Johannesburg Art Gallery

The Johannesburg Art Gallery is located in Johannesburg, South Africa Art Museum. It is located on the southern edge of Joubert Park in the city center, the urban region F.

History

The original collection of the museum from the estate of Sir Hugh Lane in 1910 was shown in London before it was shipped to South Africa. The wife of the mine owner Lionel Phillips, Lady Florence Phillips, contributed funds for her husband to an expansion of collections and donated their own collection of top. Furthermore, she could persuade her husband to give seven oil paintings and a sculpture by Auguste Rodin Gallery.

Lady Phillips was the City of Johannesburg are committed to provide the cost for the construction of the gallery. The plans for the building created Sir Edwin Lutyens, a part of the construction cost was borne by the Jewish, coming from Hamburg financier Otto Beit. The new building in 1915, inaugurated because of the First World War without ceremonies.

Building

The gallery building was not built exactly according to the plans Lutyens. The main entrance is oriented to the south, ie away from the Sun. Attached to the main building housing an eastern and a western wing was added in the 1940s. The north façade and the local showrooms were built in the years 1986 and 1987, so that today a total of 15 exhibition spaces available. Outside there is a sculpture garden, several times was the victim of damage and thefts in the past two decades.

Museum collections

The gallery features paintings from the Netherlands of the 17th century, as well as works of art from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Europe of the 19th and 20th centuries. South African and international artists of the past 100 years are represented and there is a cabinet with prints from the period since the 15th century. Works from the South African and African art scene of the 21st century are shown, constantly changing, temporary exhibitions of modern art are part of the program of the gallery.

Joubert Park Project

The gallery is one of the partners of the Joubert Park Project is attempted in which to bring the residents of the downtown area through various events with artists, architects, filmmakers, etc. combined.