Richmond, VA, 23284
804-828-1522
URL : http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/gallery
overview : Located in the heart of Richmond, Virginia, the Anderson Gallery is an important educational and cultural resource for the local, national and international community. The Anderson Gallery is the Museum of the Arts of Virginia Commonwealth University and is a part of the School of the Arts of VCU. With over 2,000 students and 135 full-time faculty, the School of the Arts is one of the largest art schools in the United States. Since 1971, the Anderson Gallery has become one of the most important venues for contemporary art in the Southeast. In addition to presenting important exhibitions, publications and lecture series, the Anderson Gallery is known for its extensive permanent collection.
collections : With more than 2,500 objects, the permanent collection is an important educational resource for the School of the Arts and VCU as well as for other museums, galleries and art institutions .. The Gallery is proud to own one of sixty known impressions of Vincent Van Gogh's etching, Portrait of Dr. Gachet , 1890. It is documented to be the only etching Van Gogh ever created. Additionally, the Gallery has photographic portfolios by such artists as Robert Doisneau, Elliot Erwitt, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Edouard Boubat and Larry Clark. The Gallery is also known to be an important resource for its print collections with holdings by such artist as Albrecht Durer, Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt, Winslow Homer, Honore Daumier, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Philip Pearlstein, William Wegman, Robert Estes, Andy Warhol and a very important color lithograph by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.
hours (subject to change) : Tues - Fri 10am - 5pm Sat/Sun 1pm - 5pm .. (summer hours) Tues - Sat 1pm - 5pm
topics : contemporary art
