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The George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts
Museum
 The
Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College is one of
the finest college art museums in the Southeast.
Accredited by the American Association of Museums in
1981, the Cornell houses a collection of more than 6,000
objects. It is the oldest collection in Florida with the
first paintings having been given to Rollins College
more than a century ago. With important holdings in
European and American paintings, sculpture and
decorative arts, the collection ranges from the
Renaissance and Baroque periods to many fine examples of
20th
century art.
The Cornell Museum
has organized a number of powerful exhibitions in the
past several years, including Treasures of the
Cornell Fine Arts Museum, and The Independents:
The Ashcan School & Their Circle, Modern American
Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection,
Beyond the Veil: African American Artists & Their Art at
Century’s End, and Degas to Delaunay: Masterworks
from the Robert and Maurine Rothschild Family Collection.
In 2001, for the
first time in 500 years, Cosimo Rosselli (1439-1507),
painter of the Sistine Chapel and noted Renaissance
master, was honored with his own exhibition at the
Cornell Museum. The historic show featured close to 40
works from more than 20 museums and private collections
in the U.S. and Europe, including the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. Titled Cosimo Rosselli: Painter of the
Sistine Chapel, the exhibition was supported by art
scholars, curators, and museum directors internationally.
The Cornell also
hosts traveling exhibitions and other programs,
including public lectures, gallery talks, concerts,
films, and workshops for teachers and children.
Click here for more
information about the Cornell Fine Arts Museum and the latest exhibitions.
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November 19, 2004 |
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