Recent acquisitions on display at the Morris Museum of Art
Gladys Nelson Smith, Frederick County Farmhands, undated. Oil on Masonite. Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia.
AUGUSTA, GA
.- An exhibition of recent acquisitions, currently on display at the Morris Museum of Art, highlights a selection made from the more than two hundred works of art added to the permanent collection during 2020. The exhibition remains on display through June 6, 2021.
Recent Acquisitions celebrates the art of the South and the artists who created it, as well as the many generous donors whose gifts of art have broadened and deepened the museums already admired collection. Those donors include: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City; Bobbi Adams, a stalwart figure in South Carolinas art scene from her home and studio in Bishopville; the estate of Lucile Eleanor Caraker (through the intercession of Jean Michael, Cole Murphy, and Mary Ann Sears); Nelson Danish, longtime resident of Burke County who now lives in North Augusta, South Carolina; Dr. Mary Frances Gardner of New Orleans; Kate and Kevin Grogan of Augusta; Timothy Hyde of Washington, D.C. who has, over the years, brought many good photographs and good photographers to the museum; Kathy McLean, late of Atlanta; and John Welsh, who divides his time between homes in Savannah and upstate South Carolina. Dozens of donors to acquisitions funds that honor the memories of museum cofounder Sissie Morris, the museums founding director Keith Claussen, and much-beloved artist Philip Morsberger have enabled key purchases.