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Orange Tree and Primrose
1920 by Charles Demuth
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Lee Gordon
January 16 April 11
Recent Acquisitions: Works on Paper mixes
the old and the new in one gallery, showing an eclectic mix of prints,
drawings and photographs. Acquisitions by the Fine Arts department include
engravings and etchings by 16th- and 17th-century old masters, as well
as its first prints by Paul Gauguin and Pablo Picasso.
The Contemporary Art department is challenged
by Andrew Carnegies mandate to collect the old masters of tomorrow.
The focus is on art created after 1945, made by emerging artists early
in their careers, or by artists whose careers were established in the past
half-century. Recent works by contemporaries include an enormous lithograph
by Pop artists James Rosenquist as well as work by Chuck Close and Peter
Campus.
The core collection of the Heinz Architectural
Center is based on works on paper such as drawings and photographs, and
recent acquisitions range from 18th century drawings to a digitally deconstructed
view of an office building that helps architects work with theories and
abstractions.
A Pioneering Website for Carnegie Museum of
Art
Explore Carnegie Museum of Art on-line
as never before at http://www.cmoa.org.
Informatics Studio, Inc., Pittsburgh, has created a dynamic presentation
for everything the museum offers. The cmoa.org site is large and
has many levels of information, but is easy to navigate without getting
lost. Visually lively with colors, animation, and roll overs, this site
takes on-line visitors to collection highlights such as The Chariot of
Aurora and the Impressionist collection, and also provides the latest news
about programs, activities and exhibitions such as the 1999 Carnegie International.
An interactive Timeline lets you explore cross-continental trends in
art from about 1800 to the present.
Todd Cavalier, president of Informatics
Studio, Inc., says the site is a pioneering effort among art museum websites
in its size and programming, but adherence to traditional design principles
has produced an extremely elegant electronic environment.
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(c) 1999 CARNEGIE magazine All rights
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