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New: The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene
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Upcoming: March 13, 2009 - June 7, 2009
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On view are approximately 130 objects designed by brothers Charles and Henry Greene, including beautifully inlaid furniture crafted from exotic hardwoods, artfully executed stained glass and metalwork, as well as rare architectural drawings and photographs. The brothers' architecture and decorative arts -- designed a century ago in California -- are now recognized internationally as among the finest of the American Arts and Crafts movement. The Greene brothers carefully considered every detail of the buildings and objects they designed, and like their contemporary Frank Lloyd Wright, they believed architecture to be no less than a design language for life, imbuing their houses and furnishings with an expressive sensitivity for geography, climate, landscape, and lifestyle. The Gamble House, constructed between 1907 and 1909 in Pasadena, Caliornia, is one of their best known commissions. Catalogue: $39.95
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George Catlin's Indian Gallery
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- Through April 26, 2009
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On view are 287 portraits, landscapes, and scenes of American Indian life by George Catlin. A lawyer turned painter, Catlin (1796-1872) traveled thousands of miles from 1830 to 1836 following parts of the trail of the Lewis and Clark expedition to record the "manners and customs" of Native Americans. He visited 50 tribes living west of the Mississippi River from present-day North Dakota to Oklahoma. Also on view are 3 Thomas Moran paintings -- 2 date from 1872 and are on long-term loan from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, and a 3rd from 1893 that is part of the museum's permanent collection. The exhibition recalls Catlin's installation of his Indian Gallery as he displayed it during his tours of Europe in the 1840s, with works hung salon-style, one-atop-another and side-by-side.
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Last update: February 23, 2009, 13:08
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