The Mississippi Museum of Art is a public museum in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the largest museum in Mississippi.
 Museum and Art Garden in 2012 | |
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| Location | 380 South Lamar Street Jackson, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates | 32°17′47″N 90°11′08″W / 32.29626°N 90.18569°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | www |
Location
editIt is located at the corner of 380 South Lamar Street and 201 East Pascagoula Street in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2][3]
History
editThe Mississippi Art Association was founded in 1911.[2] By 1978, the Mississippi Museum of Art was founded, and it was located in the Arts Center of Mississippi until 2007.[1][2]
Permanent collection
editThe museum is the largest museum in Mississippi.[2] Its permanent collection includes paintings by American, Mississippi and British painters as well as photographs, collage artworks and sculptures.[4]
American painters
edit- Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)[4]
- Mary Cassatt (1844–1926)[4]
- Arthur Bowen Davies (1863–1928)[4]
- Robert Henri (1865–1921)[4]
- George Inness (1825–1894)[4]
- Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000)[4]
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986)[4]
- Reginald Marsh (1898–1954)[4]
- Thomas Sully (1783–1872)[4]
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)[4]
Photography, collage and sculpture
edit- Romare Bearden (1911–1988)[4]
- William Beckwith (born 1952)[5]
- Alexander Calder (1898–1976)[4]
- Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012)[4]
- John DeAndrea (born 1941)[4]
- William Eggleston (born 1939)[4]
- Walker Evans (1903–1975)[4]
- Howard Finster (1916–2001)[4]
- Malvina Hoffman (1885–1966)[4]
- Paul Manship (1985–1966)[4]
- John Marin (1870–1953)[4]
- Reuben Nakian (1897–1986)[4]
- Cindy Sherman (born 1954)[4]
- Jimmy Lee Sudduth (1910–2007)[4]
- Sarah Mary Taylor (1916–2000)[4]
- Mose Tolliver (1920–2006)[4]
- Andy Warhol (1928–1987)[4]
Mississippi and Southern artists
edit- Gaines Ruger Donoho (1857–1916)[4]
- Eudora Welty (1909–2001)[4]
- Theora Hamblett[4]
- Ethel Wright Mohamed[4]
- Sulton Rogers[4]
- William Dunlap[4]
- Sam Gilliam[4]
- Birney Imes[4]
- Valerie Jaudon[4]
- Gwendolyn A. Magee[4]
- Ken Marlow[4]
- Ed McGowin[4]
- Lallah Miles Perry (1926-2008)[6][7]
- Tom Rankin[4]
- Walter Inglis Anderson (1903–1965)[4]
- Caroline Russell Compton[4]
- Marie Hull[4]
- Mary Katherine Loyacano McCravey[4]
- George E. Ohr (1857–1918)[4]
- Edgar Parker[4]
- William R. Hollingsworth, Jr. (1910-1944)[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mississippi Museum of Art". www.msmuseumart.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d Lee Ellis, Free Tours, Museums and Sites in America: Southern States Series, Americana Group Publishing, 2003, pp. 108-109 [1]
- ^ Joseph M. Flora, Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan, Todd W. Taylor, The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2002, p. 381 [2]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au "Mississippi Museum of Art". www.msmuseumart.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Works – William Beckwith – Artists – eMuseum". mma.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Vanity" not dated, oil on canvas, Gift of the Lyle Cashion Company, 1963.005 [3]
- ^ "Vogue for Two" not dated, watercolor on paper, Mississippi Art Association purchase, 1967.001 [4]