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55-597: The Eskenazi Museum of Art opened in 1941 in a gallery space in Mitchell Hall under the newly appointed head of the Department of Fine Arts, Henry Radford Hope . The first exhibition, Sixteen Brown County Painters , opened on November 21, 1941. The catalog for the event contained a statement describing the goals of the gallery at the time: “The purpose of the Art Center Gallery… is to bring temporary loan exhibitions to

110-413: A $ 500,000 award. Adelheid Gealt retired from the museum at the end of June 2015, at which point David A. Brenneman became the museum's Wilma E. Kelley Director. In 2016, the museum received a major gift of $ 15 million from Indianapolis-based philanthropists Sidney and Lois Eskenazi to fund a full renovation of the museum's I.M. Pei-designed building. The museum was renamed in their honor in recognition of

165-688: A 1912 commission for a monument to Cézanne , as well as numerous war memorials commissioned after World War I . Maillol served as a juror with Florence Meyer Blumenthal in awarding the Prix Blumenthal (1919–1954) a grant awarded to painters, sculptors, decorators, engravers, writers, and musicians. He made a series of woodcut illustrations for an edition of Vergil 's Eclogues published by Harry Graf Kessler in 1926–27. He also illustrated Daphnis and Chloe by Longus (1937) and Chansons pour elle by Paul Verlaine (1939). He died in Banyuls at

220-523: A few years his concentration on sculpture led to the abandonment of his work in tapestry. In July 1896, Maillol married Clotilde Narcis, one of his employees at his tapestry workshop. Their only son, Lucian, was born that October. Maillol's first major sculpture, A Seated Woman , was modeled after his wife. The first version (in the Museum of Modern Art , New York) was completed in 1902, and renamed La Méditerranée . Maillol, believing that "art does not lie in

275-412: A return to classical simplicity and purity. This approach resonated with artists like Henry Moore , who cited Maillol as an early influence on his own move toward abstraction and monumentality. Moore admired the way Maillol's work avoided excessive detail, allowing the essential form of the human body to take precedence. In his 1941 writings, Moore stated, "Maillol's influence was important to me because of

330-418: A standard for European (and American) figure sculpture until the end of World War II . Josep Pla said of Maillol, "These archaic ideas, Greek, were the great novelty Maillol brought into the tendency of modern sculpture. What you need to love from the ancients is not the antiquity, it is the sense of permanent, renewed novelty, that is due to the nature and reason." His important public commissions include

385-703: Is a copy of an original created for the French city of Saint-Germain-en-Laye , Claude Debussy 's birthplace. During the German occupation of France , dozens of artworks by Maillol were seized by the Nazi looting organization known as the E.R.R. or Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce . The Database of Art Objects at the Jeu de Paume lists thirty artworks by Maillol. The German Lost Art Foundation database lists 33 entries for Maillol. The German Historical Museum 's database for artworks recovered by

440-405: Is labeled with sign: Wiesbaden, no. 31." Jewish art collectors whose artworks by Maillol were looted by Nazis include Hugo Simon , Alfred Flechtheim and many others. Aristide Maillol's work has had a profound and enduring impact on both modern and contemporary art , particularly within the realms of sculpture , the representation of the human body, and the revival of classical forms in

495-915: The Advancing Women Artists Foundation (AWA) in 2009, it has carried out several restoration projects for drawings, paintings, and sculptures by women artists in Florence from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries including Dominican convent painter Suor Plautilla Nelli at the San Salvi's Last Supper Museum, eighteenth-century Florentine poet-painter Irene Parenti Duclos at the Accademia Gallery and nineteenth-century French sculptor Félicie de Fauveau in Santa Croce , and Santa Maria del Carmine . The foundation also sponsors exhibitions, conference, seminars, books, and documentaries to promote

550-686: The Indianapolis Museum of Art — nominated her for the Accessibility Award, for her leadership and financial support of the museum's accessibility program. In 2008, Dr. Fortune also received the ‘Spirit of Philanthropy Award’ from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis. In 2013, the documentary, Invisible Women: Forgotten Artists of Florence , based on her 2009 book by

605-766: The Jane Fortune Gallery, featuring European and American art through the 18th century; the Modern and Contemporary gallery, featuring European and American art from the 19th century on; the Ancient, Asian, and Islamic Art gallery; and the Raymond and Laura Wielgus Gallery of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Art of the Americas. In addition to the permanent collections galleries, the museum has three gallery spaces for rotating exhibitions:

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660-532: The National Coalition Against Censorship called on the university and museum to reinstate the exhibition, and Halaby's supporters created a petition asking the president of the university to do so. Michigan State University 's Broad Art Museum said in a statement that they will still host the exhibition in June 2024 as originally planned. The museum features four permanent collections galleries:

715-871: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . She was the founder of the same organization's Special Needs Program that resulted in the establishment of the Women's Board Endowed Scholarship at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, a scholarship for persons with disabilities to attend the PAFA art school. She endowed the Jane Fortune Outstanding Women Visiting Artist Lecture at Herron School of Art and Design. Past lecturers have been Eleanor Antin, Maria Magdalena Compos-Pons, Judy Chicago, Judith Shea, Audrey Flack, Betty Woodman, and Polly Apfelbaum. She

770-459: The 20th century. His restrained, monumental approach to the female figure influenced numerous artists, sparking discussions about form, abstraction, and the essence of sculpture itself. One of Maillol's most significant contributions was his rejection of the exaggerated dynamism that characterized much of late 19th-century sculpture , notably the work of his contemporary, Auguste Rodin . Maillol's figures, with their serene and stable forms, marked

825-514: The 70-foot freestanding tower, and the 40-foot tube within the atrium of the museum. The Light Totem also illuminates the wall of the Art Museum with a computerized display of changing colors. Each of the lighted sections can be programmed to project any color and change color up to every tenth of a second. The entire display uses only 3,000 watts of electricity, about the amount used when a hair dryer and toaster are running simultaneously, according to

880-697: The Allies at the Munich Central Collecting Point has 13 items related to Maillol. Maillol's sculpture "Head of Flora" was found in the stash of Cornelius Gurlitt , son of Hitler's art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt together with lithographs, drawings and paintings. A photograph from May 24, 1946, shows "Six men, members of the Monuments, Fine Arts & Archives section of the military, prepare Aristide Maillol's sculpture Baigneuse à la draperie , looted during World War II for transport to France. Sculpture

935-439: The Art Museum to grow the collection. In 1968, Hope hired Thomas T. Solley as the museum's Assistant Director. Solley became Director in 1971 after Hope retired. Solley, a trained architect, was perfectly suited to start the process of establishing a separate building for the art museum. Wanting an architect with museum-design experience, Solley and the university gave the project to I.M. Pei and Partners in 1974. Completed in 1982,

990-619: The City (The Florentine Press, 2007). The book's second edition, reprinted three years later with 13 additional chapters, is entitled To Florence, Con Amore: 90 Ways to Love the City (The Florentine Press, 2011). Fortune's subsequent books, documentaries, and essays were influenced largely by her efforts to safeguard and promote art by women artists. Her book, Invisible Women: Forgotten Artists of Florence (2009), documents women painters in Florence and their thousands of works on display or in storage, many of which are in need of restoration. In 2009,

1045-704: The Elder , Emanuel de Witte , Bernardo Strozzi , and Jean Louis Laneuville , among others. There are also 19th century European paintings by Jean-Léon Gérôme , Charles Daubigny , Gustave Caillebotte ("Yerres, Rain Effect"), and Claude Monet ("Port of Argentieul") among others. The museum has education programs where schools in 51 of the 90 counties in Indiana participate, allowing a reach of about 7,000 students per year. The museum partners with 55 different university academic departments to provide curriculum-based tours for students at

1100-469: The Eskenazi Museum of Art announced that a contemporary art installation by British designer Paul Cocksedge had been installed in the renovated café space. The installation, titled A Gust of Wind , is made up of satin-finish acrylic cast into sheets made to resemble paper. They are suspended from the ceiling and give the appearance of a cloud of sheets of white paper blowing into the museum's Atrium from

1155-577: The Italian nonprofit organization, The Florence Committee of the National Museum for Women in the Arts. In 2006, under Fortune's leadership, The Florence Committee funded the restoration a painting in the San Marco Museum , Lamentation with Saints , a large-scale Renaissance painting by Suor Plautilla Nelli , Florence's earliest recognized woman painter to that date. In 2008, her quest continued with

