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51-556: In Meriden and nearby Wallingford and Middletown, the companies that were banded together to form the International Silver Company included these companies: Meriden Britannia Company , Meriden Silver Plate Co., Middletown Plate Company, C. Rogers & Brother, Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. , Simpson Nickel Company, Watrous Manufacturing Company, and the Wilcox Silver Plate Co. In Hartford,

102-496: A Herter Brothers sideboard ( c.  1881 –82) for William Henry Vanderbilt , a pair of Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass windows ( c.  1885-95 ) depicting an undersea scene and a collection of Arts and Crafts movement and early modern designs by Gustav Stickley , Charles Rohlfs , Christopher Dresser , Louis Majorelle , Frank Lloyd Wright and others. The contemporary design holdings include exceptional works by Ettore Sottsass , Zaha Hadid , Richard Meier ,

153-613: A battle scene, c. 190 AD. The museum's collections of South Asian art range from Gandharan Buddhist art of the 2nd to 4th centuries AD to the arts of the Mughal Empire in India from the 15th to the 19th century. Highlights include a 12th-century bronze Shiva Nataraja and a 10th-century sandstone representation of the god Vishnu as the boar-headed Varaha. The arts of Tibet , Nepal , and Thailand are also represented. Many important artistic trends since 1945 are represented in

204-818: A branch factory was in Hamilton, Ontario , Canada. By 1893, the company had expanded production with its floor surface covering over eight acres of space in downtown Meriden. In 1898, the Meriden Britannia Company became part of the larger International Silver Company corporation headquartered in Meriden. Afterwards, while part of ISC, many designs were produced under the Meriden Britannia brand with design trade catalogues specifying Meriden Britannia wares. Meriden Britannia Company designs are included in many museum collections, including

255-446: A celebration of the human power of creation. Objects in the museum's African collection come from West Africa and Central Africa . The objects date primarily from the 16th to the 20th centuries, although the earliest object is a Nok terracotta bust from Nigeria that dates from somewhere between 200 BC to 200 AD. Some works in the collection were created as symbols of leadership and status, while others express concepts related to

306-505: A frequent guest at La Pausa, is housed in the wing as well. Contemporary Art + Design features many works from a variety of media including, drawing painting, installations, jewelry, and design objects. The Exhibition is available from August 30, 2020, to March 7, 2021, and is a free exhibition. The work is from over 11 countries and the forms display the unique shapes of the functional and experiential sculptures. Cindy Sherman 's Exhibition took place from March 7, 2013, to June 9, 2013.

357-918: A lost masterpiece. The painting was given to the museum in 1979 by Norma and Lamar Hunt . The Dallas Museum of Art also has one of the most thorough collections of Texas art. This is in great part thanks to Jerry Bywaters, director of the DMA from to 1943 to 1964, who was also one of the Dallas Nine, an influential group of Texas artists. In addition to paintings by Bywaters, the DMA has works by Robert Jenkins Onderdonk , Julian Onderdonk , Alexandre Hogue , Clara McDonald Williamson , David Bates , Dorothy Austin, Michael Owen, and Olin Herman Travis. The Dallas Museum of Art collection of Ancient Mediterranean art includes Cycladic, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, and Apulian objects. Highlights of Egyptian art include

408-790: A more comprehensive view of the art scene for this period. The sculpture collection from the first part of the 20th century includes important works such as Constructed Head n°2 by Naum Gabo , Three men Walking by Alberto Giacometti , 1936, White Relief by Ben Nicholson , and Beginning of the World by Constantin Brâncuși (1920). The collection of works by Piet Mondrian is noteworthy, with works like The Windmill (1908), Self-Portrait (1942), and Place de la Concorde (1938–43). The museum has significant holdings of ancient American art . The collection covers more than three millennia, displaying sculptures, prints, terracotta, and gold objects. Among

459-474: A painted limestone Relief of a Procession of Offering Bearers from the Tomb of Ny-Ank-Nesut from 2575 to 2134 BC. The more extensive Greek collection includes a marble Figure of a man from a funerary relief from 300 BC, bronze sculptures, decorative objects, and gold jewelry. The art of ancient Rome is represented by a Figure of a woman from the 2nd century AD and a marble sarcophagus carved in high relief with

