Figge Art Museum
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The Figge Art Museum is located on the north bank of the
The museum's new building was designed by British architect David Chipperfield[1] and opened to the public August 6, 2005. The Figge was among Chipperfield's first architectural commissions in the United States. The cost of construction was $47 million, $13 million of which was donated by the V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Foundation.[2] Chipperfield also designed the Saint Louis Art Museum's east building which opened in 2013.[3] In 2023, Chipperfield was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, often regarded as architecture’s highest honor.[4]
Today's Figge Art Museum is the successor to the city-owned Davenport Art Museum, which itself began as the Davenport Municipal Art Gallery in 1925. The museum's original collection was donated by Charles Ficke (1850–1931), a successful lawyer and former mayor, who collected art from around the world.[2] Robert E. Harsche, then Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, reported that to his knowledge no American public art gallery had "started out with so large a number of important paintings as a nucleus."[5]
Figge art collection
The museum has over 4,000 works of art, ranging from the 16th century to the present, and is best known for its extensive collection of Haitian, Colonial Mexican and Midwestern art, particularly pieces by Thomas Hart Benton, Marvin Cone and Grant Wood, including the only self-portrait Wood ever painted. In 1990, Grant Wood's estate, which included his personal effects and various works of art, became the property of the Figge Art Museum through his sister, Nan Wood Graham, the woman portrayed in American Gothic.
The institution also houses a substantial
The museum exhibits an important collection of pieces by American architect and designer
In 1943, the prominent Mexican
University of Iowa art collection
The Figge Art Museum currently houses the
Western Illinois University graduate program in Museum Studies
The Figge Art Museum is home to Western Illinois University's graduate program in Museum Studies, which offers a Master of Arts degree in the various aspects of museum management, such as curatorial design, museum administration and finance, art education, collections management, and marketing/PR.[9]
Other information
The museum is 115,000 square feet (10,683 m2) and has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1973.[10]
References
- ^ https://davidchipperfield.com/projects/figge
- ^ a b https://figgeartmuseum.org/about/museum-history-mission
- ^ https://davidchipperfield.com/projects/saint-louis-art-museum
- ^ https://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/sir-david-alan-chipperfield-ch
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20070928065109/http://www.qcmemory.org/Default.aspx?PageId=235&nt=207&nt2=229
- ^ Toussaint, Manuel (September 1943). "Mexican Colonial Paintings in Davenport". Gazette des Beaux-Arts (23): 167–174.
- ^ "University of Iowa Museum of Art collection will return to home state". University of Iowa News Release. University of Iowa. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
- ^ "The Experience of Art". University of Iowa Museum of Art. University of Iowa. 2009-04-03. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "IBHE Approves Master of Arts in Museum Studies". University News. Western Illinois University. 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ^ "Alliance Accredited Institutions" (PDF). American Alliance of Museums. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
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