Sheldon Museum of Art

Sheldon Museum of Art

formerly

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden

University of Nebraska

Lincoln, NE

402-472-2461

http://www.sheldonartgallery.org/

The Sheldon Museum of Art houses both the Sheldon Art Association collection, founded in 1888, and the University of Nebraska collection, initiated in 1929. Together they comprise more than 12,000 works of art in all media. This comprehensive collection of American art includes prominent holdings of 19th-century landscape and still life, American Impressionism, early Modernism, geometric abstraction, Abstract Expressionism, pop, minimalism and contemporary art.

In the Sculpture Garden, more than 30 monumental sculptures are exhibited year-round and include major works by Gaston Lachaise, Jacques Lipchitz, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, David Smith, William Tucker, Bryan Hunt, Mark di Suvero, Michael Heizer and Richard Serra.

The Sheldon's exhibition program focuses on American art in all media. The curatorial staff organizes exhibitions drawn from the permanent collection, many of which circulate nationally. The program also includes exhibitions organized by peer institutions throughout the United States. Educational programs such as symposia, lectures, children's workshops and tours are organized in conjunction with each exhibition.

The Sheldon Museum of Art is located at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 12th & R Streets, Lincoln, NE 68588-0300. Hours and admission charges are located on the Sheldon Museum of Art's website. (source: Sheldon Museum of Art website)

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Note: A Google Book Search conducted May 6, 2008 located the following books published by the Museum. None featured Limited Preview. The catalogues are listed in reverse date order. Information provided by Google Books.

Barns and Farms: Edward Ruscha, June 5-August 19, 1990, By Edward Ruscha, Christin J. Mamiya, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Published 1990 by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska. 6 pages

OF TIME AND THE CITY: AMERICAN MODERNISM FROM THE SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY., By Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Louisiana Arts and Science Center. Published 1990 by Nebraska. University . Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. 80 pages

Sigmund Abeles, the First Twenty Years: An Exhibition of Prints and Drawings ..., By Sigmund Abeles, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Published 1979 by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery

Things Seen, By Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Published 1978 by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Painting, American. 114 pages. Original from the University of California. Digitized Mar 5, 2007. Exhibition held at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sept. 5-Oct. 1, 1978 and other museums. Snippet view

From a Simple Place and Time: Photographs by Robert Starck : an Exhibition ..., By Robert Starck, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Published 1976 by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Portrait photography. 40 pages.

Ralph Albert Blackelock, 1847-1919, By Norman A. Geske, New Jersey State Museum, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, New Jersey State Museum. Published 1975 by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. 100 pages

The Unknown Blakelock; essay by Sharon L. Kennedy (2/12/08) - essay not related to catalogue

The photography of Ralston Crawford: Exhibition Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery ..., By Ralston Crawford, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Published 1974 by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Photography, Artistic. 67 pages

Quilts from Nebraska Collections: An Exhibition Presented in Collaboration ..., Published 1974 by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska. 50 pages

Paintings by Robert Weaver: exhibition April 4-April 30, 1972, By Robert Weaver, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Published 1972 by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. 16 pages

Roy DeCarava, Photographer, By Roy DeCarava, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Published 1970 by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery? Photography, Artistic. 14 pages

Robert Henri, 1865-1929-1965: An Exhibition Held in Observance of the ... By Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Published 1965 by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska

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