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1210-716: The Special Exhibitions gallery; the Time-based Media Gallery, which focuses on film, new media, and similar types of art; and the Rhonda and Anthony Moravec Gallery in the Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Center. In the museum's Ancient, Asian, and Islamic Art gallery, ancient Chinese porcelains, Japanese paintings, classical Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases, bronzes, and mosaics are on display. The Burton Y. Berry Collection of Ancient Jewelry consists of 5,000 pieces from across

1265-551: The achievements of historic women artists, in addition to safeguarding their work. The foundation sponsors an honors program, 'The Nelli Awards', dedicated to recognizing modern-day women working in Florence, including women curators, artists, and restorers. In 2010, Fortune established the Jane Fortune Research Program at the Medici Archive Project in Florence, for finding new archival documents regarding

1320-518: The age of eighty-two, in an automobile accident. While driving home during a thunderstorm, the car in which he was a passenger skidded off the road and rolled over. A large collection of Maillol's work is maintained at the Musée Maillol in Paris , which was established by Dina Vierny , Maillol's model and platonic companion during the last 10 years of his life. His home a few kilometers outside Banyuls, also

1375-441: The ancient world. Works by German and Austrian Expressionists August Macke , Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , Alexej von Jawlensky , Max Beckmann , and Emil Nolde , along with early modern European and American masters such as Fernand Léger , Marcel Duchamp , Georges Braque , and Kurt Schwitters , are in the museum's collection. American abstract artists such as Stuart Davis , Frank Stella , and Joseph Cornell are also featured in

1430-477: The artist. Students often can be seen lying on their backs with their feet up on the wall, watching the colors change. Aristide Maillol Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol ( French: [mɑjɔl] ; December 8, 1861 – September 27, 1944) was a French sculptor, painter, and printmaker . He began his career as a painter and developed an early interest in the decorative arts. He became primarily interested in sculpture from his early 40s. Maillol

1485-497: The atrium. The other space is used for offices, gift shop, storage, and the outdoor Sculpture Terrace. The Luzetta and Del Café and Gift Shop, located on the second floor of the Eskenazi Museum of Art, sells an array of art-inspired products for guests to purchase, along with a selection of food and beverage options. The Newkirk Café has indoor seating, as well as outdoor seating located on the Sculpture Terrace. In August 2019,

1540-510: The body. The French-Lebanese contemporary artist Oliver Aoun incorporated Maillol's sculptures into his project Lisa Rediviva (2012), which juxtaposes classical representations of the female form with fragmented images of the Mona Lisa . Aoun 's work engaged with the legacy of Western iconography, questioning the colonial and patriarchal structures embedded within these revered forms. In reinterpreting Maillol's figures, Oliver Aoun critiqued

1595-564: The book was presented to the Uffizi Library. This volume was followed up in 2012 by a guidebook she co-authored with Linda Falcone, which describes where to view artworks by women artists in the public collections of Florence: Art by Women in Florence: A Guide through Five Hundred Years (The Florentine Press, 2012). In 2005, with the goal of raising awareness about the achievements of women artists and protecting their artworks, Fortune founded

1650-763: The calm and permanence that his figures suggest, as well as his return to classical balance and volume." </ref> Additionally, Hans Arp , a Dadaist and Surrealist artist, found inspiration in Maillol's organic forms, which he believed offered a “timeless universality.” Arp 's abstracted, rounded sculptures share a kinship with Maillol's pursuit of essential, elemental forms, though Arp pushed these ideas further into abstraction. Art historians such as Hilton Kramer and Albert Elsen have extensively discussed Maillol's unique place in modern sculpture. Kramer remarked that Maillol's works possess an "elemental calm" and reflect an anti-Romantic sentiment, contrasting sharply with

1705-455: The campus so that students may have an opportunity to study and see original works of art. Examples of diverse character will be brought to this gallery in order to show the multiple aspects of art both past and present.” Establishing a permanent collection did not come to fruition until after World War II. In 1955, art collectors James and Marvelle Adams gave Indiana University a terracotta bust by Aristide Maillol , which inspired Hope to revive

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1760-453: The copying of nature", produced a second, less naturalistic version in 1905. In 1902, the art dealer Ambroise Vollard provided Maillol with his first exhibition. The subject of nearly all of Maillol's mature work is the female body, treated with a classical emphasis on stable forms. The figurative style of his large bronzes is perceived as an important precursor to the greater simplifications of Henry Moore , and his serene classicism set

