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The Racine Art Museum is excited to announce the debut of a 49-piece gift donated by internationally known art jewelry collector, Donna Schneier. In 2008, Schneier presented gifts of jewelry created in the 1980s and 1990s to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and RAM. Schneier acquired works documenting the two major approaches to art jewelry in the late 20th century—works in precious materials and adornment created in non-precious materials and found objects.
Schneier’s gift includes the work of more than twenty American artists who are already represented in RAM’s collection. It significantly augments RAM’s in-depth holdings of the work of jewelers like Carolyn Morris Bach, Arline Fisch, Laurie Hall, Bruce Metcalf, and Kiff Slemmons. The gift also provides the first example of jewelry by Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, June Schwarcz and Christina Y. Smith who, until now, have been represented in the museum’s collection solely by their hollowware. Schneier’s gift also includes several European leaders of the New Jewelry movement. Since RAM’s holdings are largely American, the introduction of works by European masters like Bussi Buhs, Paul Derrez, Fritz Maierhofer, and Tone Viglund will be instrumental in encouraging further expansion of RAM’s collection into the European arena.
Exhibition Notes (pdf)
An exhibition catalogue is available with a paid or member admission. Additional catalogues may be purchased in the RAM Museum Store for $5 and $4 to RAM members.
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Colette (Colette Denton)
Brooch, c. 1995
Enamel on metal, gold, sterling silver, and tourmaline
Racine Art Museum, The Donna Schneier Jewelry Collection
Gift of Donna Schneier and Leonard Goldberg
ARTISTS IN EXHIBITION
Carolyn Morris Bach, Jamie Bennett, Garry Knox Bennett, Kathleen Browne, Bussi Buhs, Colette (Colette Denton), Paul Derrez, Eva Eisler, Arline M. Fisch, Donald Friedlich, Barbara Heinrich, Sheila Hicks, Mary Lee Hu, Esther Knobel, Shana Kroiz, Nel Linssen, Fritz Maierhofer, Thomas Mann, Bruce Metcalf, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Harold O'Connor, Pavel Opocensky, Robin Kranitzky, Kim Overstreet, Gina Pankowski, Joan Parcher, Tod Pardon, Ronald Pearson, Ruudt Peters, Mary Preston, June Schwarcz, Sondra Sherman, Kiff Slemmons, Christina Y. Smith, Silke Spitzer, Tone Vigeland, Pier Voulkos, Martina Windels, and Beatrice Wood
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