The tobin collection of theatre arts at the mcnay art museum. Contemporary art is the art of our lifetimethe art being made now and about this moment. It is pleasure on this scale that we have wanted to afford in modern art, a book that for more than twentyfive years has provided many thousands of college students and generally interested readers with their first wellrounded engagement with what we know as modern art. In 1950 marion koogler mcnay bequeathed more than 700 works of art, a 1929 spanish colonialrevival estate designed by san antonio architects atlee and robert ayres, and her fortune to establish the first modern art museum in texas. Mcnay art museum san antonio 2020 all you need to know. Jan 15, 2020 the mcnay art museum in san antonio owns van gogh and rivera as well. What a wonderful surprise to find art from the 1400s to modern shown in this beautiful home. The marion koogler mcnay art institute, a museum of modern. Visit the mcnay art museum red mccombs superior hyundai. As you explore, you can trace the development of new styles and techniques over the years, as exhibited by. Marion koogler mcnay 7 february 1883 april 1950, was an american painter,art collector, and art teacher who inherited a substantial oil fortune upon the death of her parents.
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The mcnay has several permanent collections of modern and contemporary art, with special divisions for american, european, and theatre arts. To access the images, click on the art tab the top of the homepage, then click on collection. She later willed her fortune to be used to establish san antonios first museum of modern art, which today bears her name. The mcnay art museum, founded in 1954 in san antonio, is the first modern art museum in the u. Visit mcnay art museum on your trip to san antonio or. Becoming the mcnay ohioborn heiress marion koogler first visited san antonio in 1918, shortly after her marriage to sergeant don denton mcnay, who was called to active duty in laredo, texas. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Mcnay, sama and ruby city among san antonio museums.
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