510-537: A permanent collection, to sponsor the work of local artists, to solicit support of the arts from individuals and businesses, and to honor citizens who support the arts.” The museum's collections started growing from this moment on. It soon became necessary to find a new permanent home. The museum, renamed the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in 1932, relocated to a new art deco facility within Fair Park in 1936, on

561-658: A precious metals trading operation in Scottsdale, with a seat that took delivery of silver bullion and silver coin contracts off of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange , The Mid America Commodity Exchange and COMEX in New York City. Charles L. Long and Leslie D. Long were the chairman and president of the new operation, while Larry Hovater was Secretary/Treasurer. At the height of the 1979-1980 silver boom where it traded above $ 50.00 per ounce,

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612-455: A sense of identity and community to the museum, acquired impressionist, abstract, and contemporary masterpieces were acquired, emphasized the Texas identity of the museum was emphasized. This identity is today represented by works by Alexandre Hogue , Olin Herman Travis, Bywaters himself, and others. The 1950s proved a tumultuous time for the DMA and Bywaters, as a local movement arose to purge

663-513: Is among the very finest of its type, with major examples by the leading firms of the last two centuries including Tiffany & Co. , Gorham Manufacturing Company , Reed & Barton , and International Silver Co. In addition to a unique solid silver dressing table (1899) made by Gorham for the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900 other highlights include a Gothic revival bed ( c.  1844 ) made for Henry Clay ,

714-583: The British Museum in London. International Silver Company designs have been exhibited in numerous museum exhibitions in the United States and abroad. For example, ISC was represented at several Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibitions during the later 1920s and 1930s including "The architect and the industrial arts: An exhibition of contemporary American design" (1929). ISC is particularly known in

765-487: The Brooklyn Museum , New York; Dallas Museum of Art ; Davis Museum at Wellesley College , MA; Jewish Museum (Manhattan) , New York; Wadsworth Atheneum , Hartford, CT; Mint Museum , Charlotte, NC; Victoria and Albert Museum, London , England; Wolfsonian-FIU , Miami Beach, FL; Yale University Art Gallery , New Haven, CT. Recent museum exhibitions featuring Meriden Britannia designs include Life, liberty, and

816-673: The Campana brothers , and a newly formed collection of jewelry. Since 2014 is Carl Otto Czeschka 's solid silver " Wittgenstein-Vitrine " a new exquisite part of the DMA-collections (1908, Wiener Werkstätte ). The Dallas Museum of Art's collection of European art starts in the 16th century. Some of the earlier works include paintings by Giulio Cesare Procaccini ( Ecce Homo , 1615–18), Pietro Paolini ( Bacchic Concert , 1630), and Nicolas Mignard ( The Shepherd Faustulus Bringing Romulus and Remus to His Wife , 1654). Art of

867-689: The 18th century is represented by artists like Canaletto ( A View from the Fondamenta Nuova , 1772), Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre ( The Abduction of Europa , 1750), and Claude-Joseph Vernet ( Mountain Landscape with Approaching Storm , 1775), Guillaume Lethière , ''Erminia and the Sheperds'', 1795 . The loan of the Michael L. Rosenberg collection brings an added depth to the museum's 18th-century French collection. The 19th and beginning of

918-550: The 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the Arts District . The new building was designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes and John MY Lee Associates , the 2007 winner of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal. The construction of the building spanned in stages over a decade. The museum collection is made up of more than 24,000 objects, dating from the third millennium BC to

969-755: The 20th century collection of French art also stands out. Among significant works in this collection are Silence by sculptor Auguste Preault , Fox in the Snow by Gustave Courbet (1860), The Seine at Lavacourt by Claude Monet (1880), I Raro te Oviri by Paul Gauguin (1891), Interior (1902), Les Marroniers ou le Vitrail (1894) by Édouard Vuillard , and The Harbor ( Le Port ), 1912, by Jean Metzinger . A growing collection of 19th and 20th century European paintings from Denmark, Fredericksborg by Moonlight Johan Christian Dahl , Belgium, Abundance by Léon Frédéric , Germany Italian Landscape by Hans Thoma , and Swiss The Halberdier by Ferdinand Hodler , offers

1020-594: The 20th century, many silver designs carry either the International Silver Company brand, or the pre-existing brand continues, or both are listed as the design maker. A founding member of the company was Senator Charles Dwight Yale , nephew of merchant William Yale and member of the Yale family . Starting in the late 1930s, ISC sponsored the Silver Theater , a radio program in Hollywood featuring many stars of

