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Art in the Age of Queen Victoria: Treasures from the Royal Academy of Arts 1/15/2000 - 3/12/2000 THE NORTON MUSEUM OF ART opens a new exhibition entitled Art in the Age of Queen Victoria: Treasures from the Royal Academy of Arts on January 15, 2000. Featuring more than 70 paintings and 12 sculptures from England's world-renowned Royal Academy of Arts in London, the exhibition is organized and circulated by The Royal Academy of Arts, London. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities. The local presentation of this exhibition is generously sponsored in part by Northern Trust Bank, The Private Bank with additional funds provided by The Gioconda and Joseph King Exhibition Endowment, Mrs. Frances Scaife, Mr. and Mrs. Hamish Maxwell and media sponsors The Palm Beach Post and WPTV NewsChannel 5. In the art world of Victorian England, 1837-1901, the Royal Academy of Arts was a dominant force. Founded in 1768 by an act of King George III, its first President was Sir Joshua Reynolds, the most important painter of his day. Reynolds set the tone when he described the Academy in his Discourse as a body, which, "besides furnishing able men to direct the student," would form "a repository for the great examples of the Art." The American, Benjamin West, was another founding member; a Philadelphia Art in the Age of Queen Victoria: Treasures from the Royal Academy of Arts Norton Museum of Art painter who became the Academy's second President. Today, the Royal Academy of Arts has become an international institution, offering viewers and exhibitors one of the world's most distinctive art collections and some of the most beautiful gallery space in all of Europe. In addition, the Academy initiates and participates in a wide range of important loan exhibitions. Art in the Age of Queen Victoria: Treasures from the Royal Academy of Arts consists of major and lesser-known works by Royal Academicians. These include works by Landseer, Frith, Herkomer, Watts, Poynter and Lord Leighton. Lesser-known treasures include Millais' stunning A Souvenir of Velazquez, Alma-Tadema's A Family Group, and A Mermaid, by John William Waterhouse RA. Modern and historical genre paintings, classical and mythological subjects, landscapes, seascapes, and the exotic are included. Each of the five Presidents who shaped the era are represented by their portrait. Notable, the exhibition also contains a painting by Charles West Cope RA, of the selection committee choosing works for the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1876. The works in the exhibition were selected by MaryAnne Stevens, Chief Curator and Education Secretary, and Helen Valentine, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Royal Academy of Arts; with Dr. Malcolm Warner, Curator, The Yale Center for British Art, Art in the Age of Queen Victoria: Treasures from the Royal Academy of Arts Norton Museum of Art New Haven.  |
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The Norton Museum
of Art is a major cultural attraction in Florida.
The Museum is internationally known for its distinguished permanent
collection featuring
19th and 20th century European and American art, Chinese, contemporary art and photography.
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