Delaware Art Museum

Delaware Art Museum

Coordinates: 39°45′54″N 75°33′54″W / 39.765°N 75.565°W / 39.765; -75.565

Delaware Art Museum

Exterior view
Delaware Art Museum is located in Delaware
Location in Delaware
Established 1912
Location 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware, 19806 USA 302.571.9590
Type Art museum
Director Danielle Rice
Curator Mary F. Holahan
Public transit access Wilmington Amtrak Station
Website DelArt.org

The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 works. The museum, was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the artist Howard Pyle and is now celebrating its centennial.[1][2] The collection focuses on American art and illustration from the 19th to the 21st century, and on the English Pre-Raphaelite movement of the mid-19th century.

The museum building was expanded and renovated in 2005 and includes a 9-acre (36,000 m2) Sculpture Park, the Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives, studio art classes, a children's learning area, as well as a cafe and museum store.

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History

The museum was founded in 1912 after Howard Pyle's death as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, with paintings purchased from Pyle's widow. Samuel Bancroft's Pre-Raphaelite art collection was acquired in 1938, and the present museum was built on Kentmere Parkway. At the same time the name was changed to Delaware Art Center. In 1972, after accreditation by American Association of Museums, the name was changed to Delaware Art Museum.[3]

Collections

The permanent collections at the museum consist of the following:[4]

  • The Samuel & Mary R. Bancroft Pre-Raphaelite Collection, including works by:
Lady Lilith, completed 1873, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Portrait of Absalom Jones, 1810, by Raphaelle Peale
Marooned, 1909, by Howard Pyle
Spring Rain, 1912, by John Sloan

See also

References

  1. ^ Soulsman; Betsy Rice (November 13, 2011). "Art museum marks a century of culture". The News Journal (Wilmington). http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20111113/NEWS/111130337/Art-museum-marks-century-culture?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome. 
  2. ^ Holme, Charles; Eglinton; Boswell, Peyton; McCormick,William Bernard; Whigham, Henry James, Guy (July 1916), The International Studio, 59 (233 ed.), New York: John Lane Company, p. LXXX, http://books.google.com/?id=yPsEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q= 
  3. ^ Sozansk, Edward J. (November 20, 2011). "Art: Delaware Art Museum show explores the versatility of Howard Pyle". Philadelphia Inquirer. http://articles.philly.com/2011-11-20/news/30422243_1_howard-pyle-kentmere-parkway-wilmington-society. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  4. ^ Binkowski, Kraig; Delaware Art Museum (2004). Delaware Art Museum: selected treasures. Scala. pp. 136. http://books.google.com/books?id=RZtIAQAAIAAJ. 

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