NEW MOVIE! Girl with a Pearl Earring www.girlwithapearlearringmovie.com/ A PG 13 film showing how one of the most celebrated old masters, Johanes Vermeer had created a painting of a girl with a pearl earring. AT THE AGO: Building on Strength Recent Acquisitions of European Drawings and Watercolours Now On View: December 19, 2003 to March 21, 2004 Collection building is one of the most vital and rewarding activities of any museum. An obvious sign of this vitality is community support reflected in the quality and quantity of gifts. The print and drawing collection has experienced rapid growth in the last 25 years due to exemplary support from donors, through gifts of works of art and through donations of designated purchase funds. Since our last recent acquisitions exhibition in 2001, the Gallery has been building on strengths in special areas, represented here by Italian, French and British drawings of the 17th to the 19th centuries. Drawings rank among the most daring, spontaneous and intimate statements made by artists. In this selection, the hand and the mind of the maker are revealed in works exploring sacred and mythological subjects, open-air views of familiar countrysides, and designs for stained glass windows. above text copyright AGO http://www.ago.net/navigation/html/index.cfm |