Fitchburg Art Museum
Encyclopedia
The Fitchburg Art Museum is a regional art museum based in Fitchburg
, Worcester County
, Massachusetts
, USA.
Founded in 1925 through a bequest of artist, collector, and educator Eleanor Norcross
, the museum has 14 galleries showcasing American and European paintings, prints, and ceramics, as well as Egyptian
, Classical
, and pre-Columbian
antiquities.
In 1995, the museum joined with Fitchburg Public Schools to create the Museum Partnership School
where all classes are taught in the museum galleries through the study of the museum collection and studio art activities.
The collection includes John Singleton Copley
's portrait Mrs.Charles McEvers and Rockwell Kent
's Monadnock Afternoon.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Fitchburg is the third largest city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,318 at the 2010 census. Fitchburg is home to Fitchburg State University as well as 17 public and private elementary and high schools.- History :...
, Worcester County
Worcester County, Massachusetts
-Demographics:In 1990 Worcester County had a population of 709,705.As of the census of 2000, there were 750,963 people, 283,927 households, and 192,502 families residing in the county. The population density was 496 people per square mile . There were 298,159 housing units at an average density...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, USA.
Founded in 1925 through a bequest of artist, collector, and educator Eleanor Norcross
Eleanor Norcross
IntroductionEleanor Norcross was an exceptional woman artist in the 19th century. The majority of her life had been spent living and painting in Paris, but her heart was always in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She left her work and her fortune to found an art museum and teaching center in her beloved...
, the museum has 14 galleries showcasing American and European paintings, prints, and ceramics, as well as Egyptian
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
, Classical
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world...
, and pre-Columbian
Pre-Columbian
The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during...
antiquities.
In 1995, the museum joined with Fitchburg Public Schools to create the Museum Partnership School
Museum Partnership School
The Museum Partnership School is a Fitchburg, Massachusetts public pilot school partnered with the Fitchburg Art Museum. It began as a small elementary school and has slowly grown to encompass a middle school program. Students at this institution have the chance to learn directly from the...
where all classes are taught in the museum galleries through the study of the museum collection and studio art activities.
The collection includes John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts, and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects...
's portrait Mrs.Charles McEvers and Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer.- Biography :Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York, the same year as fellow American artists George Bellows and Edward Hopper...
's Monadnock Afternoon.
External links
- Fitchburg Art Museum website
- http://www.roadstohistory.org/women/fitchburg.htmlEleanor NorcrossEleanor NorcrossIntroductionEleanor Norcross was an exceptional woman artist in the 19th century. The majority of her life had been spent living and painting in Paris, but her heart was always in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She left her work and her fortune to found an art museum and teaching center in her beloved...
and the museum] - Fitchburg Art Museum and Baptist Church
