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27-793: In April 2023 the Snite Museum closed in anticipation of the completion of the new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art , less than half a mile to the south, which opened in December 2023. The Bishops Gallery and Museum of Indian Antiquities established about 1875 in the Main Building, preceded the Snite Museum building which was constructed in 1980. By 1924, the Wightman Memorial Art Gallery had opened in Bond Hall. In 1952, O'Shaughnessy Hall, home of

54-534: A painting in gratitude for his rescue; Gregori painted a mural depicting Jesus walking on water on the back wall of the church. The artwork was painted over during renovations between 1951 and 1977, however. In 1880 he was commissioned by Rev. Sorin to create the Columbus murals , a series of twelve murals depicting the life and voyages of the Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus inside the Main Building. The decoration of

81-459: A return to religious and devotional imagery, in contrast to increasingly secular trends. After his training at the academy, he was hired as artist in residence at the Vatican, where he was commissioned a portrait of Pope Pius IX . However, he may have been frustrated by Pius's focus on restoring old Vatican artwork rather than creating new pieces. In 1874 he was invited by Rev. Edward Sorin , who

108-472: Is displayed in 23 historically themed galleries placed around a multi-level atrium that rises to a central skylight. Approximately 1,000 works from the museum's permanent collection are featured at any given time. The museum building includes a bookstore, the Our Lady, Queen of Families chapel, research venues, a gift shop, and Ivan's Café, which is named after the sculptor Ivan Meštrovic. Thanks to its location in

135-600: Is the art museum of the University of Notre Dame , located on its campus near South Bend, Indiana . The museum occupies a new 70,000-square-foot building, which opened on 1 December 2023, and the surrounding Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park. It holds the art collection of the University of Notre Dame, which was formerly housed in the Snite Museum of Art , which closed at the end of 2023. The more than 30,000 works of art in

162-517: The Accademia di San Luca and studied under Tommaso Minardi . Minardi was a major proponent of the Purismo movement, which rejected the popular neoclassicism and aimed to emulate Quattrocento artists such as Fra Angelico and Pietro Perugino . Minardi and Purismo as a whole influenced Gregori greatly, and he intensely studied the fifteenth-century masters. Gregori was also inspired by Purismo's focus on

189-784: The Church of the Sacred Heart (now Basilica of the Sacred Heart) at Notre Dame, painting the nave, the transept, the ceilings and the apse with religious figures featuring mainly Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the Saints and Doctors of the Church. From 1874 to 1877 he painted the stations of the Cross. In late 1875, Sorin and other passengers were stranded for three weeks on the steamship L'Amerique after its shaft broke. The next January, Sorin commissioned Gregori to make

216-782: The Jack and Alfrieda Feddersen Collection of Rembrandt Etchings, the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of 19th-Century French Art, the John D. Reilly Collection of Old Master and 19th-Century Drawings, the Janos Scholz Collection of 19th-Century European Photographs; the Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Ashbaugh Jr. Collection of Meštrović Sculpture and Drawings, the George Rickey Sculpture Archive and

243-404: The Jack and Alfrieda Feddersen Collection of Rembrandt Etchings; the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of 19th-Century French Art; the John D. Reilly Collection of Old Master and 19th-Century Drawings, the Janos Scholz Collection of 19th-Century European Photographs; the Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Ashbaugh Jr. Collection of Meštrović Sculpture and Drawings; the George Rickey Sculpture Archive; and

270-618: The Main Building continued in 1890 with the interior of the dome depicting Religion surrounded by Philosophy, History, Science, Fame, Music and Poetry. His twelve murals, such as Columbus Coming Ashore , were covered in January 2019, following an announcement by the president of the Notre Dame that the action was being taken because the artworks "depict Native Americans in stereotypical submissive poses before white European explorers... ." His painting Return of Columbus and Reception at Court from

297-490: The Main Building of the University of Notre Dame . The holdings of both collections expanded through small donations of art by priests and professors and the acquisition in 1917 by Rev. John J. Cavanaugh , the president of the University, of 136 paintings previously owned by the Braschi family of Rome. In 1917, the construction of the University's new library, Bond Hall, was completed. The second floor held four galleries displaying

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324-651: The Museum's permanent collection, the twelve sculptures in the park are by national and international artists, including Wing Generator by Richard Hunt . Throughout the year, the Museum provides curriculum-related tours for 7,000 area-school children; after-school and summer programs at the Robinson Community Learning Center; summer art camps for at-risk children; art instruction for student teachers; and workshops for local K-12 instructors. Raclin Murphy Museum of Art The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

351-589: The Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters, included exhibition galleries. During the 1950s, Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović was in residence at the University, working in the eponymous Meštrović Studio. In 1975, the Fred B. Snite family donated funds to construct the Snite Museum of Art. The museum opened in 1980, incorporating both Meštrović's sculpture studio (Snite is also home to the Ivan Meštrović papers) and

378-562: The O'Shaughnessy art gallery, the latter used for the presentation of traveling and temporary exhibitions. Joseph Antenucci Becherer became new director of the museum in 2018. With a new museum being constructed elsewhere on the campus, the Snite Museum closed in 2023, with plans to become the Snite Research Center in the Visual Arts. The museum opened in the fall of 1980, consolidating the adjacent O'Shaughnessy Hall Galleries and

