Currier Museum of Art

Currier Museum of Art
Currier Museum of Art
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Informations géographiques
Pays Drapeau des États-Unis États-Unis
Ville Manchester
Adresse 150 Ash Street, Manchester, NH
Coordonnées 42° 59′ 52″ N 71° 27′ 21″ W / 42.99778, -71.4558342° 59′ 52″ Nord
       71° 27′ 21″ Ouest
/ 42.99778, -71.45583
  
Informations générales
Date d’inauguration 1929
Collections Art moderne, art européen, art américain, art décoratif, art contemporain, arts et artistes du New Hampshire,
Nombre d’œuvres 13 000[1]
Informations visiteurs
Site web www.currier.org

Le Currier Museum of Art est un musée, fondé en 1929 à Manchester dans le New Hampshire, aux États-Unis.

Il présente des œuvres de peintres européens et américains, des objets d'art-décoratif, des photographies et des sculptures. La collection permanente est composée, notamment, d'œuvres de Picasso, Matisse, Monet, O'Keeffe, Calder, John Singer Sargent, Frank Lloyd Wright ou Andrew Wyeth.

Historique

À l'origine, le musée se nommait la Currier Art Gallery. Il fut fondé, en 1929, grâce à un leg de l'ancien gouverneur du New Hampshire, Moody Currier et de sa troisième épouse, Hannah Slade Currier.

Notes et références

  1. (en) Collection, Currier Museum of Art

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