Virginia Mecklenburg
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Dr. Virginia M. Mecklenburg is the Senior Curator of painting and sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
. She has been a curator at the Smithsonian since 1979 and has organized more than twenty exhibits. Additionally she has published works regarding the art and lives of artists such as Edward Hopper
, Frederick Carl Frieseke
, George Bellows
and others.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. with an extensive collection of American art.Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum has a broad variety of American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States...
. She has been a curator at the Smithsonian since 1979 and has organized more than twenty exhibits. Additionally she has published works regarding the art and lives of artists such as Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching...
, Frederick Carl Frieseke
Frederick Carl Frieseke
Frederick Carl Frieseke was an American Impressionist painter who spent most of his life as an expatriate in France. An influential member of the Giverny art colony, his paintings often concentrated on various effects of dappled sunlight...
, George Bellows
George Bellows
George Wesley Bellows was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City, becoming, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed American artist of his generation".-Youth:Bellows was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio...
and others.
Some published works
- Edward Hopper's Houses, Magazine Antiques, 11/1/99 by Virginia M. Mecklenburg
- New York City and the Ashcan school - American art movement, Magazine Antiques, 11/1/95 by Virginia M. Mecklenburg