405-466: The University's art collection. In 1924, Charles A. Wightman donated 108 paintings of religious subjects to the University's collection to commemorate his wife. As a result the second floor spaces of Bond Hall were renamed in her honor as the Wightman Memorial Art Gallery. In 1952, Ignatius A. O'Shaughnessy donated funds for the construction of O'Shaughnessy Hall, a new home for the College of Liberal Arts of

432-465: The University's art collections. The museum, housed in a 70,000 square-foot building designed by Ambrose Richardson, A.I.A., opened in 1980. The central three-story core bridged both Meštrović's adjoining sculpture studio and the O'Shaughnessy Galleries. The latter were used for the presentation of traveling and temporary exhibitions. A donation in 2018 from lead benefactors Ernestine Raclin and her daughter and son-in-law Carmen and Chris Murphy provided

459-409: The University. It included the O'Shaughnessy Art Gallery, which opened in 1953 as an exhibition gallery for the University's art collections. During the 1950s, Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović was in residence at the University, working in the eponymous Meštrović Studio that was constructed especially for him. In 1975, the Fred B. Snite family donated funds to construct the Snite Museum of Art for

486-567: The Virginia A. Martin Collection of 18th-Century Decorative Arts. 41°41′38″N 86°14′06″W  /  41.6938°N 86.2351°W  / 41.6938; -86.2351 Luigi Gregori Luigi Gregori (1819–1896) was an Italian artist who worked at the Vatican and served as artist in residence and professor at the University of Notre Dame . He was born in Bologna , Italy, in 1819, where at

513-474: The Virginia A. Martin Collection of 18th-Century Decorative Arts. A private donation by Charles S. Hayes made possible the creation of a public space for reflection, contemplation, and enjoyment of nature and art. Reopened in 2017, the Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park was designed by American landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh on an eight-acre site at the south edge of the Notre Dame campus. A part of

540-556: The age of fourteen he became apprentice of the Bolognese artist Giovanni Battista Frulli . There, he studied art of the antiquity as well as local artists, including the Carracci and Guido Reni . Frulli died in 1837, and Gregori then worked for Prince Pignatelli of Monteleone, and he traveled throughout Italy, including studying in Milan and Naples . In 1840, he moved to Rome and enrolled at

567-462: The collection span cultures, eras and media and include fine art , design objects, decorative arts, prints, drawings, textiles, photographs and art and artefacts from Mesoamerican, Spanish Colonial, Latin American, Mexican, Chicano and African cultures. The Bishops Gallery, comprising 60 portraits painted by Vatican artist Luigi Gregori , and the Museum of Indian Antiquities were established in 1875 in

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594-400: The necessary funds for the construction of a new museum complex to house the University's art collection. It was to be built in two phases on the south edge of the University campus. The first phase of the construction has been concluded and includes a building of approximately 70,000 square feet. It houses the museum galleries and other functions. The firm Robert A.M. Stern Architects designed

621-713: The new museum. Construction of the first phase began in April 2020 and the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art was opened in the completed building on 1 December 2023. The museum commissioned numerous works by globally renowned artist to feature prominently. Outside the entrance of the museum is a 36-foot stainless steel statue titled Endless by Jaume Plensa . The museum also includes commissioned works from Jenny Holzer , Kiki Smith , Maya Lin , Magdalena Abakanowicz , Zhang Huan , Julie Mehretu , Jamie Okuma , Yinka Shonibare , and Ursula von Rydingsvard . The museum's collection

648-481: The nine-acre Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park, designed by the landscape designer Michael Van Valkenburgh , the site allows the museum to showcase its outdoor sculpture collection. The museum's holdings include photographs, old master paintings, drawings, prints, French 18th- and 19th paintings, decorative arts, textiles, African art, Olmec and Mesoamerican art, Native American art and international modern and contemporary art. Donated and gifted collections include

675-621: The south edge of campus. The first phase of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art includes approximately 70,000 square feet which houses the museum galleries and other functions. The design firm Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) were the architects of the new museum, appointed in 2019. Construction began in April 2020 and the new building was opened on 1 December 2023. The Museum's holdings include prints, photography, French 18th- and 19th painting, Baroque period paintings, decorative arts, African art, Olmec and Mesoamerican art, Native American art and 20th-century art. Donated and gifted collections include

702-462: The studio of sculptor Ivan Meštrović with the new structure. The 70,000 square-foot building, designed by Ambrose Richardson, A.I.A., was a gift of the Snite Family in memory of Frederick Jr. '33. With the donation in 2018 of funds from lead benefactors Ernestine Raclin and her daughter and son-in-law Carmen and Chris Murphy, enabled the construction of the new Museum complex built in two phases on

729-551: Was visiting the papal court, to be artist in residence at the University of Notre Dame , where he stayed for seventeen years. There he produced most of his works, and decorated the Basilica of the Sacred Heart , the Main building , St. Edward's Hall and others. In 1890 he returned to Italy, where he won a golden medal for the arts. He died in Florence in 1896. From 1868 to 1892 he worked in

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