1815-430: The emotional intensity of Rodin . Elsen, in his study of Maillol's work, argued that his influence can be seen in the development of modernist sculpture , particularly through his focus on the essential harmony of form and space, a concept that paved the way for mid-century minimalism . In more recent decades, Maillol's sculptures have continued to inspire contemporary artists exploring themes of memory, identity, and

1870-602: The exhibit due to concerns about guaranteeing the integrity of the exhibit for its duration," but Halaby told the Times that before the cancelation the museum's director had informed her of staff members' concerns over her social media posts in support of Palestinian causes and her comparing of the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war to genocide . Several free expression organizations, including PEN America and

1925-481: The formative years of the museum, the late 1950s, 60s, and 70s, gifts to the museum accumulated rapidly. The museum moved into the gallery space in the newly built Fine Arts building on campus, right next to the auditorium, in 1962. Encouraged by then-University Chancellor Herman B Wells , the Board of Trustees of the university started budgeting a small amount for the museum each year, with additional special allocations for

1980-489: The gift. In May 2017, the museum closed for renovation. The renovation was completed in 2019, and the museum reopened to the public in November that year. In late 2023, the museum canceled a planned retrospective exhibition of Palestinian artist Samia Halaby , a 1963 graduate of the university's MFA program. A university spokesperson told The New York Times in early 2024 that "academic leaders and campus officials canceled

2035-423: The goal to create a permanent collection for an art museum at Indiana University. The William Lowe Bryan Memorial Fund, a fund initiated by James Adams in honor of the university's tenth president and in support for the blooming museum, financed almost all of the museum's acquisitions in the early years. Hope also contributed to the museum, giving a number of important works including Pablo Picasso's The Studio . In

2090-482: The history of women artists, assisting study of this material by scholars, and mentoring young scholars in the field. In 2008, with co-founder Robert Hesse, Fortune established the Indianapolis City Ballet (ICB), a nonprofit organization that supports ballet performances with international dancers from ballet companies from several countries and master classes with these dancers in Indianapolis. Fortune

2145-493: The influence of his contemporaries Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Paul Gauguin . Gauguin encouraged his growing interest in decorative art, an interest that led Maillol to take up tapestry design. In 1893 Maillol opened a tapestry workshop in Banyuls, producing works whose high technical and aesthetic quality gained him recognition for renewing this art form in France. He began making small terracotta sculptures in 1895, and within

2200-504: The museum together. Following the museum's renovation, four new learning were established to teach about the museum and its collection. These are the Center for Conservation, the Center for Curatorial Studies, the Center for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, and the Kimberly and John Simpson Center for Education. The building, designed by I.M. Pei and Partners, was completed in 1982. The museum

2255-428: The museum's collection. The works-on-paper collection includes major works by Albrecht Dürer , Rembrandt van Rijn , and Francisco Goya . The photography collection includes the archives of Henry Holmes Smith , Art Sinsabaugh , and Jeffrey A. Wolin . There are also European Old Master paintings by Niccolo di Buonaccorso , Apollonio di Giovanni , Taddeo Gaddi , Vittore Crivelli , Felipe Vigarny , Gerard Terborch

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2310-490: The outdoor Sculpture Terrace entrance. The Light Totem installation at the Eskenazi Museum of Art was completed in 2007. It was commissioned as a temporary installation to celebrate the 25–year anniversary of the Eskenazi Museum of Art building. Due to its popularity with the campus and community, Light Totem was approved by the Board of Trustees to become a permanent fixture outside the museum in 2010. Artist Robert Shakespeare used LEDs ( light-emitting diodes ) to illuminate both

2365-548: The research, restoration , and exhibition of art by women in Florence , Italy. Fortune was the cultural editor of The Florentine , an English-language newspaper in Tuscany , in which she appeared as a regular art and culture columnist from the newspaper's founding in 2005 until her death in 2018. Her original column, Mosaics (2005–2008), led to her writing a guidebook on the culture of Florence, To Florence, Con Amore: 77 Ways to Love

