San Diego Art Museum River Bear Chambers P.2

About the Museum Regions largest, oldest, and most visited Museum 250,000 Visitors Annually Located in Balboa Park within the County of San Diego Museum’s nationally renowned permanent collection includes Spanish and Italian old masters, South Asian paintings, and 19th- and 20th-century American paintings and sculptures.

History of the Museum The San Diego Museum of Art opened as The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed its name to the San Diego Museum of Art in 1978. The museum building was designed by architects William Templeton Johnson and Robert W. Snyder in a plateresque style to harmonize with existing structures from the Panama–California Exposition of 1915 In 1966 the museum added a west wing and a sculpture court which doubled its size, and an east wing in 1974 further increased its exhibition space.

Art Collections The Museum's collections are encyclopedic in nature, with pieces ranging in date from 5000 BC to 2012 AD. In 2012, the Museum of Art received 48 German Expressionist paintings, drawings and prints from a range of artists, including Otto Dix, Egon Schiele, Alexej von Jawlensky, Gabriele Münter and Gustav Klimt from the collection of Vance E. Kondon and his wife Elisabeth Giesberger. The museum houses works by Italian masters Giorgione, Giotto, Veronese, Luini and Canaletto. Works by Rubens, Hals and van Dyck represent the Northern European School.

The END ! The overall experience that comes from the gallery in the San Diego Museum of Art is thrilling and exuberant. Many historic pieces lay in the museum today some dating back to before the Modern Era. If you’re not into the art in the building itself the grand architecture of the building(s) in the plaza will surely impress you . For as old as the museum is modern era artworks can be found all through out the Museum if you’re not into the old school stuff. The incredible scenery combined with the beautiful artwork truly make the experience of going to this museum a thrilling experience.