Tag Archives: Collection

From the Collection–Table Clock with Orpheus Frieze

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

When you visit the European galleries of the Milwaukee Art Museum, you may have noticed that in the “Renaissance Treasury” gallery (gallery #2) there are a lot of clocks! These aren’t the wristwatches and battery-powered kitchen clocks that most of … Continue reading →

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From Museum Storage–C. A. Buffington & Co. “Automobile Folding Chair”

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Do you think this rusty iron folding chair deserves a place in a world-class art museum alongside priceless paintings by Mark Rothko and Vassily Kandinsky? It looks like something you might find in a barn. Well, in fact, it did … Continue reading →

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From the Collection–Kem Weber’s Airline Chair

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

This chair is one of my favorite designs of the 20th century. Period. So sleek, yet soft! So comfortable, yet efficient! When contemplating a move to Milwaukee to accept my current position, I made a short list of things I … Continue reading →

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From the Collection–The Newsboy

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

The Museum often uses The Newsboy as a poster child for our spectacular Michael and Julie Hall Collection of American Folk Art. The education department includes it on our Family Audio Tour, and the energetic boy has a place of … Continue reading →

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From the Collection–Rubens Peale “Apple and Two Pears on a Pewter Plate”

Posted on December 22, 2010 by

In the American Collections of the Milwaukee Art Museum is an example of the long-standing artistic tradition, the still life painting. Apple and Two Pears on a Pewter Plate (1861) by Rubens Peale, speaks both to the history of the … Continue reading →

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