Exhibitions – 1990s

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American Painting from a Century of Collecting: The Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Jan. 22–Mar. 4, 1990

Christopher Silliman: Recent Sculpture
Jan. 29–Mar. 11, 1990

Davi Det Hompson: Wax Paintings
Jan. 29–Mar. 11, 1990

The Consul Smith Collection, Masterpieces of Italian Drawing from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle: Raphael to Canaletto
Feb. 1–Apr. 22, 1990

Holy Image, Holy Space: Icons and Frescoes from Greece
Feb. 26–Apr. 29, 1990

1990 Virginia Youth Art Exhibition
Mar. 3–Apr. 1, 1990

“Marcel Duchamp’s Mother’s Potato-Masher” and Other Works of Art: A Gift of Best Products Co., Inc.
Apr. 3–May 13, 1990

Vanishing Presence
Apr. 23–Jun. 17, 1990

Collectors’ Circle Show: Landscapes
May 8–27, 1990

The Good Design Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
May 22–Jul 8, 1990

Robert Stackhouse Encounterings: Installation with Drawings
Jun. 4–Jul. 15, 1990

Furniture by Wendell Castle
Jun. 18–Aug. 19, 1990

Architectural Drawings by Charlottesville Architects: Browne, Eichman, Dalgliesh, Gilpin & Paxton
Jul. 17–Aug. 12, 1990

Harmony and Discord: American Landscape Painting Today
Aug. 7–Sep. 30, 1990

Romance of the Taj Mahal
Aug. 20–Nov. 25, 1990

Un/Common Ground: Virginia Artists 1990
Oct. 22–Dec. 16, 1990

American Photography: 1839-1900
Jan. 22–Mar. 3, 1991

Black Art Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African-American Art
Jan. 29–Mar. 24, 1991

1991 Virginia Youth Art Exhibition
Mar. 3–31, 1991

Gari Melchers: A Retrospective Exhibition
Apr. 8–Jun. 2, 1991

Studio Art Faculty Exhibition
Apr. 16–May 12, 1991

Perspectives on the Permanent Collection: Robert Morris
Apr. 23–Jun. 2, 1991

The Art of Photography: 1991 National Society of Arts and Letters Juried Competition
Jun. 3–Jun. 30, 1991

Perspectives on the Permanent Collection: Contemporary Sculpture
Jun. 24–Aug. 11, 1991

At Home: American Art in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 1700-1950
Jul. 2, 1991–Jun. 1, 1993

British and French Drawings and Watercolors in the Virginia Museum: The Douglas H. Gordon Collection
Aug. 20–Sep. 29, 1991

Alfredo Jaar: Geography=War
Sep. 6–Oct. 20, 1991

Fine Arts & Flowers
Oct. 22–24, 1991

Islamic Art & Patronage: Treasures from Kuwait
Nov. 5, 1991–Jan. 29, 1992

Masterpieces of American Painting from the Cincinnati Art Museum
Nov. 18, 1991–Jan. 5, 1992

Gifts to the Commonwealth: Art Purchase Endowments and Private Donations
Jan. 15–Apr. 12, 1992

Emmet Gowin: Photographs
Feb. 18–Apr. 12, 1992

1992 Virginia Youth Art Exhibition
Mar. 1–Apr. 5, 1992

Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection
Mar. 26–May 3, 1992

Power: Its Myths and Mores in American Art, 1961-1991
May 11–Jul. 12, 1992

Mystic Visions: The Virginia Museum’s Collection of Nepalese and Tibetan Art
Jul. 6–Dec. 27, 1992

Before the Iron Horse: A Selection of British Drawings and Prints from the Paul Mellon Collection
Sep. 8, 1992–May 30, 1993

Dutch and Flemish Seventeenth-Century Paintings: The Harold Samuel Collection
Oct. 9–Dec. 6, 1992

Bill Viola: Slowly Turning Narrative and Other Video Works
Oct. 30–Dec. 27, 1992

The Making of Virginia Architecture: Drawings and Models, 1719-1990
Nov. 8, 1992–Jan. 3, 1993

IN/SIGHT: Late 20th-Century Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Feb. 17, 1993–

Transformed Reality
Feb. 17–May 16, 1993

Late 20th-Century Works on Paper
Feb. 17–May 16, 1993

Focus Series-Jim Dine: Robes
Feb. 17–Jul. 11, 1993

Art of the Himalayas: Treasures from Nepal and Tibet
Mar. 2–Apr. 25, 1993

Athena and Her City: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens
May 10–Aug. 1, 1993

Cajun Music and Zydeco: Photographs by Philip Gould
Jul. 1–Aug. 15, 1993

Big Al Carter: Paintings and Works on Paper
Jul. 10–Sep. 19, 1993

Focus Series-Chuck Close: Portraits
Jul. 24–Oct. 31, 1993

Sir Thomas Lawrence: Portraits of an Age, 1790-1830
Aug. 2–Sep. 26, 1993

Perspective Series-Portraits in Europe: 1500-1850
Aug. 3–Nov. 7, 1993

George Catlin’s “Indian Gallery”: Views of the American West
Oct. 6, 1993–Jan. 30, 1994

