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The '''Raclin Murphy Museum of Art''' is the [[art museum]] of the [[University of Notre Dame]] located on its campus near [[South Bend, Indiana]]. The museum is housed in a new 70,000-square-foot building designed by [[Robert A. M. Stern|Robert A.M. Stern Architects]] (RAMSA) and opened on 1 December 2023. It houses the art collection of the University of Notre Dame which was formerly housed in the [[Snite Museum of Art]], which closed at the end of 2023.<ref name=his>[https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/about/history/how-we-started/ History of the Museum, How We Started] at the Museum site</ref> The more than 30,000 works of art in the collection span cultures, eras and media and include [[fine art]], design and decorative arts, prints, drawings, textiles, photographs and art and artefacts from Mesoamerican, Spanish Colonial, Latin American, Mexican, Chicano and African cultures.<ref name=his1>[https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/about/news/new-raclin-murphy-museum-of-art-opens-dec-1 New Raclin Murphy Museum of Art Opens Dec. 1] at the Museum site</ref> |
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== History of the Collection== |
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[[File:Olmec baby-face figurine, Snite.jpg|thumb|''Olmec baby-face figurine'']] |
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The Bishops Gallery, comprising 60 portraits painted by Vatican artist [[Luigi Gregori]] and the Museum of Indian Antiquities were established in 1875 in the Main Building of the [[University of Notre Dame]]. The holdings of both collections expanded through small donations of art by priests and professors and the acquisition in 1917 by Rev. [[John J. Cavanaugh]], the president of the University, of 136 paintings previously owned by the [[Braschi family]] of Rome. In 1917, the construction of the University's new library, Bond Hall, was completed. The second floor held four galleries displaying the University’s art collection.<ref name=his/> |
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In 1924, Charles A. Wightman donated 108 paintings of religious to commemorate his wife and as a result the second floor spaces of Bond Hall were renamed in her honor as the Wightman Memorial Art Gallery. In 1952, O'Shaughnessy Hall, home of the Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters, included exhibition galleries for the University's art collections.<ref name=his/><ref name="tfaoi1">{{cite web|url=http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus115.htm |title=Snite Museum of Art |publisher=Tfaoi.com |access-date=2014-07-10}}</ref> During the 1950s, Croatian sculptor [[Ivan Meštrović]] was in residence at the University, working in the eponymous Meštrović Studio that was constructed especially for him.<ref name=his/> |
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In 1975, the Fred B. Snite family donated funds to construct the Snite Museum of Art. The museum, housed in a 70,000 square-foot building designed by Ambrose Richardson, A.I.A., opened in 1980. The central three-story core bridged both Meštrović's adjoining sculpture studio<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/html/MST.htm |title=Notre Dame Archives Inventory: MST |publisher=Archives.nd.edu |access-date=2014-07-10}}</ref> and the O'Shaughnessy Galleries. The latter were used for the presentation of traveling and temporary exhibitions.<ref name=his/> |
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[[File:Isabelle Pinson - The Fly Catcher (3).jpg|thumb|''The Fly Catcher'']] |
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== Museum Building == |
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A donation in 2018 from lead benefactors Ernestine Raclin and her daughter and son-in-law Carmen and Chris Murphy enabled provided the necessary funds for the construction of a new museum complex to house the University's art collection. It will be built in two phases on the south edge of the University campus. The first phase of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art includes approximately 70,000 square feet which houses the museum galleries and other functions. The design firm Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) were the architects of the new museum.<ref name=his/> Construction of the first phase began in April 2020 and the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art was opened on 1 December 2023.<ref name=his1/> |
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The Museum's collection is displayed in 23 historically themed galleries placed around a multi-level atrium that rises to a central skylight. Approximately 1,000 works from the Museum's permanent collection are featured at any given time. The Museum building includes a bookstore and Ivan's Café, which is named after the sculptor Ivan Meštrovic.<ref name=his1/> Thanks to its location in the nine-acre Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park, designed by the landscape designer [[Michael Van Valkenburgh]], the site allows the Museum to showcase the Raclin Murphy’s outdoor sculpture collection.<ref name=his2>[https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/explore/sculpture-park Sculpture Park] at the Museum site</ref> |
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==Collections== |
