McDermott Art Fund
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Dallas Museum of Art entered its maturity as a cultural institution beginning in the 1960s. It was certainly no coincidence that the first year of that decade witnessed the foundation of the McDermott Art Fund, created by and named for Margaret and Eugene McDermott, whose philanthropy in Dallas is nearly without parallel. Their generosity has benefited an impressive array of cultural, educational, and healthcare organizations in Texas and elsewhere.
Foundation for the Arts
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In 1956, the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts mounted a traveling exhibition entitled Sport in Art, which had been put together by Sports Illustrated and sponsored by the United States Information Agency for display in Sydney, Australia, during the 1956 Olympics. Each of the works in the exhibition depicted a different sporting event, such as bullfighting by Francisco de Goya, boxing by George Bellows, boating
Ida and Cecil Green
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Cecil Green was English by birth but grew up in the United States and Canada, attending the University of British Columbia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From an early age, he was intellectually curious and interested in the arts and culture. These were passions he shared with his wife, Ida, who said of their long marriage, "We always worked as a team." The couple endowed many cultural institutions, from museums to libraries to universities.
Munger Fund
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Success breeds further success. This was a maxim clearly understood by Gertrude (Trudie) Terrell Munger (Mrs. Stephen I. Munger) when, in 1925, she created an endowment fund for acquisitions to benefit the permanent collection of the Dallas Art Association, the founding organization of the Dallas Museum of Art.
The John R. Young Collection
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John Young, a Dallas businessman, began in the 1970s to amass a remarkable collection of Japanese decorative arts from the Meiji period (1868-1912). Originally Mr.
A Gift of Ancient Art from Mexico
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The following excerpt was written in 2003 by Carol Robbins, the former Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Curator of the Arts of Americas and the Pacific, for the publication Dallas Museum of Art, 100 Years.
A Conversation with Margaret McDermott, by Dorothy Kosinski (2003)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following interview, between curator Dorothy Kosinski and lifelong DMA supporter Margaret McDermott, took place as part of the museum's centennial celebration.
The Ancient Mediterranean Gold Jewelry Collection
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following excerpt was written in 2003 by Dr. Anne Bromberg, The Cecil and Ida Green Curator of Ancient and Asian Art, for the publication Dallas Museum of Art, 100 years.
_Black Art—Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African-American Art_: An Interview with Jean Lacy
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
"Art Breakthrough: African-American exhibit is a triumph for city," read the caption of an editorial in the Dallas Morning News on December 5, 1989.
Don't Miss the O'Keeffe Show!
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Almost 24,000 people attended Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1986 during its first week at the Dallas Museum of Art.