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[15] [16] The Whitney Museum of American Art was founded in 1930; [17] at this time architect Noel L. Miller was converting three row houses on West 8th Street in Greenwich Village—one of which, 8 West 8th Street had been the location of the Studio Club—to be the museum's home, as well as a residence for Whitney. [18]
This is a list of museums in Orange County, California, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing ...
Chinese Association Museum: Locke: Sacramento: Sacramento Valley: Ethnic - Chinese: History of the Chinese in Locke, culture [4] C.N. Gorman Museum: Davis: Yolo: Sacramento Valley: Art: website, contemporary Native American and indigenous art, part of the University of California, Davis, also known as Carl M. Gorman Museum Columbia State ...
In 1929, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art rejected Whitney's offer of the gift of nearly 500 new artworks that she had collected, Whitney established the Whitney Museum of American Art. [12] In 1931, she had architect Auguste L. Noel of the firm of Noel & Miller convert the three row houses at 8–12 West 8th Street into a gallery and ...
The American Century: Art and Culture 1900–1950. W.W. Norton in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1999. Edward Steichen. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2000. Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2003. Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color. Whitney Museum of ...
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Margaret Crocker was made a life director [7] and presented the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery and collection to the City of Sacramento and the California Museum Association, "in trust for the public," [4] the contents of which were valued at the time at more than $500,000. [9]
The Whitney Museum had a long history beginning in 1932 of having a large group exhibition of invited American artists every year called the 'Whitney Annual'. In the late sixties, it was decided to alternate between painting and sculpture, although by the 1970s the decision was to combine both together in a biennial. [2]