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| Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery |
| Established | 1951 |
| Location | Greenville, South Carolina |
| Type | Art museum |
Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery is an art museum and gallery located on the campus of a private university in Greenville, South Carolina. The institution is known for its collection of European Old Master paintings, Italian Renaissance sculpture, and American portraiture, and for its role in academic and cultural programming involving students and scholars from institutions such as Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, University of Oxford, and University of Cambridge. The museum has drawn attention from curators and collectors affiliated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery, London, Louvre, Uffizi Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Getty Research Institute.
The museum was founded in the early 1950s during the administration of founder Bob Jones, Sr. and developed under successive university presidents including Bob Jones, Jr. and Bob Jones III. Early acquisitions were influenced by collectors and advisers connected to figures such as Samuel H. Kress, Paul Mellon, and J. Paul Getty, and by dealers from the Sotheby's and Christie's networks. The museum expanded substantially in the 1960s and 1970s with purchases and gifts featuring works attributed to painters associated with Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Bellini, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt van Rijn, Albrecht Dürer, Jan van Eyck, and Titian. Renovations and additions in the late 20th century involved architects and consultants who had worked with institutions such as the Smithsonian Institution and the Frick Collection.
The permanent holdings include European Old Master paintings by artists within circles of Giorgione, Caravaggio, Guido Reni, Nicolas Poussin, Jacques-Louis David, Édouard Manet, and Claude Monet; Renaissance and Baroque sculpture linked to workshops of Donatello and Gian Lorenzo Bernini; and American portraiture with ties to painters in the tradition of John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Winslow Homer, and John Singer Sargent. The collection also contains religious iconography encompassing works associated with Hieronymus Bosch, Hans Holbein the Younger, and Rogier van der Weyden, as well as prints and drawings by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco Goya, Eugène Delacroix, and Henri Matisse. Decorative arts holdings include objects related to Louis XIV of France, Elizabeth I of England, and artifacts connected to the courts of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Antoinette. The museum's library and archives house correspondence and acquisition records referencing scholars from Courtauld Institute of Art, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Temporary exhibitions have featured loans and collaborations with the National Gallery, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, showcasing themes that intersect with the oeuvres of Caravaggio, Bernini, Fragonard, Goya, and J. M. W. Turner. Educational programs include lectures and symposia by curators and historians from Princeton University, Yale University, Duke University, Clemson University, and the University of Notre Dame. The museum organizes traveling exhibitions that have toured to venues such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Royal Academy of Arts, and the Museo del Prado. Student engagement initiatives have involved internships and research projects with partnerships involving the Getty Museum, the Morgan Library & Museum, and the Newberry Library.
The museum building complex reflects a campus plan influenced by architects and traditions referenced by scholars from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning and by practitioners associated with firms that have worked on projects for the Smithsonian Institution and the Frick Collection. Architectural elements reference classical motifs found in buildings designed by Andrea Palladio and draw upon gallery-planning precedents established by galleries such as the Uffizi Gallery and the National Gallery, London. Recent conservation-minded upgrades and gallery reconfigurations were informed by standards published by organizations such as ICOM and the American Alliance of Museums.
The museum maintains conservation laboratories and works with researchers from the Getty Conservation Institute, the British Museum, and the Courtauld Institute of Art on technical studies including dendrochronology connected to panels attributed to Hans Memling and pigment analysis relevant to works linked to Titian and Rembrandt van Rijn. Provenance research projects have consulted archives and databases maintained by institutions including the International Foundation for Art Research and the Monuments Men and Women records. Scholarly publications derived from the museum's research have appeared in journals associated with The Burlington Magazine, Art Bulletin, and the Journal of the History of Collections.
The museum is physically located in Greenville, South Carolina on a university campus accessible via regional transportation links including roads connecting to Interstate 85 and services associated with Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport. Visitor services typically include guided tours, docent programs, and educational materials developed in partnership with academic departments from Bob Jones University and guest lecturers from institutions such as Harvard University, Yale University, and Duke University. Admission policies, hours, and special-event schedules are posted by the museum and coordinated with campus calendars and regional cultural events including festivals in Greenville, South Carolina and programming linked to the Spoleto Festival USA.
Category:Museums in Greenville County, South Carolina Category:Art museums and galleries in South Carolina