American Impressionism and After
Highlights from the Collection of W. Heywood Fralin, Sr. and Cynthia Kerr Fralin
May 12 – May 22, 2012

The University of Virginia Art Museum is pleased to feature a selection of masterpieces from the W. Heywood Fralin, Sr. and Cynthia Kerr Fralin Collection of Art. The Fralins have concentrated on collecting landscapes, social scenes, and figure studies as interpreted by major American artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. More >

Robert Henri, American, 1865-1929. Johnny Patton, n.d. Oil on canvas, 23.5 x 19.5 in, 59.7 x 49.5 cm
Courtesy of W. Heywood Fralin, Sr. and Cynthia Kerr Fralin

Émilie Charmy and the Feminine in Modern French Art
May 18 - August 5

Curated by Matthew Affron, Curator of Modern Art & Academic Curator and Associate Professor, McIntire Department of Art

Émilie Charmy (1878-1974) was a highly original exponent of modern art in Paris during the first half of the 20th century. She developed her artistic personality by engaging with impressionism, post-impressionism, and fauvism in the years leading to World War I. She became well known for her strikingly expressive and sensuous depictions of the female form. More >

Émilie Charmy, French, 1878-1974. Self-Portrait with an Album, (c. 1907-1912). Oil on canvas, 45 3/4 x 35 1/16 in
Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr., 2011.TD.14
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

The Adoration of the Magi by Bartolo di Fredi
A Masterpiece Reconstructed
March 2 - May 27

Curated by Bruce Boucher, Director and Francesca Fiorani, Guest Curator and Associate Professor, McIntire Department of Art

The University of Virginia Art Museum and the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) have been granted the opportunity of the loan of a major masterpiece of the Sienese Trecento: the Adoration of the Magi by Bartolo di Fredi. The exhibition will reunite the surviving components of an altarpiece that was arguably Bartolo's great masterwork—the main panel, which has remained in Siena since its completion around 1380, and the portions of the predella from the Lindenau-Museum in Altenburg, Germany, and from UVaM. More >

Bartolo di Fredi, Italian, c. 1330-1410. Seven Saints in Adoration, c. 1375-1385. Tempera and gold leaf on wood panel, 11 7⁄8 x 9 7⁄8 in, 30.16 x 25.08 cm
Gift of Mrs. Daniel W. Evans, 1975.49.1

Tom Burckhardt
Paintings
January 20 - June 3

Curated by Jennifer Farrell, Curator of Exhibitions

The Museum is pleased to host a focused exhibition of the paintings of contemporary artist Tom Burckhardt in conjunction with his U.Va. Arts Board residency. Burckhardt has worked in a variety of media, yet has consistently addressed questions about the practices and histories of painting. More >

Tom Burckhardt, American, b. 1964. Pareidolia, 2011. Oil on cast plastic, 12 1⁄2 x 14 in, 31.75 x 35.56 cm
Courtesy of the Artist. © Tom Burckhardt
Museum Purchase with Curriculum Support Funds, 1982.9

Love
Japanese Color Woodblock Prints
January – mid-April

Legend
Japanese Color Woodblock Prints
April 23 – August 5

Curated by Stephen Margulies, Volunteer Curator

Drawing on its rich collection of Japanese prints, the U.Va. Art Museum features an exhibition in two parts of nineteenth-century Japanese color woodblock prints. More >

TsukiokaYoshitoshi, Japanese, 1839-1892. Lunacy–Unrolling Letters from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, 1889. Color woodblock print, oban format, 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in, 34.93 x 23.5 cm
Museum Purchase with funds from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, 1997.27.2

Henry Moore
Seated Woman

On February 22, 2011, the new terrace in front of the University of Virginia Art Museum received its focal point in the form of a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, a loan from the Henry Moore Foundation in England. More >

Henry Moore, English, 1898-1986. Seated Woman, 1958-1959 (LH 440). Bronze, 83 x 38 1⁄2 x 45 1⁄2 in, 211 x 97.8 x 115.6 cm
On exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London 2007. Photo: Macolm Woodward. Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation

Object Study Gallery

The Object Study Gallery has approximately 140 objects on view, including Chinese bronzes, ceramics and sculpture; ancient Mediterranean coins, glass and marble sculpture; pre-Columbian ceramics; and African masks and figures. More >

UVaM's new Object Study Gallery