Brauer Museum of Art
 Valparaiso University Center for the Arts, home of the Brauer Museum of Art | |
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| Location | Valparaiso, Indiana |
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| Type | Art museum |
| Key holdings | Largest collection of works by painter |
| Collections | 19th- and 20th-century American art, world religious art, and Midwestern regional art |
| Collection size | 2700 |
| Owner | Valparaiso University |
| Website | www |
The Brauer Museum of Art is home to a collection of 19th- and 20th-century American art, world religious art, and Midwestern regional art. It is located in the Valparaiso University Center for the Arts (VUCA) on the campus of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, US. Prior to the museum's opening, the university's collection was housed and displayed within several buildings across campus. It was named the Brauer Museum of Art in 1996 to honor the collection's long-time director and curator, Richard H. W. Brauer.
Collection[]
The collection of the museum includes landscape paintings by Frederic Edwin Church, Asher B. Durand, John F. Kensett and largest known collection of works by painter . Large late 19th-century paintings by T. Alexander Harrison and Elizabeth Nourse; Impressionist paintings by , Childe Hassam and Robert Reid, and paintings by William Glackens and John Sloan also comprise some of the Brauer Museum's permanent collection of over 2,700 pieces.
The Brauer Museum of Art holds 150 photographs and seven silkscreen prints by Andy Warhol, including an iconic soup can painting.[1]
The museum also holds early modernist paintings by John Marin, Walt Kuhn and Georgia O'Keeffe. Other contemporary works include artists such as Elaine de Kooning, Ed Paschke, Chuck Close, Diego Lasansky,[2] Dale Chihuly, Frank Dudley John Himmelfarb, and Ansel Adams.
The Brauer Museum frequently hosts special exhibitions and events. In the past, such events have featured the works of such artists as Ansel Adams and Salvador Dalí.
References[]
- ^ Schulte, Laura (May 25, 2015). "Brauer Museum of Art displays Andy Warhol's artwork". Chicago Tribune via Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
- ^ "CV" (PDF). USA. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-26.
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Coordinates: 41°27′50″N 87°02′24″W / 41.4640°N 87.0401°W
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