Des Moines Art Center
The Des Moines Art Center is an art museum in Des Moines, Iowa. Opened in 1948, it includes an extensive collection of paintings , sculptures, and mixed media .
The artists in the collection include Edward Hopper , Jasper Johns , Andy Warhol , Henri Matisse , Claude Monet , Francis Bacon , Georgia O'Keeffe , Gerhard Richter , Claes Oldenburg , Mary Cassatt , Auguste Rodin , Grant Wood , Deborah Butterfield , Paul Gauguin , Eva Hesse , Ronnie Landfield , Roy Lichtenstein , George Segal , Mark Rothko , John Singer Sargent , Joseph Cornell and Takashi Murakami .
Eliel Saarinen designed the original grand piano in 1945 (completed in 1948). The first extension, originally intended for large-format sculptures, was designed by IM Pei in 1966 (completed in 1968). Richard Meier designed the third wing , completed in 1985.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum History . Des Moines Art Center. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 18, 2009.
Coordinates: 41 ° 35 ′ 1.7 " N , 93 ° 40 ′ 53.4" W.