1071-669: The Hoblitzelle Collection of English and Irish silver . Two exceptional early silver objects are a cup and cover (1742) by silversmith Paul de Lamerie and a massive wine cistern (1761–62) by Abraham Portal for Francis Hastings , the 10th Earl of Huntingdon. American 18th-century furniture forms the core of the Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, featuring seating and case pieces from Boston, Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia and other regions. The internationally renowned 19th- and 20th-century American silver collection

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1122-503: The International Silver Company that are now in museum collections. These designers include Edward S. Buchko, Edward J. Conroy, Kurt Eric Christoffersen, Robert L. Doerfler, Lurelle Guild , Virginia Hamill, Lilian V. M. Helander, Garth Huxtable, Robert J. King, Alfred G. Kintz, Alphonse La Paglia, Paul Lobel, Eliel Saarinen , Curtis Rittberg, Frederick W. Stark, Jean Theobald, and Stuart A. Young. In 1979 International Silver, Ltd. (Traded as "ISLOTC" on Vancouver Stock Exchange, and traded on

1173-686: The OTC market in the United States.) was created to bring the dormant International Silver Company back from a group of licenses, hallmarks and other assets into a trading company with buying centers for scrap precious metals in Cookeville, Tennessee , Waco, Texas , and Las Vegas, Nevada , a refinery operation was opened in Scottsdale, Arizona and mining purchase operations in Tucson, Arizona and Lake Tahoe, California . The firm also owned and operated

1224-617: The award and the impression the firm made on the fair's 8 million visitors was continued by the catalogues and other intensive marketing; by the end of the 1870s Meriden Britannia Co. was considered the largest silverware company in the world." By 1891, Meriden Britannia had warerooms in New York (46 East 14th Street, Union Square ); Chicago (47 State Street ); San Francisco (134 Sutter Street); London , England (7 Cripplegate Buildings, Wood Street, E.C. ); and Paris , France (26 Avenue de l'Opéra ). The main factories were in Meriden and

1275-422: The collection are Cindy Sherman , Nic Nicosia , Thomas Struth , and Lynn Davis . When the current Museum facility opened in the mid-1980s, several artists were commissioned to create site-specific works especially for the Dallas Museum of Art: Ellsworth Kelly , Sol LeWitt , Richard Fleischner , and Claes Oldenburg with Coosje van Bruggen . In recent years, the museum has shown a strong interest in collecting

1326-822: The couple' home in France, the Villa La Pausa , where the works were originally displayed in situ . La Pausa was built by the fashion designer Coco Chanel in 1927, and some of the original furniture is kept in its context. Among the 1,400 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper Emery Reves had collected are works from leading impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modernist artists, including Paul Cézanne , Honoré Daumier , Edgar Degas , Paul Gauguin , Édouard Manet , Claude Monet , Camille Pissarro , Auguste Renoir , Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , and Vincent van Gogh . An extremely fine collection of Auguste Rodin sculptures include very fine bronze casts, rare marble like

1377-470: The cycle of life. Highlights of the collection include a Benin plaque of copper alloy over wood depicting a warrior chief, a carved wood Senufo rhythm pounder from southeastern Mali , and a Congo standing power figure studded with ritually embedded iron nails or blades. The American art collection includes paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from the United States from the colonial period to World War II , and art from Mexico, and Canada. Among

1428-865: The era and was broadcast on CBS radio. In parallel, print advertisements in LIFE and other magazines starting in 1937 featured product endorsements for ISC / 1847 Rogers Bros. silverware by several Hollywood movie actresses including Anne Baxter , Constance Bennett , Janet Blair , Virginia Bruce , Madeleine Carroll , Claudette Colbert , Joan Crawford , Linda Darnell , Olivia de Havilland , Laraine Day , Geraldine Fitzgerald , Joan Fontaine , Kay Francis , Judy Garland , Greer Garson , Paulette Goddard , Susan Howard , Veronica Lake , Carole Lombard , Myrna Loy , Mary Martin , Merle Oberon , Gail Patrick , Ginger Rogers , Shirley Ross , Rosalind Russell , Martha Scott , Ann Sheridan , Dinah Shore , Barbara Stanwyck , Risë Stevens , and Loretta Young . Actor Conrad Nagel

