. Elaine Dickinson, author. January 2002

Nautica, 2000 Star Class World Championship, cover art. May 2000

"The Art of the Sea – ASMA Fellow Willard Bond." ASMA News, the American Society of Marine Artists, pages 8, 12, 24. Mickey Clement, author. October 1998

"First Around, Marine Artist Willard Bond" and "Art of the Sea." Off Shore: Northeast Boating at Its Best, cover art and pages 4, 42, 62-65. Mickey Clement, author. May 1998

"It's Still Down to the Sea in Ships." New York Times. William Zimmer, author. January 19, 1997

"The Artist and the Sea… Seascapes." The Times Herald-Record Sunday Magazine, Middletown NY, cover art and pages 2, 9. Debra Conway, author, J. Talbott, photographer. August 18, 1996

"Catskills Artist Captures Sailing Essence of Motion Upon the Water." Rags, The Magazine for Sailors by Sailors, pages 86-88. Duncan Spencer, author. August 1994

"Down to the Sea…On Canvas." The Compass, Magazine of Sea and Air, pages 6-7. Phyllis Zauner, author. 1994

"Visions of the Sea, The Enduring Appeal of Marine Art." Yachting, pages 28-34. Louise Wareham, author. December 1990

"Sailing High, Paintings by Keith Reynolds and Willard Bond." The Yacht, pages 102-109. James Robie Gilbert, editor. August 1987

"Painting Ships that Go Down to the Sea." The Baltimore Sun Magazine, pages 8, 9. Karen Jensen, author. July 19, 1987

"Marine Art, The Flowering of a Hidden Agenda." Sea History: National Maritime Historical Society, pages 42, 47. Willard Bond, author. Summer 1980

The New York Quarterly, cover art, and pages 46, 58. William Packard, editor; Willard Bond, Art Director. New York, NY: The New York Quarterly Poetry Review Foundation, Inc., Spring 1970

"Theater: Brecht and Langston Hughes, Exception and Rule and Prodigal Son." New York Times. Howard Taubman, author. May 21, 1967

"Scholarship Aid to be Provided by an Art Show – Downtown Community School Begins 18th Event Thursday." New York Times. April 16, 1964

"Fused Glass Murals Decorate Apartment House Lobby." New York Times. May 22, 1960

"Willard Bond – The Little Studio, 673 Madison Avenue. Paintings and Ceramics." New York Times. November 17, 1957

"Art Gallery Round-Up, Work by Kerns, Bouts, Bond, Berresford…semi-abstract oils and ceramics at the Little Studio." New York Times. Stuart Preston, author. November 16, 1957

"Art at the Little Studio Gallery – Willard Bond and Miriam Svet…Have one Man Shows." New York Times. October 11, 1952

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS with the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MARINE ARTISTS

15th ASMA National Exhibition, 2011-2013
Bond's Shallow Waters, oil on gessoed mahogany panel, 54 x 39 inches
Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture - Delray Beach, Florida
Mobile Museum of Art - Mobile, Alabama
Art Museum of Southeast Texas - Corpus Christi, Texas
Art Museum of South Texas - Beaumont, Texas
Museum of the Southwest - Midland, Texas
The Haggen Museum - Stockton, California
Coos Art Museum - Coos Bay, Oregon
Minnesota Museum of Marine Art - Winona, Minnesota

14th ASMA National Exhibition, 2008-2009
ASMA 30th Anniversary Exhibition
Bond's Getting There, oil, 31 x 54 inches
Chase Center on the Riverfront - Wilmington, Delaware
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - St. Michaels, Maryland
The Noyes Museum of Art - Oceanville, New Jersey
Spartanburg Art Museum - Spartanburg, South Carolina
New Bedford Art Museum - New Bedford, Massachusetts

The New England Exhibition, 2008
Contemporary Maritime Art by the American Society of Marine Artists
Bond's Following Sea, watercolor, 25 x 20 inches
The Cultural Center of Cape Cod - South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
The Herreshoff Marine Museum and the America's Cup Hall of Fame - Bristol, Rhode Island
The Maine Maritime Museum - Bath, Maine

13th ASMA National Exhibition, 2004
Bond's Coming Storm, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
Vero Beach Museum of Art - Vero Beach, Florida

The Everlasting Sea, Marine Artists Past and Present, 2003-2004
Fellows of the American Society of Marine Artists

Bond's Pilot Boat, oil on panel, 30 x 40 inches
Newport Art Museum - Newport, Rhode Island
Maine Maritime Museum - Bath, Maine
Connecticut River Museum - Essex, Connecticut

12th ASMA National Exhibition, 2001
Bond's Courageous Catching Up, oil, 60 x 42 inches
Cape Museum of Fine Arts - Dennis, Massachusetts
First USA Riverfront Arts Center - Wilmington, Delaware
Downtown Gallery of Delaware Art Museum - Wilmington, Delaware

11th ASMA National Exhibition, 1997
Bond's Leading the Fleet, oil, 36 x 50 inches
Frye Art Museum - Seattle, Washington
Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens - Jacksonville, Florida

