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The Fitchburg Art Museum is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary. For the first time in this museum’s history, there is a gallery reflecting it’s founder’s passions. The art that is now on exhibit is that of Eleanor Norcross. These pieces are from Norcross’s own collection and long term loans from museums and private collections. This is one of the exhibits that launches a look at pioneering American artists of the 19th …

…to symbolize nature’s annual rebirth. Spring has a relationship to the two paintings, in a way that they both create the same feelings of liveliness and happiness. Children are full of energy and life, especially in a park on a beautiful spring day. Spring creates a mood that is similar to that feeling. The violins create the light airy sound s of a spring day, as the upbeat tempo would lighten up any mood.