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The Museum's holdings include prints, photography, old master paintings, French 18th- and 19th painting, decorative arts, African art, Olmec and Mesoamerican art, Native American art and international modern and contemporary art. Donated and gifted collections include the Jack and Alfrieda Feddersen Collection of Rembrandt Etchings, the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of 19th-Century French Art, the John D. Reilly Collection of Old Master and 19th-Century Drawings, the Janos Scholz Collection of 19th-Century European Photographs; the Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Ashbaugh Jr. Collection of Meštrović Sculpture and Drawings, the George Rickey Sculpture Archive and the Virginia A. Martin Collection of 18th-Century Decorative Arts. |
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==Notes== |
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Revision as of 04:28, 27 April 2024
Established | 2023 |
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Location | University of Notre Dame campus, Indiana |
Type | Art museum |
Website | raclinmurphymuseum |
The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art is the art museum of the University of Notre Dame located on its campus near South Bend, Indiana. The museum is housed in a new 70,000-square-foot building designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) and opened on 1 December 2023. It houses the art collection of the University of Notre Dame which was formerly housed in the Snite Museum of Art, which closed at the end of 2023.[1] The more than 30,000 works of art in the collection span cultures, eras and media and include fine art, design and decorative arts, prints, drawings, textiles, photographs and art and artefacts from Mesoamerican, Spanish Colonial, Latin American, Mexican, Chicano and African cultures.[2]
History of the Collection
The Bishops Gallery, comprising 60 portraits painted by Vatican artist Luigi Gregori and the Museum of Indian Antiquities were established in 1875 in the Main Building of the University of Notre Dame. The holdings of both collections expanded through small donations of art by priests and professors and the acquisition in 1917 by Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, the president of the University, of 136 paintings previously owned by the Braschi family of Rome. In 1917, the construction of the University's new library, Bond Hall, was completed. The second floor held four galleries displaying the University’s art collection.[1]
In 1924, Charles A. Wightman donated 108 paintings of religious to commemorate his wife and as a result the second floor spaces of Bond Hall were renamed in her honor as the Wightman Memorial Art Gallery. In 1952, O'Shaughnessy Hall, home of the Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters, included exhibition galleries for the University's art collections.[1][3] During the 1950s, Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović was in residence at the University, working in the eponymous Meštrović Studio that was constructed especially for him.[1]
In 1975, the Fred B. Snite family donated funds to construct the Snite Museum of Art. The museum, housed in a 70,000 square-foot building designed by Ambrose Richardson, A.I.A., opened in 1980. The central three-story core bridged both Meštrović's adjoining sculpture studio[4] and the O'Shaughnessy Galleries. The latter were used for the presentation of traveling and temporary exhibitions.[1]
Museum Building
A donation in 2018 from lead benefactors Ernestine Raclin and her daughter and son-in-law Carmen and Chris Murphy enabled provided the necessary funds for the construction of a new museum complex to house the University's art collection. It will be built in two phases on the south edge of the University campus. The first phase of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art includes approximately 70,000 square feet which houses the museum galleries and other functions. The design firm Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) were the architects of the new museum.[1] Construction of the first phase began in April 2020 and the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art was opened on 1 December 2023.[2]
The Museum's collection is displayed in 23 historically themed galleries placed around a multi-level atrium that rises to a central skylight. Approximately 1,000 works from the Museum's permanent collection are featured at any given time. The Museum building includes a bookstore and Ivan's Café, which is named after the sculptor Ivan Meštrovic.[2] Thanks to its location in the nine-acre Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park, designed by the landscape designer Michael Van Valkenburgh, the site allows the Museum to showcase the Raclin Murphy’s outdoor sculpture collection.[5]
Collections
The Museum's holdings include prints, photography, old master paintings, French 18th- and 19th painting, decorative arts, African art, Olmec and Mesoamerican art, Native American art and international modern and contemporary art. Donated and gifted collections include the Jack and Alfrieda Feddersen Collection of Rembrandt Etchings, the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of 19th-Century French Art, the John D. Reilly Collection of Old Master and 19th-Century Drawings, the Janos Scholz Collection of 19th-Century European Photographs; the Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Ashbaugh Jr. Collection of Meštrović Sculpture and Drawings, the George Rickey Sculpture Archive and the Virginia A. Martin Collection of 18th-Century Decorative Arts.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f History of the Museum, How We Started at the Museum site
- ^ a b c New Raclin Murphy Museum of Art Opens Dec. 1 at the Museum site
- ^ "Snite Museum of Art". Tfaoi.com. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ "Notre Dame Archives Inventory: MST". Archives.nd.edu. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ Sculpture Park at the Museum site