How are you?
The 4th place I would like to
introduce for this week is Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States.
The Barnes Foundation is an art
collection and educational institution that promotes the appreciation of art
and horticulture. Its founder, Philadelphia-born Albert C. Barnes, made his
fortune by co-developing Argyrol used to combat gonorrhea and inflammations of the
eye, ear, nose, and throat.
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| Albert C. Barnes |
In 1922, he founded the Barnes
Foundation to teach people how to look art. Today, the foundation owns more
than 4,000 objects, including more than 900 paintings, estimated to be worth
about $25 billion. They are primarily works of Impressionist,
Post-Impressionist, and Modernist artists, but also include paintings by
leading European and American artists, African art, antiques from China, Egypt,
and Greece and Native American art.
In 2012, to better serve Barnes’s educational mission, the Foundation moved to a new building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The works of Modigliani currently
in the possession of The Barnes Foundation are as follows.
Thank you.
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