Lewis deSoto, The Restoration, 2006. Photographic light box (1/3), 25 3/4 x 35 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. Crocker Art Museum Purchase, Forrest and Shirley Plant Fund with contribution from The Anorcase Foundation.JUNE 16 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

The first survey of the Museum's photography collection in more than a decade, this exhibition showcases the history and artistic development of contemporary photography. Brought to Light features works from the 19th through the 21st century, with images by artists ranging from Peter Henry Emerson to Chris McCaw. The beauty of the medium and its embrace of aesthetic, social, and conceptual concerns moves from the darkroom to the digital in this exhibition.


Sponsored By Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP 

Karen Karnes, Flower Container, 1997. Glazed stoneware, woodfired, 9 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Collection of Abel Weinrib. JUNE 23 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

For more than 60 years, Karen Karnes has been at the forefront of the studio pottery movement. Her artistic output is recognized for its understated, quietly poetic surfaces and sublime biomorphic forms. From her dramatic salt-glazed pottery of the 1960s and 70s, to her most recent sculptural vessels, Karnes consistently has challenged herself, and in doing so transformed expectations of the vessel form. She remains one of the medium's most influential working makers and a mentor to several generations of studio potters. This exhibition is her first major retrospective and will highlight 69 masterworks from this pioneering artist.

 

A Chosen Path: The Ceramic Art of Karen Karnes is supported in part by a grant from The Windgate Charitable Trust Foundation.

Willem van Bemmel, Landscape with an Artist Sketching, n.d. Black chalk on beige laid paper, laid down to beige laid secondary support, 6 1/8 x 7 15/16 in. Crocker Art Museum, E. B. Crocker Collection.SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 - JANUARY 6, 2013

Featuring works by artists as diverse as Herman van Swanevelt and Camille Corot, this exhibition celebrates the beauty of landscape drawings from the major European schools. Spanning four centuries, this exhibition traces the historical context of landscapes from Dutch and Flemish works, including fine sheets by Anthonie van Waterloo and Willem van Bemmel, through 17th-century Italian and 19th-century German and French works. Works from 18th- and 19th-century Germany, which represent the height of landscape drawing and are one of the collection's major strengths, will also be highlighted. 

Unknown artist, Vasudhara, Nepal, 12th century. Gilt bronze, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. Crocker Art Museum Purchase.OCTOBER 20, 2012 - FEBRUARY 10, 2013

The Newars of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal are renowned for their skill as artisans, creating both Buddhist and Hindu sculptures and paintings. While they were influenced by Indian Pala art of the period, their workmanship was sought for inclusion in Tibetan monasteries. This exhibition will include approximately 40 bronzes, manuscript paintings, ritual objects, and stone sculpture drawn from private California collections and the collection of the Crocker Art Museum. 

Norman Rockwell, Triple Self-Portrait, 1959. Oil on canvas, 44 1/2 x 34 1/3 in. Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 13, 1960. ©1960 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. From the permanent collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum.NOVEMBER 10, 2012 - FEBRUARY 3, 2013

This exhibition celebrates the full range of Norman Rockwell's artwork, including rarely circulated works from the collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Included in the presentation are original oil paintings of some of his most famous illustrations, drawings, war bond posters, and numerous covers that Rockwell created for The Saturday Evening Post over nearly five decades. In addition to the artworks on view, personal correspondence and archival photographs offer insight into the life of one of the country's most beloved illustrators.

Organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

American Chronicles has been made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Masterpieces Program.

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Supporting Sponsor: Hanson Bridgett LLP

Publication support has been provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Media sponsorship has been provided by the Curtis Publishing Company and by Norman Rockwell Estate Licensing Company.

Conservation support provided by the Stockman Family Foundation.