Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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The Pre-
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Puerto Rican
Raphaelites
The paintings in
the Pre-Raphaelite
gallery are superb
examples of this
British school.
Among them are
Edward Burne-
Jones's masterpiece,
The Last Sleep of
Arthur in Avalon
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and works by Dante
Gabriel Rossetti and
John Everett Millais.
Art
Puerto Rico's finest
artists, such as
José Campeche and
Francisco Oller, are
well represented
in works spanning
the 18th century
to the present day.
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Flaming June
The museum's sensual showpiece
(above), Flaming
June
is Lord Frederic Leighton's Classicist-inspired,
Victorian-era masterpiece of a damsel in a flaming orange
robe languorously basking in the Mediterranean sun.
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Italian Art
The Italian masters
are found on the first and
second floors of the main
building. They focus on
the Baroque period,
with a fine collection of
Florentine School pieces
by Bernardo Strozzi
(above),
Francesco Furini,
and Luca Giordano.
Edward Durell
Stone
A renowned American
architect, Stone (1902-
78) was an early
exponent of modernism
and later of the post-
modernist style. His
first major commission
was the lobby and
grand ballroom of the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel in
New York City, where
he also designed Radio
City Music Hall and the
Museum of Modern Art.
Stone is also acclaimed
for Washington, D.C.'s
Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts.
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Sculptures
American Art
Frederic Edwin
Church's
Morning
in the Tropics
(1872) and
The
Glass Blowers
(1883) by Charles
Frederick Ulrich are
highlights of this
collection, which also
includes pieces by
George Inness.
Only a fraction
of the museum's
800-plus sculptures
(left)
are currently
displayed, including a
magnificent collection
of works by Auguste
Rodin (1840-1917). His
notable piece,
Apollo
Crushing the Serpent
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was acquired by the
museum in 1962.
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Permanent Collection Storage Space
Situated in the annex, this storage space is
open to the public. It offers visitors the opportunity
to view artworks from the permanent collection
that are not officially on display.
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