Currier Museum of Art

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The Currier Museum of Art is an internationally renowned art museum located in Manchester, New Hampshire. The Currier features European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture, including works by Picasso, Monet, O'Keeffe, Wyeth, and LeWitt with exhibitions, tours, and programs year-round. The museum also offers tours of the Frank Lloyd Wright -designed Zimmerman House -- reservations required. The Currier Museum Art Center offers studio workshops and classes for children and adults.

The Currier Museum of Art is committed to providing stimulating, diverse, and enjoyable encounters with original works of art and, in doing so, hopes to inspire the hearts, minds and imagination of its members and visitors. The museum provides the public with opportunities to learn about the past, appreciate and evaluate the present, and contemplate the future.

The Currier brings to its fundamental mission exceptional holdings of art and architecture, primarily American and European. The museum is dedicated to high standards of exhibition, preservation, research, interpretation and enhancement of this collection. Cultural and educational programs of high quality and often national significance are offered.

The Currier is determined to serve all age groups and a culturally varied audience from New Hampshire and the surrounding region. The museum aims to be a leader in developing innovative learning experiences that increase people's understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the arts and humanities. The Currier's vitality depends upon its responsiveness to changes in the arts and in society while maintaining a sound financial base on which to expand its activities.

represented artists

Josef Albers      Richard Anuszkiewicz      Jennifer Bartlett      Thomas Hart Benton      Margaret Bourke-White      Rudy Burckhardt      Alexander Calder      Frederic Edwin Church      Thomas Cole      John Singleton Copley      Charles Demuth      Agnes Denes      Mark di Suvero      Jim Dine      Arthur Dove      Thomas Eakins      Lyonel Feininger      Adolph Gottlieb      Marsden Hartley      Childe Hassam      Robert Henri      Hans Hofmann      Edward Hopper      Lotte Jacobi      André Kertész

Gaston Lachaise      Jacques Lipchitz      John Marin      Marisol      Henri Matisse      Joan Mitchell      Claude Monet      Louise Nevelson      Jules Olitski      Philip Pearlstein      Pablo Picasso      Giovanni Battista Piranesi      Maurice Prendergast      Man Ray      Mark Rothko      Georges Rouault      John Singer Sargent      Charles Sheeler      Aaron Siskind      Alfred Stieglitz      Paul Strand      Jacob van Ruisdael