The University of Virginia Art Museum exhibits art from around the world dating ancient times to the present. In addition to its permanent collection, the Museum offers changing exhibitions exhibitions, accompanied by related programs and publications.
Gallery Hours Tuesday - Sunday
12 - 5 pm
Location Thomas H. Bayly Building
155 Rugby Road
P.O. Box 400119
Charlottesville, VA
22904-4119
434.924.3592 TEL 434.924.6321 FAX 434.243.2050 GROUP TOURS
Writer's Eye 2007
List of works
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William Christenberry (b.1936), American Kudzu with Sky (Summer) near Akron, Alabama, 1978
Archival pigment print, 20 x 40 inches
Courtesy of the Artist and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
William Christenberry (b.1936), American Dream Building, 2005
Metal, wood, Alabama red earth, acrylic binder, 3 sections, 15 feet high
Courtesy of the Artist and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
William Christenberry (b.1936), American Dream Building XII, 1990
Balsa & bass wood, tempera paint, paper, plywood, blue dry pigment,
red soil, 31 x 23 x 28 inches
Collection of the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation
William Christenberry (b.1936), American Rebel Gas, 1984
Balsa wood, plexiglass, red soil, paint, metal, and paper,
371/2 x 24 x 43 inches
Collection of the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation
William Christenberry (b.1936), American K House, 1998-2000
Encaustic, beeswax, wood, archival board, black paint, red soil,
38 x 16 x 13 inches (without pedestal)
Collection of the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation
William Christenberry (b.1936), American Shenandoah, 2001
Mixed media construction, 47 1/2 x 112 x 8 inches
Collection of John and Susan Dienelt
William Christenberry (b.1936), American Gourd Tree, 1961
Pencil and colored pencil on paper, 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches
Collection of the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation
William Christenberry (b.1936), American Façade, 1992
Ink on paper, 9 x 10 1/2 inches
Courtesy of the Artist and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
William Christenberry (b.1936), American Night Tree, January 8, 2006
German ink on Cave paper, 22 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches
Courtesy of the Artist and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
William Christenberry (b.1936), American Untitled, January 7, 2006
Colored pencil and Acquarellable pencil on paper, 40 x 32 inches
Courtesy of the Artist and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
William Christenberry (b.1936), American Southern Tree XII, September, 1999
Black gesso, 40 x 32 inches
Courtesy of the Artist and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
William Christenberry (b.1936), American Klavern 93, 1964
Oil on canvas, 68 x 152 inches
Collection of the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation
William Christenberry (b.1936), American
Klan Room Tableau* ,1962-1997
Mixed media, Size and configuration variable; representative work
pictured here
Courtesy of the Artist and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
* The “Klan Room Tableau is only for High School and University/Adult
competition.
Lisa Henry Benham, American Carver Inn, Charlottesville, VA, on view in The Dresser Trunk Project, 2007
Wood trunk with leather straps, 48 x 24 x 18 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Unknown Dutch Artist Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, ca. 1625-50
Oil on canvas, 72 x 46 1/2 inches
Gift of Jack Kilgore
Unknown Artist, Roman Bird in Foliage, ca. 5-6th century
Mosaic, 38 x 52 inches
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irwin R. Berman
Unknown Artist, Roman
Togate Figure, ca. 50 CE
Marble, 46 x 20 x 10 inches
Museum Purchase
Unknown Artist
Indian, Pahari, probably Kangra
3 paintings, 1790-1800
Opaque color and gold on paper, Each 9 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches
Gift of Dr. Phillip Forman and Dr. Alison Forman
Unknown Artist, China, Tang Dynasty A Court Official, ca. 8th century
Buff body in lead glazes and details in unfired pigments, 50 x 13 x 13 inches
Collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NY
Unknown Artist, China, Tang Dynasty Horse, ca. 600-800
Ceramic, buff body with pigments, 26 1/8 x 28 x 10 inches
Collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NY
Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), American Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1852
Oil on canvas, 38 x 33 inches
Gift of Thomas Fortune Ryan
