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The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. [3] Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art. The collection includes American works dating from the Gold Rush to the present, European paintings and master drawings, one of the largest ...
His uncle, Edwin B. Crocker, a wealthy California lawyer and later California Supreme Court justice, and his wife, Margaret Crocker (née Norton) founded the oldest still operating museum of the Western United States in Sacramento, the Crocker Art Museum. His nephew, Harry Crocker, was a movie star in the 1920s and, at one time, the personal ...
Crocker was the Central Pacific's attorney during the building of the First transcontinental railroad, culminating in the ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869. Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California. The stress of all of his work took a toll on Crocker. He suffered from a stroke in June 1869.
A colorful array of terracotta, porcelain and other ceramics is currently on display at the Crocker Art Museum, part of a recently-opened exhibition celebrating Black artists.
painting, sculpture, conceptual art. Movement. Conceptual art, Post-minimalism. Awards. National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. 1977-78. Guggenheim Fellowship. 1978-79. Stephen J. Kaltenbach (born 1940) is an American artist and author based in Sacramento, California.
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The Crocker Art Museum is hosting a new special series of concerts through April titled, “The Message: A Journey from Jazz to Hip Hop.” Highlighting local artists, the series explores the ...
Clayton George Bailey was born on March 9, 1939, in Antigo, Wisconsin. [1] In middle school he met his future wife, artist Betty Joan Graveen (Betty G. Bailey).[1]Bailey attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he received a B.S. degree in 1961, followed by an M.S. in Art and Art Education in 1962. [2]