The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts features a collection that includes examples of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings and sculpture, Southern regional art, Old Master prints, and decorative arts.
The Museum was founded in 1930, and the American collection is based on works by John Singer Sargent, Edward Hopper, Whistler, and Winslow Homer. Its collection of Old Master prints, including works by Rembrandt and Dürer.
The Museum also hosts a range of temporary exhibitions from international and American collections as well as works by contemporary artists.
The reference library has more than 4,000 volumes, periodicals, and CDs available for research. Educational programs include workshops, tours, lectures, and other activities.
The Museum opened the Sculpture garden in 2018, on three acres of the adjoining park. The garden features traveling exhibits from throughout the world.
“Self-Portrait with Raised Sabre” by Rembrandt, 1634
Highlights of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
- Jacques Amans, Portrait of J.A. Rozier
- John Singer Sargent, Mrs. Louis E. Raphael,1906
- John Singleton Copley, Joseph Henshaw,1774
- John Sloan, Grand Central Station, 1924
- Dale Kennington, Long Day, Late Night, 2004
- Deborah Butterfield, Isbelle, 2001
- Joe Minter, Tools of the Sharecropper
“Adirondack woods, Guide and Dog” by Winslow Homer, 1889
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
- Museum: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
- City: Montgomery
- State: Alabama
- Country: United States
- Established: 1930
- Type: Art Museum
- Location: 1 Museum Dr, Montgomery, AL, United States
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Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
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Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
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“How we choose what we do, and how we approach it…will determine whether the sum of our days adds up to a formless blur, or to something resembling a work of art.”
– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Photo Credit: Ralph Daily from Birmingham, United States / CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); Rembrandt / Public domain; Winslow Homer / Public domain
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