Tag Archives: From the Collection

From the Collection–Porcelain Tankards

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

[Last month, the Milwaukee Art Museum put on view three important Meissen tankards. Learn more about two of them with this re-posted entry from 2014.] Previously, we demystified tin-glazed earthenware while putting it into a historical context. In this post, … Continue reading →

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From the Collection–Character Steins

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

[Once a year, the Milwaukee Art Museum will rotate the German steins on view in the gallery of nineteenth century German art. The newest installation is a selection of character steins, so we’d like to highlight the change by re-posting … Continue reading →

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From the Collection: Fighting Fauns by Franz von Stuck

Posted on March 28, 2017 by

The current exhibition in the European works on paper rotation space (on view until April 2) is Gods and Heroes: Classical Mythology in European Prints. The show features 21 prints that cover the Renaissance through the early twentieth century and … Continue reading →

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Questions of Provenance: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Three Cuirassiers, Part 2

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

The Milwaukee Art Museum’s current feature exhibition, Milwaukee Collects, includes more than 100 objects from nearly 50 private collections in the Greater Milwaukee area. It offers an opportunity to see treasures that are typically not on public view. At the … Continue reading →

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From the Collection–The Mocking of Ceres

Posted on February 21, 2017 by

The current exhibition in the European works on paper rotation space (on view until April 2) is Gods and Heroes: Classical Mythology in European Prints. The show features 21 prints that cover the Renaissance through the early twentieth century and … Continue reading →

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