A feeling of nostalgia has come to the Blount-Bridgers House.

Looking at the works of artist Hobson Pittman on display in the upstairs gallery of the historic home in Tarboro, viewers will catch a glimpse of the town’s history. Though most of the paintings were created long after the artist had moved away, they reflect the architectural influence of the Victorian homes he grew up in, said Buddy Hooks, director of Edgecombe ARTS.

“As a child, he visited homes and took art lessons and piano lessons in all these old houses that have 14-foot ceilings. I am sure he couldn’t get them out of his mind,” Hooks said.

Pittman was born in 1899 in Epworth and moved in 1906 with his family to Tarboro, where he remained until he went to college in 1918 in Philadelphia. He spent most of his life learning and developing as an artist and later taught art. He died in 1972.

Having a different Pittman exhibit every winter in the Hobson Pittman Memorial Gallery is an annual tradition, Hooks said. The show, which was expected to end in January, has been extended to Feb. 20.

About 40 pieces are on display in the exhibit, which has two focuses, said Carol Banks, the house’s manager. Several oil paintings are from Pittman’s first trip in 1928 to Europe after he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Most of these are dream-like watercolors of interiors with rooms that were usually empty of people, sparsely furnished and often overlooking an exterior scene through an open window or doorway.

Also in the gallery are an easel, work table and other items from Pittman’s studio and some of the drawings that were precursors to the paintings on display, Hooks said. He wanted to show the correlation between Pittman’s creative process and his finished works.

Admission is free.

For information, call 823-4159.