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Parlor Period
Room Setting
in Fountain Elms
circa 1850
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A renowned art collection, fascinating exhibitions, and education programs for all ages are presented in a landmark 1960 International-style building designed by Philip Johnson and in historic Fountain Elms, a superbly restored 1850 Italianate mansion.
In 1962 Architectural Forum magazine cited the Johnson building as one of 10 new structures around the world that contributed significantly to the art of architecture during the decade. The Johnson building and Fountain Elms are connected by a new Museum Education Wing that opened in 1995.
The art collection features more than 25,000 American 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century paintings, drawings, sculptures, 19th-century decorative arts, photographs, European paintings, and European and Asian works on paper. There are works in the collection by Copley, Dali, Frankenthaler, Kandinsky, Mondrian, O'Keeffe, Picasso, Pollock, Prendergast, Rothenberg, Stella and Whistler. Also featured is the popular "Voyage of Life" series by Thomas Cole. Decorative arts makers included are John Henry Belter, Herter Brothers, Alexander Roux and Tiffany & Co. Touring exhibitions feature selections from major collections worldwide.
Fountain Elms has been restored as a showcase for the finest in Victorian-era decorative arts. Galleries offer changing exhibitions of nineteenth-century furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, textiles, and the renowned Proctor watch collection.
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Video Art for exhibition in the Art Odyssey:
Interactive Gallery for All Ages
The Art Odyssey
Interactive Gallery
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Rustic Tomorrow
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Nineteenth-Century
Fine and Decorative Arts Collection to be Installed in Newly Remodeled Galleries
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Book Group Exhibition Tour
Private tour of Picturing Eden
for all book group participants.
Book Group
Offered in association with
the exhibition, Picturing Eden
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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Art In The Afternoon Illustrated Lecture
Back to the Garden:
The Theme of Paradise in Art
Picturing Eden
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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LunchArt Video
Ferndale, Western Canyon, Los Angeles;
Present Tense; Canyon
Time (37 min.)
Picturing Eden
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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Book Discussion
Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western Culture,
author Carolyn Merchant
Book Group
Offered in association with
the exhibition, Picturing Eden
Thursday, October 16, 2008
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Cooking Workshop
The Bountiful Garden: A Local Harvest Dinner
Picturing Eden
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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Art In The Afternoon Illustrated Lecture
The Excessive Gardener: Victorians and Their Gardens
Picturing Eden
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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High School Student Coffeehouse Poetry Event
Picturing Eden
Saturday, November 1, 2008
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Book Discussion
As Eve Said to the Serpent:
On Landscape, Gender and Art
author Rebecca Soint
Book Group
Offered in association with
the exhibition, Picturing Eden
Thursday, November 6, 2008
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LunchArt Docent Guided Tours
Picturing Eden
Picturing Eden
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Victorian Yuletide
Events & Exhibitions
Friday, November 28-Sunday, January 4, 2009
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Book Discussion
Diaries of Adam and Eve
author Mark Twain
Book Group
Offered in association with
the exhibition, Picturing Eden
Thursday, December 4, 2008
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The Art and Life
of
James E. Freeman
1808-1884
An
American Painter in Italy
Events & Exhibitions
Saturday, September 12-Sunday, January 17, 2010
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