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Posted on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013Henri Marie Joseph Bergé worked as a decorator at the Daum glass factory, where he had great influence on a floral and pastoral style that would emerge there. His interest in nature led him to design scientifically-accurate glass objects of plants and animals. Victor Amalric Walter’s exploration of the glass technique pâte-de-verre (casting objects in [...]
Artwork of the Week: April 26
Posted on Thursday, April 25th, 2013Spring has sprung and the flowers are beginning to bloom outside, but here’s one tulip in particular that blossoms all year long. Initially trained as a painter, Louis Comfort Tiffany turned to interior design and decorative arts, becoming a leading designer of fine glass that often expressed the Art Nouveau style, like this delicate pink [...]
Artwork of the Week: April 19
Posted on Thursday, April 25th, 2013With this painting, the audience is confronted with a view of Venice that was not often painted: the great expanse of the lagoon and the cemetery island of San Michele in the right background. San Michele was not thought to accurately represent the city, since its size lacked grandeur or large, monumental buildings like the [...]
Artwork of the Week: April 12
Posted on Thursday, April 25th, 2013With this work, we highlight Clement Meadmore as one of only a few Australian artists from the Museum’s permanent collection. Once an aeronautical engineer and industrial design student at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Meadmore briefly designed furniture before ultimately creating large sculptures. Displayed in the Museum’s new sculpture galleries, Maquette for Switchback apparently [...]
Artwork of the Week: April 5
Posted on Thursday, April 25th, 2013In honor of Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s birthday (April 5), we highlight his painting Blind-Man’s Buff. It not only depicts youth in a light-hearted game of matchmaking, but also the playful deception of cheating, as often also seen in tricks played on April Fool’s Day. By peeking from beneath her blindfold, the girl in the painting would [...]
New Publication by Larry Nichols Available in Museum Store
Posted on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013Now available in the Museum Store, is a beautiful new catalog raisonne: The Paintings of Hendrick Goltzius by TMA’s own Larry Nichols, William Hutton senior curator, European and American painting and sculpture before 1900. This long-awaited volume is a comprehensive study of the paintings of Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), the most important artist in the Netherlands at the turn of [...]
Kentucky Derby Party: Run for the Roses
Posted on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013Dress in your Derby best and join Circle 2445 at the Toledo Museum of Art for the running of the 139th Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby party, Run for the Roses, is planned for May 4 from 4–7 p.m. in the Peristyle. The event will include Southern fare, a cash bar featuring mint juleps and live [...]
Apply Now for TMA Mellon Fellowship
Posted on Thursday, April 11th, 2013The deadline to apply for our prestigious Mellon Fellowship is April 15. This opportunity is open to candidates interested in careers in museum leadership who have completed doctoral studies in art history or a related discipline within the last five years. To learn more about what a Mellon Fellow is check out this video on our [...]
Experts to Discuss Aboriginal Australian Art
Posted on Thursday, April 4th, 2013Toledo Museum of Art Director Brian Kennedy moderates a discussion about Aboriginal Australian art from 3–5 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the Little Theater. The free program is the first of many events planned in conjunction with Crossing Cultures: The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art from the Hood Museum of Art [...]
TMA and Toledo Zoo Partner on Dual Australia-themed Exhibitions
Posted on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013The Toledo Museum of Art and the Toledo Zoo will partner this summer to offer a combined look at the Indigenous people and diverse wildlife that make up the beautiful and fascinating Australian continent. Crossing Cultures, the TMA’s exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal Australian art, runs April 12 through July 14. The Zoo’s Wild Walkabout: Wonders from [...]