Fine Arts & Flowers
Oct. 18–20, 1993

Jewel Rivers: Japanese Art from the Burke Collection
Oct. 25, 1993–Jan. 2, 1994

Focus Series-Mark Rothko: The Late Years
Nov. 13, 1993–Mar. 13, 1994

Michiko Kon: Still Lives
Nov. 16, 1993–Jan. 23, 1994

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Seascapes and Theaters
Nov. 16, 1993–Jan. 23, 1994

Perspective Series-Recent Gifts: Building the Collections
Nov. 23, 1993–Jan. 23, 1994

A Passion for Color: Paintings and Pictorial Textiles from Rajasthan and Central India
Dec. 14, 1993–May 29, 1994

Secrecy: African Art That Conceals and Reveals
Jan. 31–Mar. 27, 1994

Perspective Series-Lost and Forgotten Meanings
Feb. 1–Jul. 3, 1994

Alison Saar: “Fertile Ground” and “Crossroads”
Feb. 17–May 15, 1994

This Sporting Life: Prints and Drawings from The Paul Mellon Collection
Mar. 1–Jul. 31, 1994

Focus Series-Andy Warhol: Early Portraits
Mar. 26–Sep. 25, 1994

Paintings from the Muslim Courts of India
Jun. 21, 1994–May 18, 1995

Falling in Love Again
Jul. 1–Sep. 4, 1994

Design for Living: Post-War Furniture from the Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Jul. 12–Sep. 25, 1994

Perspective Series-Art of the Ancient Americas: Body and Soul Transformed
Jul. 26, 1994–May 14, 1995

From Delacroix to Toulouse-Lautrec: French Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Aug. 23, 1994–Feb. 12, 1995

Spirit of the Motherland: African Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Sep. 23, 1994–Apr. 30, 1995

Focus Series-Philip Guston: Paintings of the ‘70s
Oct. 8, 1994–Feb. 5, 1995

My Point of View: Photographs by Moneta Sleet, Jr.
Oct. 20–Dec. 18, 1994

Designed to Sell: Turn-of-the-Century American Posters-The Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Nov. 7, 1994–Jan. 8, 1995

Repicturing Abstraction
Jan. 20–Mar. 19, 1995

Focus Series-Susan Rothenberg: The Head-and-Hand Paintings
Feb. 18–Jul. 2, 1995

America Around 1900: Impressionism, Realism, and Modern Life
Jun. 12–Sep. 17, 1995

“A-Hunting We Will Go”: British Sporting Drawings and Prints from the Collection of Paul Mellon
Oct. 3, 1995–Jul. 28, 1996

Indian Painting from the Punjab Hills
Oct. 17, 1995–Jun. 23, 1996

Fine Arts & Flowers
Oct. 25–27, 1995

American Arts and Crafts: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters
Nov. 14, 1995–Jan. 7, 1996

Un/Common Ground: Virginia Artists 1996
Mar. 1–May 12, 1996

1996 Virginia Youth Art Exhibition
Mar. 10–31, 1996

Muses: A Tribute to Mature Women Who Live Creative Lives
Apr. 12–Jun. 15, 1996

Splendors of an Age: Italian Paintings from Burghley House
May 30–Aug. 25, 1996

Material Presence: The Art of Beverly Semmes
Jun. 21–Sep. 8, 1996

A Sampler from India: Masterpieces of Painting from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
July 16, 1996–May 11, 1997

The Lillian Thomas Pratt Collection of Faberge
Aug. 22–Nov. 10, 1996

Faberge in America
Aug. 22–Nov. 10, 1996

I Sing for the Animals: Animal Drawings and Prints from the Paul Mellon Collection
Oct. 1, 1996–Feb. 2, 1997

Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series of Narrative Paintings
Nov. 15, 1996–Jan. 19, 1997

Picture This: New Photographs from the Collection
Mar. 7–May 25, 1997

Carrie Mae Weems: Africa Series
Mar. 7–May 25, 1997

Masterpieces in Little: Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
May 3–Jul 13, 1997

God, Hero, and Lover: Representations of Krishna in Indian Painting
Jun. 3, 1997–Jan. 4, 1998

Adornment for Eternity: Chinese Jewelry through the Ages
Aug. 11–Nov. 9, 1997

American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from the Warner Collection
Sep. 18, 1997–Jan. 25, 1998

Fine Arts & Flowers
Oct. 20–22, 1997

William Blake: Illustrations of the Book of Job
Nov. 1, 1997–Jan. 11, 1998

Hallowed Ground: Preserving America’s Heritage
Mar. 10–May 31, 1998

Cho Duck Hyun: Memories of the 20th Century
Mar. 12–May 17, 1998

From the Looms of India
Mar. 31, 1998–Feb. 28, 1999

India: A Celebration of Independence, 1947-1997
May 11–Jul. 26, 1998

Gabriele Munter: The Years of Expressionism, 1903-1920
Jul. 10–Sep. 20, 1998

A Passion for Prints: The Gertrude Weber Collection
Jul. 28–Nov. 29, 1998

Designed for Delight: Alternative Aspects of Twentieth-Century Decorative Arts
Nov. 11, 1998–Jan. 31, 1999

Fiery Steeds: French Romantic Studies by Carle Vernet from the Ritzenberg Collection
Dec. 15, 1998–Mar. 14, 1999

Highlights of Late 20th-Century Art from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection
Feb. 27, 1999–Jan. 16, 2000

Splendors of Ancient Egypt
May 20–Nov. 28, 1999

God, Refuge, and Protector: Images of Vishnu
Jul. 6, 1999–Apr. 30, 2000