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The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 in San Antonio, is the first modern art museum in the U.S. state of Texas.The museum was created by Marion Koogler McNay's original bequest of most of her fortune, her important art collection and her 24-room Spanish Colonial Revival-style mansion that sits on 23 acres (9.3 ha) that are landscaped with fountains, broad lawns and a Japanese-inspired garden ...
McNay was able to design her San Antonio home after moving there in 1926. As soon as McNay moved to San Antonio, she began buying and commissioning art pieces. The Spanish styled house was able to showcase a diverse amount of paintings, including both American and European styled art. McNay favored art made in the Southwestern American style.
Matthew McLendon (born 1977) is an American museum director, art historian, and curator of modern and contemporary art. McLendon serves as Director and CEO of the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. [1]
Chiego came to the McNay Art Museum from Oberlin, Ohio, where he served as the director of the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College from 1986 to 1991. Previously, he had held curatorial posts at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, the Portland Art Museum in Oregon and the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio.
Pages in category "Museums in San Antonio" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... McNay Art Museum; Museo Alameda; Museum of Aerospace ...
Museo Alameda, San Antonio, closed in 2012, [258] space now the Educational & Cultural Arts Center for Texas A&M San Antonio [259] Museum of Aerospace Medicine , San Antonio, closed in 2011 [ 260 ] USAF Security Forces Museum, San Antonio, history of the U.S. Air Force Security Forces, closed in 2014 and being consolidated with the USAF Airman ...
1999 – César A. Martínez 1999 Artist of the Year, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, TX; (catalogue) 1998- César A. Martínez: Cultura de South Texas, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX; curator: Benito Huerta (catalogue) 1997 – New Works: 97.3, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
McNay Art Museum contains elements of traditional and modern architecture in San Antonio. Architecture in the American city of San Antonio, Texas comes from a wide variety of sources, but many of the city's buildings mostly reflect Texas' Spanish and Mexican roots; with some influence from French builders, among others.