L.A. Museums' Collections Grow Despite Poor Economy
Philanthropists' generosity and the hard work of museum staffs and support groups turn 2008 into a surprisingly good year for acquisitions.
Plans for new American art galleries at the , sparked the acquisition of paintings by Reginald Marsh, John George Brown and Charles Sheeler and sculptures by Harriet Hosmer and William Wetmore Story. But the 146 objects added last year also brought European paintings, sculptures and decorative arts to the Huntington.
- People:
- Arthur Mathews
- Belgian Expressionist James Ensor
- Carleton Watkins
- Charles Sheeler
- Claude Lorrain
- Dorothy
- Edward Kienholz
- El Anatsui
- Fowler
- Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
- Gloria Gonick
- Hans Haacke
- Harriet Hosmer
- Herbert Vogel
- Irving Penn
- James Welling
- Jeffrey Krauss
- Jeremy Strick
- Jodie Evans
- John George Brown
- Lawrence Weiner
- Leonard Vernon
- Marjorie
- Max Palevsky
- Mike Kelley
- Nancy Daly
- Narendra
- Paul Gauguin
- Paul Schimmel
- Peter Saul
- Reginald Marsh
- Roy Hamilton
- Thomas Michie
- Wendy Kaplan
- William J. Zeile
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