The Butler Institute of American Art will be opening of an exhibition of baseball paintings just in time for summer.

Max Mason: Painting the Game will open Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 12 p.m in the museum's Giffuni Gallery on the second floor, where the artist will present a gallery talk at 2 p.m.

The exhibition will be on view through September 5, 2021.

Executive Director and Chief Curator of The Butler, Dr. Lou Zona describes the artworks of Mason as "impressive on a variety of levels." Zona pronounces Max, "a masterful draughtsman who can lay down paint in the manner of the old masters." Zona adds, "In a museum filled with exquisite paintings, the works of Max
Mason more than hold their own."

The Butler Permanent Collection contains works by Max Mason, including a quadriptych of paintings (Spring Training Batter, Spring Training Catcher, Spring Training Fielder, and Spring Training Pitcher) or one of the four of them usually displayed in the museum's Donnell Sports Gallery.

The full set of paintings will be hung together as part of the Painting the Game exhibition.