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June 14, 2018

[Essay] Lorrie Goulet: Seventy Years Carving

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[Essay] Lorrie Goulet: Seventy Years Carving

Read more on the exhibition, Lorrie Goulet: Seventy Years Carving.

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Essays, Group 1
June 14, 2018

[Essay] The Von Wagner Code

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[Essay] The Von Wagner Code

Read more on the exhibition, The Von Wagner Code.

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March 17, 2018

[Essay] Masters of Spain: Goya and Picasso Essay

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[Essay] Masters of Spain: Goya and Picasso Essay

In keeping with our mission to offer incomparable world-class art experiences for the community, this exhibition brings to Polk County a rare showcase of work by two of the greatest Spanish painters of all time. 

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December 23, 2017

[Essay] America | American Essay

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[Essay] America | American Essay

In most official art historical accounts of American art, it is not until the 1940s that American art found and identifiable home-grown style with the advent of Abstract Expressionism.

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December 23, 2017

[Essay] Renoir: Les Études

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[Essay] Renoir: Les Études

Long a household name, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is considered to be one of the great nineteenth-century masters.

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September 30, 2017

[Essay] Faces in the Crowd

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[Essay] Faces in the Crowd

Faces in the Crowd is the second in a series of exhibitions showcasing the latest acquisitions of figurative American art in the collection of the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College (FSC).

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September 30, 2017

[Essay] The Salon Style Hang

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[Essay] The Salon Style Hang

The current exhibition, "Faces in the Crowd," is composed of a selection of the newest collection of Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College’s latest acquisitions of figurative American art. In order to display many of the works, our curatorial team choose to use the salon style hang.  But what is the origin of the salon style hang? 

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June 10, 2017

[Essay] Rembrandt's Academy

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[Essay] Rembrandt's Academy

Rembrandt van Rijn founded the most influential Academy that ever existed in the Dutch Republic (1581-1795), training dozens of painters to work in the “Rembrandtesque” manner.

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June 10, 2017

[Essay] The Figure in American Art

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[Essay] The Figure in American Art

The Figure in American Art offers but a mere introduction to the Museum’s newest works in the permanent collection.

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Essays, FSC, Group 1
March 07, 2017

[Essay] Carlton Ward: Florida Wild

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[Essay] Carlton Ward: Florida Wild

Carlton Ward’s work is part of a long history of photographers focused on raising awareness about and influencing attitudes toward issues of conservation.

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July 09, 2016

[Essay] A Sum of its Parts: Chronology of the Permanent Collection

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[Essay] A Sum of its Parts: Chronology of the Permanent Collection

Today, the Polk Museum of Art has an impressive and diverse collection of fine and decorative art. The permanent collection has nearly 2,500 objects ranging ancient to contemporary.

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April 09, 2016

[Essay] Rebels with a Cause: American Impressionist Women

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[Essay] Rebels with a Cause: American Impressionist Women

The Huntsville Museum of Art has achieved many milestones since its inception in 1970, but the acquisition of the Sellars Collection of art by American women represents a truly redefining moment.

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December 12, 2015

[Essay] Forever Young: A Retrospective

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[Essay] Forever Young: A Retrospective

Russell Young would later explain his work as addressing the theme of “fame and shame.”

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The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art

The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida

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