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In 1962, a new addition was made to the gallery through the contributions of Seymour H. Knox, Jr. and his family, and many other donors. At this time, the museum was renamed the Albright–Knox Art Gallery. The new building was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architect Gordon Bunshaft, who is noted for the Lever House in New York City.
Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton (October 3, 1876 – May 16, 1936) was an American painter and curator. She was the director of the Albright Art Museum (later the Albright-Knox Art Gallery) in Buffalo, New York, from 1910 through 1924.
The oil painting, entitled John J. Albright and His Daughters, is owned by the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Tarbell also painted a portrait of Albright that is currently at the Albright-Knox gallery. [35] John J. Albright died on August 20, 1931, at the age of 83, six weeks after an intestinal operation.
The Harlequin's Carnival (Spanish: Carnaval de Arlequín) is an oil painting painted by Joan Miró between 1924 and 1925. It is one of the most outstanding surrealist paintings of the artist, and it is preserved in the Albright–Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
Upon his death in 1964, Goodyear bequeathed the painting jointly to his son, George F. Goodyear, with a life interest, and to the Albright–Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. The gallery acquired the painting in December 1984. [1]
The Liver is the Cock's Comb (1944), oil on canvas, 73 + 1 ⁄ 4 in × 98 in (186 cm × 249 cm), Albright–Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. The painting represents the peak of Gorky's achievement and his individual style, after he had emerged from the influence of Cézanne and Picasso. [22]
At the Albright-Knox, Sirén oversees a world-renowned collection of modern and contemporary art containing more than 7,000 artworks. [7] He has curated or co-curated several major exhibitions, including Anselm Kiefer: Beyond Landscape (2013), Monet and the Impressionist Revolution, 1860–1910 (2015), and Picasso: The Artist and His Models ...
Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly Albright-Knox Art Gallery) Cathleen Chaffee [ 1 ] is an American curator , writer, and art historian specializing in contemporary art . [ 2 ] She currently serves as the chief curator of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly the Albright–Knox Art Gallery ) in Buffalo , New York , where she joined in January 2014.