Terra Museum of American Art

312-664-3939
Figures and Forms: Selections from the Terra Foundatian for the Arts
More than 75 works of art contrasting
the human body, architectural structures, and still life
forms
will be featured in an exhibition, "Figures and Forms: Selections from
the Terra Foundatian for the Arts," scheduled to open at Terra Museum
of American Art, 664 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, on Thursday, May 11,
2000 and continuing through Sunday, July 9, 2000. (right: Arnold
Rönnebeck, Brooklyn Bridge, c.1925, lithograph, 12 1/2 x 6 3/4
inches, Terra Foundation for the Arts, Daniel J. Terra Collection)
The
exhibition consists of works focused on the concept of "form"
through the eyes of 19th and 20th-century American artists such as James Abbott McNeill Whistler,
Robert Henri
and Charles Sheeler, among others.
Making its Terra Museum debut in this exhibition is George Bellows' monumental Nude Girl, Miss Leslie Hall (1909). (left: George Bellows, Nude Girl, Miss Leslie Hall, 1909, oil on canvas, 60 x 42 inches, Terra Foundation for the Arts, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund)
Please Note: RLM does not endorse sites behind external links. We offer them for your additional research; external links were chosen on the basis of being the most informative online source at the time of our search.
Read more about the Terra Museum of American Art in Resource Library Magazine.
Be sure to visit more of Resource Library Magazine with museum exhibition news, stories on American art, calendars, and more. Here are links to selected sections of the magazine:
Copyright 1996-2000 Traditional Fine Art Online, Inc. All rights reserved.