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20: 155: 1141: 114:, which originally comprised 50 European paintings, in the early 1950s. Museum director Peter Bermingham led the museum for over 20 years, from 1978 to 1998. During his tenure, the museum more than doubled its holdings. Peter Briggs, who had begun his work in the museum as curator of collections in 1990 under Bermingham, was promoted to chief 234:. The panels are "considered by scholars to be some of the most beautiful and iconographical ambitious paintings of the 15th century." The collection was first revealed to the public during the three-day inauguration ceremony of University of Arizona President Richard A. Harvill, in 1951. The Kress collection also includes paintings by 428:
Priseman purchased from eBay between 2011 - 2012 and over-painted with a 20th-century celebrity who died prematurely from suicide or as a result of a self-destructive lifestyle. The over-painting seeks to mimic the replacement in contemporary culture of faith with fame and of saints with ‘stars’,
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near Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. Admission is free to UA students, faculty, and staff with student ID. It is part of "the Museum Neighborhood," a cluster of four museums within walking distance of each other; the other three museums are the
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gift of over 200 paintings and drawings to the museum. The gift was announced in 2007 by McCall, who estimated the value of the works to be between $ 2.5 million and $ 3 million. Among the donated McCall pieces of
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The series was originally exhibited at Art Exchange, Colchester, England in 2013, WhiteBox Art Center, New York in 2014 and St Marylebone Crypt, London in 2015. Portraits held in the UAMA Collection include
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In 1944, University of Arizona alumnus Charles Leonard Pfeiffer donated many American paintings. This was followed by the addition of the Samuel H. Kress Collection, a donation from the
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out of its frame and hid it under his coat while the two left. Guards realized immediately afterward that the painting had been stolen. It was found in 2017 by some
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which has funded museum acquisitions since 1980. The endowment has led to the acquisition of over a thousand pieces, including works by
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and full sculptures. The works range from 1911 to 1971. Yulla Lipchitz, Jacques' widow, donated the collection to the museum in 1980.
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The expansion of the museum's permanent collection of the museum is funded by the Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. Memorial Bequest, an
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1985, shortly after the museum opened, a woman distracted a guard on the museum's staircase while a man working with her cut
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and prints created by artists that it supported. These works formed the core of the museum's initial collection of works.
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A university gallery at the University of Arizona existed in the 1930s. In the 1930s, the
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Paint It Black: Esteemed UAMA Curator Peter Briggs is being forced out as of June 30
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The Modern Spirit: Selections from the Edward J. Gallagher III Memorial Collection
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Artist Robert McCall Captures Thrill of Space Exploration in UAMA Exhibit
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The Archive of Visual Arts at the University of Arizona Museum of Art
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A Hidden Treasure: UA Museum of Art houses a world-class collection
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The Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz Collection: Sketches and Models
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with an emphasis on European and American fine art from the
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Mike Candrea Field at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium
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by Gallego, at the University of Arizona Museum of Art
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Among the museum's several different collections are:
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models, tools from his studio, and several portrait
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art museum
Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona
paintings
sculptures
prints
drawings
Renaissance
campus
Center for Creative Photography
Arizona State Museum
Arizona Historical Society
Works Projects Administration
New Deal agencies
lithographs
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
curator
Thanksgiving
Willem de Kooning
Woman-Ochre
Silver City, New Mexico
restoration

Fernando Gallego
retablo
church
altarpiece
relief
religious subject

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