1479-660: The establishment in 1903 of the Dallas Art Association, which initially exhibited paintings in the Dallas Public Library . Frank Reaugh , a Texas artist, saw in the new library the opportunity to display works of art. This idea was championed by May Dickson Exall , who was the first president of the Dallas Public Library. Her intention was the following: “to offer art interest and education through exhibitions and lectures, to form

1530-494: The firm was purchasing $ 2M a week in scrap, 1000 ounce delivery bars and contracts for 90% silver coins. The firm was also trading $ 1M to $ 5M per week in precious metals contracts, with delivery primarily in Chicago. The Floor Trader for these contracts was Long brother Larry E. Long. The Connecticut plant was closed in 1981 and liquidation was completed in 1983. Meriden Britannia Company The Meriden Britannia Company

1581-601: The first version of the Sirens , a unique piece The poet and contemplative life from the Fenaille family, and even an unusual original wax piece. An extensive accompanying collection of decorative arts works includes Chinese export porcelain; European furniture; Oriental and European carpets; iron, bronze, and silver work; European glass; and rare books. Memorabilia of the Reves' friendship with English statesman Winston Churchill ,

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1632-877: The following silver companies also became part of the corporation: Barbour Silver Company, Rogers Cutlery and William Rogers Manufacturing Company. Other Connecticut companies that became part of the corporation also include Holmes & Edwards Silver Company in Bridgeport ; Derby Silver Company in Derby ; Norwich Cutlery in Norwich ; Rogers and Brothers, and Rogers and Hamilton in Waterbury . From outside New England were Manhattan Silver Plate in Lyons, New York ; and Standard Silver Company, Ltd. in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. Into

1683-480: The highlights of the collection are Duck Island (1906) by Childe Hassam , Lighthouse Hill (1927) by Edward Hopper , That Gentleman (1960) by Andrew Wyeth , Bare Tree Trunks with Snow (1946) by Georgia O'Keeffe and Razor and Watch by Gerald Murphy (1924, 1925). One of the most important pieces in the collection is The Icebergs (1861) by Frederic Edwin Church . This painting had long been referred to as

1734-500: The most exhibited ISC design objects is the space-age looking urn designed by Eliel Saarinen (1934) for Wilcox Silver Plate Co. / International Silver Company. The urn was exhibited in the exhibition St. Louis Modern (2015–16) and Cranbrook Goes to the Movies: Films and Their Objects, 1925–1975 (2014–15). Saarinen's urn has become a 20th-century Modern design icon. Over the years, several designers made Modernist designs for

1785-435: The museum by using a metal chair to smash through the museum's front entrance. He damaged four pieces of art, including three ancient Greek vases that were over 2,000 years old. The other item damaged was a ceramic bottle in the shape of a gar fish created by Native American artist. The museum's collections include more than 24,000 works of art from around the world ranging from ancient to modern times. They are conceived as

1836-529: The museum held an exhibition called The Art of Piet Mondrian and one entitled Sculpture: Twentieth Century . By the late 1970s, the greatly enlarged permanent collection and the ambitious exhibition program fostered a need for a new museum facility. Under Harry Parker's direction, the museum was able to move once again, to its current venue, at the northern edge of the city's business district (the now designated Dallas Arts District). The $ 54 million facility, designed by New York architect Edward Larrabee Barnes ,

1887-618: The museum of pieces by "communist" artists, such as Pablo Picasso, whose work was banned. In 1963, the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts merged with the Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art, whose director for the previous four years had been Douglas MacAgy. In 1964 Merrill C. Rueppel became the director of the newly merged Museum. The permanent collections of the two museums were then housed within the DMFA facility, suddenly holding significant works by Paul Gauguin , Odilon Redon , Henri Matisse , Piet Mondrian , Gerald Murphy , and Francis Bacon . In 1965,

1938-537: The museum premiered the Center for Creative Connections (also known as C3), a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m ) facility for interactive learning experiences. The center presents exhibitions featuring the museum's collections and artists’ and community partners’ responses to them. Spaces include the Art Studio, Tech Lab, Theater, and Arturo's Nest. The museum also hosts numerous community outreach programs throughout

1989-829: The museum world for its high-quality Modernist designs from 1928 into the 1960s, which were exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Art , the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and the Wolfsonian in Miami Beach, Florida in 2005–07. This exhibition highlighted many ISC design achievements, including its installation called the "Moon Room" exhibited in the Pavilion of American Interiors at the 1964 New York World's Fair from 1964 to 1965. One of

