ArtBreak: Meet the Collection

Meet the Collection 

Hidden in storage and out on loan, M&G’s European Old Masters have been sorely missed during Museum & Gallery's preparation to move. Whether this is your first introduction to the collection or a reunion with old friends, come to hear from nationally recognized, engaging specialists from across the country as they introduce the richness and renown of the internationally respected Bob Jones Collection. It’s time for Greenville to meet… its Collection!

Tuesday, October 15: Going for Baroque: Collecting 17th-century Paintings in 20th-century America

Location: Davis Room, Dining Common on the campus of Bob Jones University

American collectors loom large in the revival of “Baroque pictures.” Despite the international artistic sensations in the 17th century of artists like Guido Reni, Luca Giordano and Rembrandt, by the Victorian era critics like John Ruskin eviscerated their reputations. Specialist Richard Townsend will look at the extraordinary people who saw past these prejudices and made extraordinary discoveries—and found extraordinary value—at auction and with dealers. Townsend will examine legendary collectors such as John Ringling the circus king, museum directors William Valentiner and Chick Austin, construction magnate Luis Ferre, robber barons and financiers like Henry Clay Frick and J. Paul Getty and of course, Bob Jones Jr.