Dayton Art Institute
 Dayton Art Institute, exterior view |
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| place | Dayton (Ohio) |
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| architect | Edward Brodhead Green |
| opening | 1930 |
| Number of visitors (annually) | 300,000 (2007) |
| management |
Michael R. Roediger
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| Website | |
The Dayton Art Institute (DAI) is an art museum in Dayton , Ohio, in the United States of America . Among other things, it is known for its collection of Italian Renaissance art, but today it shows a wide range of objects from art and civilization from the last 5,000 years in permanent and special exhibitions. It is ranked among the leading museums in the United States. In 2007 more than 300,000 visitors visited the museum.
History and construction
In 1919 the forerunner institution, the Dayton Museum of Fine Art , was founded. This was located in a building in downtown Dayton and was then able to move to the newly built Edward B. Green building in 1930 . Two buildings from the Italian Renaissance, the casino, a small, habitable summer house in the gardens of the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola , are the models for the design of the building ; the entrance to the museum is modeled on the stairs of the Villa d'Este near Tivoli near Rome. The museum was renamed the Dayton Art Institute to highlight the growing importance of its museum-affiliated educational institutions.
The building is on the National Register of Historic Places , a list of architecturally significant structures in the United States.
Museum management
Janice Driesbach has been the director of the Dayton Art Institute since January 2008.
Famous works
- Scene in Yosemite Valley , Albert Bierstadt
- The Song of The Nightingale , William Adolphe Bouguereau
- Aurora Red Ikebana with Bright Yellow Stems , Dale Chihuly
- After the Bath , Edgar Degas
- High noon , Edward Hopper
- Allegory of the Four Seasons , Bartolomeo Manfredi
- Study Heads of an Old Man , Peter Paul Rubens
- Stacks in Celebration , Charles Sheeler
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top art museum , accessed July 2009
- ↑ Attendance fact sheet ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 374 kB), accessed April 2010
- ↑ Dayton art museum history ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2003 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed 2009
Coordinates: 39 ° 45 ′ 57 ″ N , 84 ° 12 ′ 4 ″ W.