Mississippi Museum of Art

Art museum in Jackson, Mississippi

Mississippi Museum of Art

Museum and Art Garden in 2012

Location| 380 South Lamar Street
Jackson, Mississippi
Coordinates| 32°17′47″N 90°11′08″W﻿ / ﻿32.29626°N 90.18569°W﻿ / 32.29626; -90.18569
Type| Art museum
Website| www.msmuseumart.org

The Mississippi Museum of Art is a public museum in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the largest museum in Mississippi.

## Location[edit]

It is located at the corner of 380 South Lamar Street and 201 East Pascagoula Street in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2][3]

## History[edit]

The Mississippi Art Association was founded in 1911.[2] By 1978, the Mississippi Museum of Art was founded, and it was located in the Arts Center of Mississippi until 2007.[1][2]

## Permanent collection[edit]

The museum is the largest museum in Mississippi.[2] Its permanent collection includes paintings by American, Mississippi and British painters as well as photographs, collage artworks and sculptures.[4]

### American painters[edit]

* Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)[4]
* Mary Cassatt (1844–1926)[4]
* Arthur Bowen Davies (1863–1928)[4]
* Robert Henri (1865–1921)[4]
* George Inness (1825–1894)[4]
* Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000)[4]
* Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986)[4]
* Reginald Marsh (1898–1954)[4]
* Thomas Sully (1783–1872)[4]
* James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)[4]

### Photography, collage and sculpture[edit]

* Romare Bearden (1911–1988)[4]
* William Beckwith (born 1952)[5]
* Alexander Calder (1898–1976)[4]
* Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012)[4]
* John DeAndrea (born 1941)[4]
* William Eggleston (born 1939)[4]
* Walker Evans (1903–1975)[4]
* Howard Finster (1916–2001)[4]
* Malvina Hoffman (1885–1966)[4]
* Paul Manship (1985–1966)[4]
* John Marin (1870–1953)[4]
* Reuben Nakian (1897–1986)[4]
* Cindy Sherman (born 1954)[4]
* Jimmy Lee Sudduth (1910–2007)[4]
* Sarah Mary Taylor (1916–2000)[4]
* Mose Tolliver (1920–2006)[4]
* Andy Warhol (1928–1987)[4]

### Mississippi and Southern artists[edit]

* Gaines Ruger Donoho (1857–1916)[4]
* Eudora Welty (1909–2001)[4]
* Theora Hamblett[4]
* Ethel Wright Mohamed[4]
* Sulton Rogers[4]
* William Dunlap[4]
* Sam Gilliam[4]
* Birney Imes[4]
* Valerie Jaudon[4]
* Gwendolyn A. Magee[4]
* Ken Marlow[4]
* Ed McGowin[4]
* Lallah Miles Perry (1926-2008)[6][7]
* Tom Rankin[4]
* Walter Inglis Anderson (1903–1965)[4]
* Caroline Russell Compton[4]
* Marie Hull[4]
* Mary Katherine Loyacano McCravey[4]
* George E. Ohr (1857–1918)[4]
* Edgar Parker[4]
* William R. Hollingsworth, Jr. (1910-1944)[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Mississippi Museum of Art". www.msmuseumart.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
2. ^ a b c d Lee Ellis, Free Tours, Museums and Sites in America: Southern States Series, Americana Group Publishing, 2003, pp. 108-109 [1]
3. ^ Joseph M. Flora, Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan, Todd W. Taylor, The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2002, p. 381 [2]
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au "Mississippi Museum of Art". www.msmuseumart.org. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
5. ^ "Works – William Beckwith – Artists – eMuseum". mma.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
6. ^ "Vanity" not dated, oil on canvas, Gift of the Lyle Cashion Company, 1963.005 [3]
7. ^ "Vogue for Two" not dated, watercolor on paper, Mississippi Art Association purchase, 1967.001 [4]

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Israel
* United States
* Czech Republic

Artists|

* ULAN

Other|

* IdRef