10th ASMA National Exhibition, 1992
Bond's Getting There, watercolor, 36 x 47 inches
Schaefer Gallery, Mystic Seaport Museum - Mystic, Connecticut

9th ASMA National Exhibition
The Maryland Historical Society - Baltimore, Maryland

Contemporary Marine Art Exhibit, 1981
The Peabody Museum - Salem, Massachusetts

2nd ASMA Annual Exhibition, 1979
Bond's Yankee, watercolor
Grand Central Art Galleries - New York, New York

OTHER SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Annapolis Marine Art Gallery - Annapolis, Maryland
Willard Bond – One Man Show, October 2011

J. Russell Jinishian Gallery - Fairfield, Connecticut
Group show and book launch featuring artists from the book:
Bound for Blue Water: Contemporary American Marine Art, Summer 2003

Annapolis Marine Art Gallery - Annapolis, Maryland
25th Anniversary – 1978-2003, Group Show, March 2003

Mystic Maritime Gallery - Mystic, Connecticut
International Marine Art Exhibition, Group Show, 1995

International Art Services Gallery, The Pan Pacific Hotel - San Diego, California
The Art of the America's Cup, Group Show, May 1995

Arnold Art Gallery - Newport, Rhode Island
Presents: Willard Bond, September 12-October 4, 1992

King Gallery - New York, New York
Exhibition of Originals by Willard Bond, Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists, January 8-19, 1991

Noroton Gallery - Darien, Connecticut
Willard Bond American Society of Marine Artists Oils, Watercolors, Lithographs, July 15-August 15, 1989

Pine Street Arts Center - Port Jervis, New York
Willard Bond, Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists – One Man Show, July 8-August 12, 1989

Mystic Seaport Museum - Mystic, Connecticut
Mystic Maritime Gallery 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Group Show, April 16-June 18, 1989

Annapolis Marine Art Gallery - Annapolis, Maryland
and Mystic Seaport Museum - Mystic, Connecticut
Sailing High – Willard Bond and Keith Reynolds, Two Man Show, Summer 1987

Mystic Seaport Museum - Mystic, Connecticut
Mystic Seaport Museum Stores Invitational, April 26-June 14, 1987

Annapolis Marine Art Gallery - Annapolis, Maryland
Willard Bond's Seventh Anniversary with the Gallery
New Watercolors and the premier of "12 High," his second gallery poster,
Saturday, September 20, 1986

Mystic Seaport Museum - Mystic, Connecticut
Mystic Maritime Gallery Invitational, April 21-June 28, 1986

Noroton Gallery - Darien, Connecticut
Presents: Willard Bond, Watercolors, Lithographs, Prints, June 22-July 20, 1985

Annapolis Marine Art Gallery - Annapolis, Maryland
Special Gallery Exhibition, Group Show, April 28, 1985

Mystic Seaport Museum - Mystic, Connecticut
Mystic Maritime Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, Group Show, April 20-June 23, 1985

Greenwich Workshop Gallery - Southport, Connecticut
Ships and the Sea '84
10th Annual Marine Show, December 1984

Annapolis Marine Art Gallery - Annapolis, Maryland
Willard Bond – A New Collection of Watercolors, September 23, 1984
The Third Exhibition of Bond in the Gallery

Customs House Gallery - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Exhibition Featuring Works of Willard Bond, Watercolorist and William Frey, Metal Sculpture, July 2-July 22, 1983

Annapolis Marine Art Gallery - Annapolis, Maryland
Premier Showing - Spring Collection, Group Show, March 21, 1982

The Shadow Box Art Gallery - Glen Cove, New York
Watercolors – The Sea, Sailing and the Sensuous Female Body by Willard Bond, January 17-February 13, 1982

Annapolis Marine Art Gallery - Annapolis, Maryland
Willard Bond, ASMA, One Man Show, June 14-21, 1981

Annapolis Marine Art Gallery - Annapolis, Maryland
Annual Boat Show Art Exhibit, Group Show, 1980

Sportsman's Edge, Ltd. Gallery New York, New York
Ships Under Sail – An Exhibition of Original Watercolors by Willard Bond,
June 12-25, 1980

Summa Gallery - Brooklyn, New York
An Exhibition of Nautical Watercolors by Willard Bond, May 21-June 11, 1977

The Bank, A Community Cultural Center - Brooklyn Heights, New York
Twenty Major Paintings in Oil and Acrylic on Mahogany by Willard Bond
February 21, 1971

EARLIEST EXHIBITIONS of RECORD

The Playhouse Gallery - New York
The Playhouse Presents the Paintings of WILLARD BOND, December, 1959

The Little Studio Gallery - 673 Madison Avenue, New York
An adjunct of the Lee Nordness Gallery
Willard Bond – Paintings and Ceramics, November 1957

The Little Studio Gallery - 673 Madison Avenue, New York
An adjunct of the Lee Nordness Gallery
Willard Bond – One Man Show, October 1952