Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation

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The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation is a non-profit arts foundation located on North Carolwood Drive in the

house museum" context, with guided public tours by appointment with the foundation.[1]

History

Frederick Rand Weisman was the third of five sons born in Minneapolis to Russian immigrants who settled in Minnesota in the 1890s. His father, William, established enterprises in a number of areas, including real estate and the fur industry. Like his father, Frederick Weisman would become a businessman.

Weisman and his wife Marcia Simon, sister of art collector

UCLA to be the eventual keeper of his collection and offered to pay the cost of building a museum.[8]

When Weisman eventually opened the

Getty Museum
conservator Billie Milam.

Weisman architecture

The Weisman Foundation estate, located in the Holmby Hills area of western Los Angeles, consists of two landmark buildings in spacious gardens. The main structure is the Mediterranean Revival style two-story residence designed in the late 1920s by Los Angeles architect Gordon B. Kaufman. The Weisman home exhibits the fine craftsmanship characteristic of the period, including custom decorative treatments on the walls and ceilings.[11]

A postmodern style contemporary annex, or art pavilion, designed by architect Franklin D.Israel, was added in 1991 to accommodate larger-scale works.[11]

Today the Foundation main house, annex pavilion, and surrounding gardens are accessible to the public by appointment only on guided tours.[1]

Collection

More than four hundred works of art are on display at the Foundation. The collection includes works by European Modernists including

John de Andrea.[11]

The Foundation continues to make the collection available through loans to museums worldwide, docent tours at the Los Angeles estate, exhibitions in public-art venues, and the funding of several art museums, including the

Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, California at Pepperdine University in Malibu, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the San Diego Museum of Art,[13] the Walker Art Center, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, designed by Frank Gehry.[11]

Works on display at the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Works on display at the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.weismanfoundation.org/tours.html . accessed 12.22.2010
  2. ^ Bob Colacello (April 1995), The Art of the Deal Vanity Fair.
  3. ^ Edward J. Sozanski (June 24, 1987), Frederick Weisman Just Can`t Get Art Off His Mind Chicago Tribune.
  4. New York Times
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  6. New York Times
    , October 28, 1983.
  7. ^ Suzanne Muchnic (November 14, 1986), Weisman Seeking Another Home For His Art Cache Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ Deborah Solomon (December 20, 1987), The Grand Quest: Frederick Weisman's Decade-Long Dream of Finding an L.A. Home for His Celebrated Modern Art Collection Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ Suzanne Muchnic (July 28, 1993), Weisman: Hometown Boy Makes Very Good : L.A.'s Patron Saint of Art Considers His Philanthropy as He Travels Home to See New Museum Los Angeles Times.
  10. ^ Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection, 2007
  11. ^ a b c d e http://www.weismanfoundation.org/museum_info.html . accessed 12.22.2010
  12. New York Times
    , May 13, 1986.
  13. ^ Leah Ollmann (April 02, 1991), California Visions : The new Frederick R. Weisman Gallery has added luster to the San Diego Museum of Art's collection of works by the state's contemporary artists Los Angeles Times.

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