2420-487: The restoration of David and Bathsheba by seventeenth-century Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi . Following up on these achievements, but wishing to work on a broader scope, in 2009, Fortune founded the American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Advancing Women Artists Foundation (AWA), dedicated to researching, restoring, and exhibiting art work by women artists, particularly in Florence, Italy. Since Fortune founded

2475-706: The same title, was awarded a regional Emmy Award as Best Documentary in the Historical/Cultural Program Category. In 2013, for her work in Florence she received the Tuscan-American Association Award. This award, presented annually at Florence's Palazzo Vecchio , honors an American and an Italian for their contributions to the culture of Florence. Past awardees include Andrea Bocelli , Zubin Mehta , and Franco Zeffirelli . Fortune died at her home in Indianapolis on September 23, 2018, at

2530-613: The site of his final resting place, has been turned into a museum, the Musée Maillol Banyuls-sur-Mer , where a number of his works and sketches are displayed. Three of his bronzes grace the grand staircase of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City: Summer (1910–11), Venus Without Arms (1920), and Kneeling Woman: Monument to Debussy (1950–55). The third, the artist's only reference to music,

2585-424: The space had three galleries for permanent collections and one gallery for special exhibitions. Solley grew the collection from 4,000 works to 30,000 in his years at the museum. Thomas T. Solley resigned in 1986 and Adelheid M. Gealt was appointed director the following year. Gealt served until 2015, and under her leadership the museum was a 2012 recipient of an Andrew J. Mellon Foundation endowment challenge grant,

2640-471: The themes of solidity and fluidity in ways that echo Maillol's approach to form. Maillol's influence persists not only in sculpture but also in broader conversations about the role of classical ideals in contemporary art, inviting ongoing re-evaluation and reinterpretation. Jane Fortune Jane Fortune (August 7, 1942 – September 23, 2018) was an American author and journalist. Many of her publications and philanthropic activities were centered on

2695-522: The traditional Western gaze and proposed a more inclusive dialogue around the representation of women in art. Furthermore, exhibitions such as the 2011 show at the Musée Maillol in Paris, which focused on the dialogue between Maillol and contemporary sculptors, underscore the relevance of his oeuvre in ongoing conversations about the body , space , and abstraction . Artists such as Jean-Michel Othoniel and Louise Bourgeois have also been said to engage with

2750-641: The university. Through partnerships with Indiana University's Center for Rural Engagement , programs like a PreK-12 "Look Club" and Creative Arts for Veterans program provide museum programming to rural communities. Public programs include a student-hosted visiting artist series, where contemporary artists discuss their practices and processes; Art and a Movie, a partnership with the IU Cinema that pairs films with special programming about art, artists, and historical context; docent-led gallery tours; and "Social Saturday" programs designed for friends and family to experience

2805-655: Was a member of the board of the National Museum of Women in the Arts , Washington, D.C.; the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University ; the Herron School of Art and Design ; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , and of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Fortune was a member of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and

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2860-888: Was chair of the board of the Deafness Research Foundation in New York City and its volunteer president-CEO. In 2010, Fortune was awarded an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from Indiana University for her work as an author and philanthropist in the United States and Italy. In 2007, the Indianapolis Mayor's Advisory Council on Disabilities awarded Fortune their Accessibility Award for her work on accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities. Maxwell L. Anderson —the Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of

2915-486: Was chair of the board of trustees of the Studio Arts Center International (SACI) in Florence. She was an honorary member of the dean's advisory board at Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was on the board of trustees of the Medici Archive Project (Florence, Italy and New York). In Philadelphia, Fortune co-founded USArtists, an American Fine Art Show and Sale, which benefited

2970-416: Was constructed as a play on angles. It is rumored to have no right angles, however this is not true. The floors meet the walls at a ninety-degree angle, and there are many square and rectangular windows in the building. The design features two concrete triangles connected by a glass-ceiling atrium. The museum is 105,000 square feet: 38,361 square feet are devoted to gallery space, and 18,000 square feet comprise

3025-564: Was one of the most famous sculptors of his time. His work inspired artists such as Picasso , Henri Matisse and Henry Moore . Maillol was born in Banyuls-sur-Mer , Roussillon . He decided at an early age to become a painter, and moved to Paris in 1881 to study art. After several applications and several years of living in poverty, his enrollment in the École des Beaux-Arts was accepted in 1885, and he studied there under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Alexandre Cabanel . His early paintings show

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