CHRYSLER
MUSEUM OF ART
One Memorial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510
(757) 664-6200, http://www.chrysler.org
The Chrysler Museum of Art
is a distinguished mid-sized
art museum with a nationally
recognized collection of
more than 30,000 objects,
including one of the great glass
collections in America. The
core of the Chrysler’s collection
comes from Walter P. Chrysler
Jr., an avid art collector who
donated thousands of objects
from his private collection
to the museum. Today, the
Chrysler’s holdings include
works by Georgia O’Keeffe,
Edward Hopper, Harvey K.
Littleton and many others.
The Chrysler’s Perry
Glass Studio is adjacent
to the museum and offers
programming for aspiring and
master artists alike in a variety
of processes. The studio has
also cultivated a reputation for
its free noon demonstrations
Tuesday through Friday,
cutting-edge performance
evenings and Visiting Artist
Series that welcomes masters
from around the world.In addition, the museum
administers two historic
houses in downtown Norfolk:
the Moses Myers House and
the Willoughby-Baylor House,
as well as the Jean Outland
Chrysler Library on the campus
of Old Dominion University.
The Museum mounts an
ambitious schedule of visiting
exhibitions and educational
programs each season. Through
April 28 is Chaos and Awe:
Painting for the 21st Centuryorganized by the Frist Art
Museum that surveys art from
around the world that connects
the history of the sublime with
contemporary ideas. Visitors
can see works by Thomas
Moran, Charles Demuth,
Andrew Wyeth, Marguerite
Zorach and many others in
Watercolor: An American
Medium through June 23.
Organized by the Chrysler
Museum of Art, the exhibition
chronicles the height of theAmerican watercolor movement
with works from its collection
and holdings from collectors in
the community.
Other exhibitions include
Eric Carle: Moonlit Nights &
Other Illustrations, on view
June 14 to September 8, and
in the fall, the first in a series
of large, Chrysler-curated
exhibitions, Thomas Jefferson,
Architect: Palladian Models,
Democratic Principles and the
Conflict of Ideal.1231
Chrysler Museum of Art,
Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho,
ca. 1875, watercolor on paper
board, by Thomas Moran (1837-
1926). Gift of Hugh Gordon
Miller, 60.52.47. On view in
Watercolor: An American Medium.2
Chrysler Museum of Art,
Landscape with a Temple,
ca. 1765-1800, oil on canvas,
by Hubert Robert (1733-1808).
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler Jr. 81.1.
On view in Thomas Jefferson,
Architect: Palladian Models,
Democratic Principles, and the
Conflict of Ideals.3
The Chrysler Museum of Art
features more than 50 galleries.
Photo by Ed Pollard, museum
photographer.118 http://www.AmericanArtCollector.com
DESTINATION WASHINGTON, D.C., & THE MIDATLANTIC STATES