2040-452: The museum's vast collection of contemporary art , from abstract expressionism to pop and op Art , and from minimalism , and conceptualism to installation art , assemblage , and video art . Contemporary artists within the collection whose reputations are well established include Jackson Pollock , Mark Rothko , Franz Kline , Jasper Johns , Robert Rauschenberg , Bruce Nauman , and Robert Smithson . Among photographers represented in

2091-480: The occasion of the Texas Centennial Exposition . This new facility was designed by a consortium of Dallas architects in consultation with Paul Cret of Philadelphia. It is still possible to visit this building. In 1943, Jerry Bywaters , artist and Professor at Southern Methodist University , became the director of the museum, a position he held for the next twenty-one years. Bywaters gave

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2142-451: The other highlights are gold objects from Panama , Colombia and Peru and the Head of the god Tlaloc (Mexico, 14th-16th century). The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection. In 1985 the Dallas Museum of Art received a gift from Wendy Reves in honor of her late husband, the publisher Emery Reves . The Reves collection is housed in an elaborate 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m ) reproduction of

2193-419: The present day. It is known for its dynamic exhibition policy and educational programs. The Mildred R. and Frederick M. Mayer Library (the museum's non-circulating research library) contains over 50,000 volumes available to curators and the general public. With 159,000 square feet (14,800 m ) of exhibition spaces, it is one of the largest art museums in the United States. The museum's history began with

2244-704: The pursuit of happiness (2008–12) at the Yale University Art Gallery, and travelled to Louisville, KY; Seattle, WA; and Birmingham, AL. In 1994-95, Meriden Britannia was included in the Dallas Museum of Art's Silver in America, 1840-1940: A century of splendor exhibition, and in 1986-87 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 's exhibition In pursuit of beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement . In 1985, Meriden Britannia

2295-665: The retrospective survey traced Sherman's career from the mid 70s to the present, at the time of the exhibition. She is one of the most widely recognized as an important contemporary artist. The exhibition showed work from undergrad to photographic murals. Dior: From Paris to the World began May 19, 2019, and ended on October 27, 2019. Christian Dior was showcased in the exhibition along with his successors including Yves Saint Laurent , Marc Bohan , Gianfranco Ferré , John Galliano , Raf Simons , and Maria Grazia Chiuri . The exhibition consisted of 200 haute couture dresses, accessories, photographs, sketches, and runway videos. In 2008,

2346-452: The work of contemporary German artists such as Gerhard Richter , Sigmar Polke , and Anselm Kiefer . The expansive collections of Decorative Arts and Design feature over 8,000 works mostly from Europe and America in various media including furniture, ceramics, glass, textiles, and metalware. Among the earliest works in the collection are 16th-century Spanish textiles, 17th century Chinese export porcelain , and European metalware, including

2397-414: The year, including: In 2013, the Dallas Museum of Art instituted free admission and a free membership program. In September 2015, Maxwell Anderson stepped down as director, and was succeeded by Walter Elcock, president of the DMA's board. In 2021, the museum returned a 10th century statue to Nepal where it was reinstalled in the temple from which it had been looted. The museum lists 196 artworks on

2448-661: Was financed by a 1979 City bond election, together with private donations. The project was galvanized by the slogan “A Great City Deserves a Great Museum,” and the new building opened in January 1984. The DMA is part of the Monuments Men and Women Museum Network, launched in 2021 by the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art . On June 1, 2022, a man named Brian Hernandez broke into

2499-776: Was formed in 1852 in Meriden, Connecticut , as a manufacturing company focused on producing wares in britannia metal . It became, for a time, the largest silverware company in the world. By 1876, the Meriden Britannia Company had grown a great deal and the company made significant efforts at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in that year. The company won the First Place medal for plated wares. According to Sotheby's in New York , "The publicity of

2550-513: Was included in a special exhibition at the Palace of Ajuda , Lisbon, Portugal, which was organized on the occasion of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and the First Lady's visit to the city. Dallas Museum of Art The Dallas Museum of Art ( DMA ) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas , along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In

2601-599: Was the show's presenter. In 1949–50, the program continued on CBS television as The Silver Theatre . International Silver Company designs have been collected by many museums across the United States, including the Dallas Museum of Art , the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago , the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, etc. Museums overseas that have collected ISC designs includes

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