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Silver in the Portland Art Museum.(English silverware; Portland, Oregon)
There is a long-standing tradition of collecting English silver in Portland, Oregon. The largest museum in the Pacific Northwest, the Portland Art Museum, has one of the finest collections of silver on the West Coast, due in large part to William H. Nunn of Portland who, in 1955, bequeathed funds for "endowing and enlarging The Alice B. Nunn Memorial Collection of English Silver." (1) The Nunn collection was typical of the taste for antique silver in the United States at mid-century, with an emphasis on plain forms with strong outlines and little surface ornamentation. This style, often dubbed "Queen Anne," was avidly sought by collectors between the two world wars and ...
- FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM TO EXPAND
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Christine Temin, Globe Staff April 8, 1987 700+ words
The Fitchburg Art Museum has announced an expansion plan which...medieval manuscript illuminations to English silver has been in storage most of the time...and Rockwell Kent. The Fitchburg Art Museum was founded in 1925 through a $10...
- Clem's Cache: last year, the Portland art museum acquired an extensive art...
- Magazine article from: Art in America Taylor, Sue November 1, 2001 700+ words
...and sculptures amassed by Greenberg is Oregon's Portland Art Museum. Built on an initial 1895 acquisition of plaster casts of...concentrations in Northwest Coast Native American art, Asian art, English silver, 18th- and 19th-century European and American painting...
- The National Art Museum of Sport to open this Sunday, Jan. 13.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 10, 1991 700+ words
THE NATIONAL ART MUSEUM OF SPORT TO OPEN THIS SUNDAY, JAN...genre of sporting art. The National Art Museum of Sport, which opens on Sunday...collection of memorabilia; it is a fine art museum featuring important works by many of...
- Members of Rose Art Museum Board of Overseers File Suit Against Brandeis...
- Newspaper article from: Leisure & Travel Week August 15, 2009 700+ words
Three members of the Rose Art Museum's Board of Overseers have filed...or willing to maintain the Rose Art Museum as a first-rate public museum...Meryl Rose, a Member of the Rose Art Museum Board of Overseers and a relative...
- Philadelphia Art Museum Argues for More City Funds.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) April 22, 2004 700+ words
...a City Council hearing yesterday the Art Museum was a "destination definer" that attracted...attend arts programs and classes at the Art Museum each year, she added. The city funds...restore all of the city funding for the Art Museum. That brings to six the number of council...
- Asian Art Museum Announces $1 Million Grant from the Bank of America Charitable...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 20, 2007 700+ words
...Programs and Community Outreach Asian Art Museum Invites Community to Celebrate this Funding...Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian Art Museum today announced a $1 million gift from...programs. The largest gift the Asian Art Museum has received outside of its capital campaign...
- Bellevue Art Museum Recognizes the Owners of Bellevue Square for Their $1...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 23, 1998 700+ words
...The Board of Trustees of Bellevue Art Museum made public today a $1 million contribution...unparalleled generosity in support of Bellevue Art Museum," said Nancy Loorem, Board Trustee...the initial space available to Bellevue Art Museum in 1975 and began Bellevue Art ...
- Rose Art Museum Board of Overseers: Systematic Dismantling of the Rose Art...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 23, 2009 700+ words
...Brandeis Board of Trustees that the "Rose Art Museum will remain a museum," the University...beloved institution, according to the Rose Art Museum Board of Overseers. In her letter...to clarify future plans for the Rose Art Museum once the University closes it on June...
