About the Collection The Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College opened its doors in 1975, originally to house 350 paintings, watercolors and drawings of Indochina by the French Academic artist Jean Despujols, created between 1936-1938. © Fine Art Connoisseur is a Trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc. Friday Virtual Gallery Walk for August 21, 2020, Friday Virtual Gallery Walk for October 9, 2020, The Tradition of Russia’s Academic Masters, Continued, 37th Annual Roundup Art Exhibition and Sale. The Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport[2] is charged with the collection, conservation, preservation and interpretation of visual art works of museum quality. Please note that the University Art Collection is not yet accessible through the Museum's website. The core of the Meadows Museum's collection was assembled by its founder, Algur H. Meadows. The museum's collection of Spanish art and the galleries for its display were a gift to Southern Methodist University from Algur H. Meadows, a Dallas businessman and founder of the General American Oil Company of Texas. In “A Baby Rolling Over,” Querol depicts a milestone event in the life of the young child, the moment when they learned how to roll over. Paintings . The museum currently occupies a neo-Palladian building completed in 2001 and dedicated in a ceremony that included King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain. Tel: 214.768.2516. Welcome to the Pitt Meadows Museum and Archives The Pitt Meadows Museum is made up of two sites, the Old General Store and the Hoffmann and Son Machine Shop, across Harris Road from each other just to the south of the C.P.R. “Portrait of Christopher Columbus” was commissioned by the historian and philosopher Juan Bautista Muñoz, who was tasked with writing a comprehensive history of the Spanish conquest and colonization of the Americas and asked Maella to create a drawing of Christopher Columbus to serve as the design for the cover. Fine Art Today - free weekly art newsletter, Fine Art Magazine - subscribe to print / digital editions, Plein Air Today - free weekly plein air art newsletter, American Watercolor Weekly - free weekly watercolor art newsletter, Figurative Art Convention & Expo - exchange ideas, learn from great masters, and improve your painting skills, Phone: (561) 655-8778 Click any image below to begin browsing through the Meadows Museum collection. Mr. Meadows subsequently began to collect Spanish art and in 1962, after the passing of his wife, Virginia, he donated his original acquisitions as well as funds for a museum to house them at Southern Methodist University. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. [11][12] Despujols had previously served as an art professor at Fontainebleau Academy in France in the early 20th century. This acquisition is the second work by Camarón to enter the Meadows Museum collection; it joins another drawing, “The Madonna and Child in Glory Surrounded by Saints and Putti.” This work is part of a lot of five drawings purchased together from De la Mano Gallery, Madrid, Spain. The Meadows Museum of Art was established at Centenary College of Louisiana in 1975 on the occasion of the College's 150th anniversary. The museum was made possible by a gift from Algur H. Meadows, a Centenary alumnus. Subscribe to Fine Art Today, from the publishers of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine. The other side of the sheet features small sketches that seem to have been completed more quickly than those on the front, which have not yet been matched with finished works by the artist, thus presenting an opportunity for further study. In 1951, National Geographic Magazine included twenty-one paintings from the Collection in their article "Portrait of Indochina. Use "Search the Collections" to look for a specific artwork or artist. Review Highlights “Small museum on the Centenary … A 2013 exhibition titled Sorolla & America features paintings by the Spanish impressionist Joaquin Sorolla. non-SMU students – $4; José Camarón Bonanat (or Boronat) was a Spanish draftsman, painter, and printmaker who was one of the most esteemed artists in Valencia during the second half of the eighteenth century. The front side of this sheet features three highly finished drawings of cartouches. Modern and Contemporary Artists. search. José Camarón Bonanat (or Boronat) (Spanish, 1731–1803), “Cartouches for the Map of the Archbishopric of Valencia [recto]/Models for various bookplates and a small sketch for a scene with a sword shop [verso],” 1761.