“A wonderful experience. We will come again” Fran and Jim Rolino, Athens
.........“A gem” Jeanne Faber, Pennington, NJ
................“Remarkable collection. What a surprise!” Michele Atwood, Newnan
The Madison Museum of Fine Art brings art history to life and demonstrates how fine visual art can enlighten the contemporay mind and refresh the spirit. A collecting institution, the museum possesses an exceptional collection of fine art spanning over 2000 years of art history.
Visitors will find original works by renowned American and European masters including Pablo Picasso, Joseph Leyendecker, Clementine Hunter, Marguerite Wildenhain, and Salvador Dali. And informative wall cards offer intriguiing art history facts and glimpes inot the personal lives of the art masters.
The Museum also features an outstanding collection of Asian Buddhist art and artifacts that date from the 3rd and 4th centuries. These ancient works make an immediate impact on the contemporary viewer, and the serenity, poise, and introspection-- hallmarks of fine Buddhist sculpture-- are exemplified in the Museum's collection. Important works include stone sculptures from Cambodia, wooden pieces from Thailand, a fine Mahayana stone sculpture of a Bodhisattva from China, and lovely examples of Chinese and Korean porcelain.
From the African tradition, the museum presents a superb collection of African stone sculptures created by the founding fathers of the Shona sculpture movement. The sculptures, personally selected by Frank McEwen, first director of the National Gallery in Zimbabwe, toured 9 cities as a travelling exhibition organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1968/69. These charming stone "creatures" fuse animal and human features to the delight of many viewers, old and young alike.
To enhance the quality and breadth of the museum's permanent collection, the Madison Museum of Fine Art welcomes charitable donations of original works of art. For more information on how you can donate a work of art to this 501-c-3 charitable educational institution, please contact Museum Director Michele Bechtell at 760-485-4530 or mbechtell@prodigy.net.
|
