The Museums Collection at Museum of Fine Arts Boston on artrepublic.com
Exhibition running from Apr 01 2008
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) houses and preserves pre-eminent collections and aspires to serve a wide variety of people through direct encounters with works of art. The Museum’s encyclopaedic collection of approximately 450,000 objects includes some of the most rare and important artistic treasures in the world. Each year, the MFA offers a wide range of exhibitions featuring both the Museum’s holdings as well as works of art on loan from around the world. Since the Museum’s founding in 1870, it has been committed to collecting American art, and its holdings rank as one of the most important in the nation. Highlights include John Singer Sargent’s famed murals; one of the most important collections of paintings by John Singleton Copley; Paul Revere’s Liberty Bowl; and the William H. Lane Collection which includes significant works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur G. Dove, Charles Sheeler, and Stuart Davis. The European paintings collection holds masterworks from the Renaissance to the 20th century, from Rogier van der Weyden and Rosso Fiorentino, to Picasso and Matisse. The MFA holds one of the largest groups of paintings by Claude Monet outside of France, and the world’s most extensive collection of paintings and pastels by Jean-François Millet. The Museum’s contemporary collection represents work from the last half-century. The MFA is known for its strength in color field painting, and the collection includes more than 17 canvases by Morris Louis. Significant works by the following artists representing the 1960s-1990s are also included in the collection: Jim Dine, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Gerhard Richter, Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Kiki Smith, and Andy Warhol. Image Credits: Image 1: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Exterior View at Dusk, © Lou Jones, 1998, Photo courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Slide Show: Watson and the Shark, 1778 John Singleton Copley, American, 1738 – 1815Oil on canvas Gift of Mrs. George von Lengerke Meyer © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (1882)John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925) Oil on canvas221.93 x 222.57 cm (87 3/8 x 87 5/8 in.)*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Mary Louisa Boit, Julia Overing Boit, Jane Hubbard Boit, and Florence D. Boit in memory of their father, Edward Darley Boit*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Dance at Bougival, 1883Pierre Auguste Renoir, French, 1841 – 1919Oil on canvas, 71 5/8 x 38 5/8 inches (181.8 x 98.1 cm)Picture Fund, 37.375  |
