Montclair Art Museum
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| Established | Charter 1909, building opened 1914 |
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| Location | 3 South Mountain Avenue in Montclair, N.J |
| Type | Art, Library [1] |
| Director | Patterson Simms |
| Curator | Gail Stavitsky, Native American collection, Twig Johnson |
| Public transit access | NJ Transit (bus and rail), Walnut Street Station, DeCamp Bus Lines |
| Website | Montclair Art Museum |
The Montclair Art Museum is located in Montclair, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
[edit] History
The museum focuses American art and Native American art from the 19th century through the contemporary period.
One of the primary features of the museum is a collection of over 5,000 objects of Native American art and over 10,000 objects of American art. It also features the work of local painter George Inness, who settled in Montclair in 1878, as well as sculptor William Couper, who lived in Montclair until his death.
Artists in the collection include Josef Albers, Milton Avery, Will Barnet, Romare Bearden, Thomas Hart Benton, Margaret Bourke-White, Alexander Calder, Thomas Cole, Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Elsie Driggs, Thomas Eakins, Lee Friedlander, Arshile Gorky, Marsden Hartley, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, George Inness, Ben Jones, Donald Judd, Helen Levitt, Robert Longo, Man Ray, Thomas Manley, Ma-Pe-Wi, Robert Motherwell, Dan Namingha, Alice Neel Louise Nevelson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Sarah Miriam Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Charles Wilson Peale, Philip Pearlstein, Jackson Pollock, Francice Pratt, Maurice Prendergast, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Morgan Russell, John Singer Sargent, George Segal, Ben Shahn, Lorna Simpson, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Joseph Stella, Max Weber, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. It also has Native American–themed paintings by Carl Borg and Kay Walkingstick.
The museum opened its doors in 1914, thanks to the donations of artwork and funding of its two founders, Montclair residents William T. Evans, art collector, and heiress Florence Osgood Rand Lang. William T. Evans also donated works that helped seed the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. One of the few museaums in the United States devoted to American Art, it is especially unique in its dual devotion to American and Native American artforms.
Architect Albert R. Ross, who designed many Carnegie libraries, the Pueblo County Courthouse in Colorado, and contributed to the design of McKim, Mead & White's Milwaukee County Courthouse, was hired by museum trustee Michel Le Brun to design the Beaux Arts building. The museum underwent renovations in 1924, 1931 and 2000-2001. The recent renovation doubled the museum's square footage, with architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle at the helm.
MAM’s Yard School of Art is a vital regional art school. It offers an array of in-depth courses for children, youth, adults, seniors and professional artists. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Montclair Art Museum: About, ARTINFO, 2008, http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/19454/6001/about/montclair-art-museum-montclair/, retrieved on 2008-07-21
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Coordinates: 40°49′11″N 74°13′34″W / 40.81972°N 74.22611°W
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