Photo: Everett Shinn (American, 1876–1953) Ballerina, 1911–12, Oil on canvas, 31 x 27 in. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Museum purchase from the Beaux Arts Society Fund for Acquisitions, 1971.018
Looking for something playful? Eclectic? Kitschy? Beaux Arts at 75 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) encompasses all this and more in this one-of-a-kind collection.
In this original exhibition, the museum presents long-standing favorites next to rarely seen gems.
Pieces that comprise Beaux Arts 75 were acquired by the museum thanks to the proceeds from the annual Beaux Arts Ball. The Beaux Arts Ball was first held in 1945 and that year raised $2,500 to fund the museum’s operating fund. To date the organization has donated over $1 million for art acquisitions at the museum.
The collection includes pieces by America’s famed Ashcan School artists, works by American Impressionists, later-generation Surrealists and Magical Realists, along with Postmodernists, Pop Art and American abstraction.
Beaux Arts at 75 runs through April 21, 2021.
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