It was cold and rainy 20 years ago. But something beautiful was about to be unveiled in South Philadelphia. I don’t think any of us thought it would be as successful as it’s been. We hoped it would, but our dreams, I would say, have been exceeded. It was, and is, a privilege to be a small part of the legacy of Citizens Bank Park.
About Max
Max Mason III and Dad (Max Mason Jr) in front of the Veterans Stadium mural at Citizens Bank Park.
Max Mason (III) grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts. After graduating from Vassar College with a degree in Geology in 1975 he came to Philadelphia to study at the University of Pennsylvania with Neil Welliver in 1981. He is represented by the Gross McCleaf Gallery where he has shown his landscape, still life and baseball paintings since 1985. He has painted several murals for the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, the State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg and the Penn Club in New York City. A life long baseball fan, he began painting baseball subjects at Penn and had two one person shows of baseball paintings at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, most recently in 2021. He was commissioned by the Philadelphia Phillies to paint three 10’x 30’ murals of Philadelphia baseball stadiums for Citizens Bank Park and is scheduled for a one person show at the Blue Mountain Gallery in NYC in 2022.. In 2010 he started The BallPark Project, an endeavor to paint large, dynamic, fan oriented paintings of all 30 Major League Baseball ballparks. He blogs about his travels, the creation of the paintings and the ball parks themselves at maxmasonartist/blog.com.
Contact Max
Gross McCleaf Gallery
127 S Sixteenth Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
Email: [email protected]
In Philadelphia I am represented by the Gross McCleaf Gallery:
Gross McCleaf Gallery
123 Leverington Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19127
215-665-8138
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