The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a future museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S. Currently under construction, it is scheduled to open in 2009. Bentonville is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. It is expected to employ approximately 75 people, and will be within walking distance of downtown Bentonville. [1].
Crystal Bridges was founded by Alice Walton, the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. Alice Louise Walton (born October 7, 1949 in Newport Arkansas is an American heiress to the Wal-mart fortune Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores Samuel Moore Walton ( March 29 1918 &ndash April 5 1992) was an American businessman and entrepreneur born in Kingfisher Oklahoma The fifty-million-dollar construction project is designed by architect Moshe Safdie and will include 25,000 feet of gallery space, a library, a 250-seat auditorium, as well as offices, the whole surrounded by gardens and walking trails. Moshe Safdie, CC, BArch LLD, FRAIC FAIA (b July 14, 1938) is an Architect and Urban designer Walton is known to have spent several hundred million dollars acquiring paintings for the museum's permanent collection, which will include a Charles Willson Peale portrait of George Washington as well as paintings by George Bellows, Jasper Cropsey, Asher Durand, Thomas Eakins, Marsden Hartley, Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Charles Bird King, and John LaFarge. Charles Willson Peale ( April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier and naturalist George Wesley Bellows ( August 12 or August 19, 1882 - January 8, 1925) was an American painter, known for his Jasper Francis Cropsey ( February 18, 1823 - April 23, 1900) was an important American landscape Artist of the Asher Brown Durand ( August 21, 1796 &ndash September 17, 1886) was an American painter of the Hudson River School. Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins ( July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) was a realist painter, Photographer, sculptor Marsden Hartley (January 4 1877 - September 2 1943 was an American Modernist painter and poet in the early 20th century Winslow Homer ( February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American Landscape painter and Printmaker Eastman Johnson ( July 29, 1824 - April 5, 1906) was an American painter and Co-Founder of the Metropolitan Museum Charles Bird King (1785–1862 is a United States artist who is best known for his portraiture John La Farge ( March 31, 1835 &ndash November 14, 1910) was an American painter stained glass window maker decorator and Many of Crystal Bridges' paintings are currently on extended loan to other U. S. institutions.
Robert G. Workman has been named Executive Director of the museum[2]. In 2005, art historian John Wilmerding was hired for acquisition and advice on museum programming. [3]
References
- ^ The Northwest Arkansas Morning News: "Top Ten Most Expensive Projects Worth $369.5 Million"
- ^ Press release: Robert G. Workman named Executive Director
- ^ ["A Determined Heiress Plots An Art Collection", New York Times, May 14 2005, Carol Vogel]
External links
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art website
- The Wal-Mart Biennale — criticism of the museum