January 6, 2022
MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
1 Museum Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117
“The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is a museum located in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, featuring several art collections. The permanent collection includes examples of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings and sculpture, Southern regional art, Old Master prints and decorative arts.” Wikipedia
Listed as one of the top things to do in Montgomery, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts lived up to its billing. The museum was founded in the 1930s and moved into its current building in 1988. The beautiful building is perfect for showcasing what the museum has to offer.
The main collection consists mainly of works by early American artists with some modern pieces thrown in. There is also a nice collection of porcelains and some studio glass works that were stunningly beautiful. An outdoor sculpture garden has some interesting pieces. I enjoyed my time strolling through the museum taking in its collection. Admission was free, which is also a nice touch.
Mask Jug of Cabbage Leaf Molded Form, ca. 1770
Tureen; Oval shape; Wesstern market; mid-18th Century
Vase, Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company; c. 1903
Gloucester Harbor; Childe Hassam, Artist; 1895; Oil on canvas
Circus, Atlantic City; Reynolds Beal, Artist; 1942; Oil on canvas
Before The Start - Marblehead Race; Reynolds Beal, Artist; 1944; Oil on canvas
Election Night II; Jack Levine, Artist; 1955; Oil on canvas
Untitled (Dango); Jun Kaneko, Artist; 2003; Glazed stoneware
Mutter und Tochter; Gary Chapman, Artist; 1993; Oil on linen. My photograph does not do justice to how stunning this painting was.
0121-1110=1110 (Standing Donut); Jaehyo Lee, Artist; 2009; Chestnut on painted steel stand. This sculpture looked cool from a distance, but when I got closer and saw how it was constructed (next picture) I was amazed.
The donut was made from branches of wood. AMAZING!
Politics; Frederick Warren Freer, Artist, 1891; Oil on canvas
Prevailing manic Jones; Stephen Rolfe Powell, Artist; 2001; Free-blown glass
Celebration of the Uncultivated--A Garden of the Wild; Roger Brown, Artist; 1980; Oil on canvas
Dark Mercury; Maltby Sykes, Artist; 1947; Oil on cavas
Voices of Silence; Jimmy Ernst, Artist; 1962-63; Oil on canvas. Jimmy is the son of Max Ernst. He had a painting at the Brown Museum in Daytona Beach also.
Field of Heather; George Hitchcock, Artist; 1906; Oil on canvas
Untitled (Inwood, Upper Manhattan); Ernest Lawson, Artist; about 1918-1922; Oil on canvas
The Reflection Pool in the Sculpture Garden.
The Yellow Wallpaper; Ashley Blalock, Artist; 2021; Crocheted nylon
Rough 'n Tumble; Patrick Dougherty, Artist; 2020; Cherry laurel, ligustrum, and sweet gum gathered from the Montgomery area