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The López Museum and Library, also known as simply the Lopez Museum, is a Philippine art and history museum and library. It previously was located in Pasig , Philippines at the ground floor of the Benpres Building , Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue , Ortigas Center .
This museum houses artwork by A. E. Backus and other Florida artists. [1] The museum contains the largest public collection of paintings by Backus, [1] a preeminent Florida landscape painter. The A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery, an 8,000 sq. ft. public visual arts facility, was established in 1960 by Backus and a group of local art enthusiasts ...
In 1955, 19-year-old African American artist Harold Newton was convinced by A. E. Backus, a prominent Florida landscape artist, to create paintings of landscapes rather than religious scenes. [7] Newton sold his landscapes from the trunk of his car because art galleries in South Florida refused to represent African Americans. [8]
The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art (LRMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum located on the campus of St. Petersburg College in Tarpon Springs, Florida.The museum houses a permanent collection which includes paintings by Abraham Rattner and contemporary Florida sculpture [1] including modern art by Abraham Rattner, Esther Gentle, and Allen Leepa, as well as by Rattner's contemporaries, Pablo ...
Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement (MAACM) is a 137,000 sq ft (12,700 m 2) museum which opened in 2021 in St. Petersburg, Florida. [3] The museum is funded by The Two Red Roses Foundation, [ 4 ] which in turn was endowed by art collector, businessman and philanthropist Rodolfo (Rudy) Ciccarello.
On August 20, 1947 Chicago publisher Otto C. Lightner purchased the building to convert the old hotel into a hobbies museum. He used the space to house several collections, including his own extensive collection of Victorian era art. [3] [4] He then turned it over to the city of St. Augustine and the museum opened to the public in 1948. [5]
The Rollins Museum of Art is located on the Winter Park campus of Rollins College and is the only teaching museum [2] in the greater Orlando area. The museum houses more than 5,000 objects ranging from antiquity through contemporary eras, including rare old master paintings and a comprehensive collection of prints, drawings, and photographs. [ 3 ]