128076517Springhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/80/objects/xmlCelebrate the spring season through art! This group of artworks from the Crystal Bridges collection brings together images, colors, and objects that evoke memories and scenes of spring in the United States, from landscapes to abstractions, past and present.https://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/1354/full7983945The Art of Whole Healthhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/79/objects/xmlhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/22307/full683173Alfred Stieglitz Collectionhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/68/objects/xmlhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/4034/full7252229Art by Black Artists, Made before 1960https://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/72/objects/xmlThis collection includes drawings, watercolors, paintings, and sculpture made by Black artists before 1960. The stories of the artists are as unique and varied as the artworks here. Sculptor Edmonia Lewis attended Oberlin College in 1859 and ultimately relocated to Rome to live and work in 1866. Henry Ossawa Tanner primarily painted religious themes. Like Lewis, Tanner found success abroad and lived most of his life in France. Charles Ethan Porter, a still-life painter, was the first African American student at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1869. John Biggers served as the founding chairman of the art department at Houston’s Texas State University for Negros (now Texas Southern University). Together, the body of works highlights both everyday scenes of Black life and experiences in the United States, as well as the historical contributions that Black artists have made to shape American Art.https://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14164/full7663423Art on Loanhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/76/objects/xmlhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/1383/full7355254Artist Self-Portraitshttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/73/objects/xmlhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/10379/full7560027Celebrating Francis V. O’Connorhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/75/objects/xmlCrystal Bridges is the proud beneficiary of a portion of the estate of Francis V. O’Connor (1937-2017), a legendary New York-based art historian, poet, and artist. O’Connor was a leader in the field of art history, initiating scholarship on American visual artists and muralists who worked on New Deal arts projects in the 1930s (this was a government-sponsored initiative to boost the economy by commissioning artists during the Roosevelt administration). O’Connor chronicled the impact of federally funded arts projects for decades, a pursuit that allowed him to continue to build his network of colleagues and artists, as well has his own personal archive and art collection. He was the foremost scholar of Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), authoring the famed drip-painter’s catalogue raisonné, which included two paintings from the Crystal Bridges collection. Examine these works by Pollock in conversation with a selection of works by modern artists from O’Connor’s distinguished collection, such as Berenice Abbott and Jacob Kainen.https://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17169/full7126732Drawings and Watercolors: 18th and 19th Centuryhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/71/objects/xmlhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/9383/full7026731Labor and Industry Print Collection: 1859-1989https://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/70/objects/xmlhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/4245/full7456478LGBTQ+ Artistshttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/74/objects/xmlThe artists represented in this collection reflect the varied and diverse individuals that make up the LGBTQ+ community in the United States and beyond. Identity categories relating to gender and sexuality have evolved over the past century (and longer), and remain a fluid subject. Some artists in the early to mid-twentieth century lived marginalized or closeted lives due to social taboos and restrictive laws, yet many found ways to express themselves through their art. Others lived bravely and openly, using their art to promote social justice issues, including AIDS awareness, research, and prevention in the 1980s and ‘90s. Artists working today continue to explore issues of identity, self-expression, intersectionality, and systems of oppression that affect not only LGBTQ+ people, but other marginalized communities as well. Through it all, LGBTQ+ artists create wide-ranging forms of beauty through the power of their artistic expression.https://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/4054/full695652Recent Acquisitionshttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/69/objects/xmlhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/22273/full7870419State of the Art 2020https://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/collections/78/objects/xmlhttps://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/20812/full