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La Grande Vitesse, a public sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder, is located on the large concrete plaza surrounding City Hall and the Kent County Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Popularly referred to as simply "the Calder", since its installation in 1969 it has come to be a symbol of Grand Rapids, and an abstraction ...
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) is an art museum located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, with collections ranging from Renaissance to Modern Art and special collections on 19th and 20th-century European and American art. Its holdings include notable modern art works such as Richard Diebenkorn’s 1963 Ingleside. The museum has in ...
Grand Rapids Art Museum: Grand Rapids: Kent: West Michigan: Art: Renaissance to Modern art, with strength in European and American 19th- and 20th-century painting and sculpture Grand Rapids Children's Museum: Grand Rapids: Kent: West Michigan: Children's: website: Grand Rapids Public Museum: Grand Rapids: Kent: West Michigan: Local history ...
November 17, 1915 - Reynold Henry Weidenaar was born to Dirk Weidenaar and Effie Kuiper Weidenaar in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 1927 - He and his mother Effie and sister Jeanne begin to spell their last name Weidener (see Grand Rapids City Directory 1927).
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden, art museum, [3] and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1995, Meijer Gardens quickly established itself in the Midwest as a major cultural attraction jointly focused on horticulture and sculpture. [4]
Image Courtesy Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University. Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD) is a college of art and design located in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1928 as a private art academy, the college merged with Ferris State University in 2000.
The collection contains over 90 cars housed in a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m 2) garage, [1] most of which are from the Art Deco era and the Great Depression. [4] The collection focuses mostly on American cars, including former makes such as Auburn , Cord , Duesenberg , Oldsmobile , Pontiac , and Packard in addition to cars built by Cadillac ...
By 1904, he had joined the pioneering Society of Western Artists, one of the era's most influential art organizations. And, in 1916, he was invited to become a member of the National Arts Club in New York. In addition, Alten was a longtime member of Detroit's prestigious Scarab Club, in which he was awarded a gold medal for his art in 1920. [5]