Virginia Steele Scott Galleries While Henry E. Huntington envisioned a collection of American art as early as 1919, his vision was not realized until 60 years later. In 1979, the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation made a major gift to The Huntington in memory of Virginia Steele Scott, an art collector, patron, and philanthropist. The Jonathan and Karin Fielding Wing of the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art features an exhibition of more than 200 works from the Fieldings' esteemed collection of 18th- and early 19th-century American paintings, furniture, and related decorative art.
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Ongoing Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art A portion of The Huntington's American art collection is contextualized with contributions from contemporary artists in "Borderlands," a new permanent collections installation that explores a more expansive view of American art history. The art collections include extraordinary examples of decorative arts and folk art, paintings, prints and drawings, photography, and sculpture displayed in the Huntington Art Gallery, the original home of Henry and Arabella Huntington, in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, and in the Studio for Lodging the Mind. Art Museum A portion of The Huntington's art collection will be contextualized with contributions from contemporary artists Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art Opens Nov. 20, 2021 (ongoing). The Virginia STeele ScoTT gallerieS of american arT The Huntington's collection of American art began in earnest in 1979 with a gift of 50 paintings from the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation, which also contributed funds for a building to house them.
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SAN MARINO, Calif. —The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that its new 8,600 square-foot addition to the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art will open on Oct. 22. Named after the lead donors for the $10.3 million building project, the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Wing includes 5,000 square. Chief Curator of American Art, Virginia Steele Scott [The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA] July 1, 2016 / Christina Errico / 0 Comments.. while the American art galleries, having undergone significant expansion in the last several years, are now approximately 30,000 square feet in size, including. The Huntington Art Collections reside in two buildings on the Huntington estate: The Huntington Art Gallery, and the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art. The Huntington Art Gallery houses the European art collection and includes one of the most distinguished collections of 18th- and 19th-century British paintings, sculpture, and. SAN MARINO, Calif.— The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has commissioned artist Betye Saar to create a large-scale, immersive installation for the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art.
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The Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art comprises the Virginia Steele Scott Gallery (1984), designed by Paul Gray, and the Lois and Robert F. Erburu Gallery (2005), designed by Frederick Fisher, a space totaling 39,100 square feet. A new addition, also designed by Fisher, the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Wing, opened in 2016, adding. The Dorothy Collins Brown Wing of the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens is devoted to the work of early 20th-century Pasadena architects Charles Sumner and Henry Mather Greene.
Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art Free for Supporting, Patron, and Benefactor level Members, and the Society of Fellows Join Lauren Cross, Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts, for an introduction to the exhibition "Gee's Bend: Shared Legacy," currently on display in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries. There-bound (2021) by Enrique Martínez Celaya, in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art at The Huntington (Photo: Shana Nys Dambrot)
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The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced Tuesday that Dennis Carr has been named Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art. In his current role as Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Carr has been recognized for working to expand the. American art became a distinct collecting area in 1979 when the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation gave The Huntington 50 American paintings. Because this monumental gift represented artists of national reputation, subsequent acquisitions tended to follow that precedent.
