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Collectors’ Opportunities
Nov. 21, 1969-Jan. 4, 1970
Virginia Artist: Bernard Martin
Dec. 3, 1969-Jan. 4, 1970
Virginia Artist: Reginald Case
Jan. 7-Feb. 1, 1970
Virginia Designers 1970
Jan. 9-Feb. 8, 1970
Church Silver of Colonial Virginia
Feb. 2-Mar. 15, 1970
Virginia Artist: William Harvey McWilliams
Feb. 4-Mar. 1, 1970
Russian Stage and Costume Designs
Feb. 13-Mar. 8, 1970
Selections from the Colin Collection
Feb. 13-Mar. 15, 1970
Virginia Artist: Jewett Campbell
Mar. 4-29, 1970
Robinson House Additions: Loan-Own Art Service
Mar. 13-Apr. 12, 1970
Resident Craftsmen [Thomas Kerrigan, David Riegel]
Mar. 13-Apr. 12, 1970
Edvard Munch
Mar. 23-Apr. 19, 1970
Virginia Craftsmen 1970
Mar. 27-Apr. 19, 1970
Virginia Artist: Ballard Cabell
Apr. 1-26, 1970
Collectors’ Choice
Apr. 17-May 24, 1970
Virginia Artist: Myron Helfgott
Apr. 29-May 24, 1970
American Painting 1970
May 4-Jun. 7, 1970
Virginia Artist: Helen King Hattorf
May 27-Jun. 21, 1970
Robinson House Additions: Loan-Own Art Service
May 29-Jun. 28 1970
Recent Acquisitions of the Norton Simon, Inc. Museum
Jun. 15-Oct. 31, 1970
Prints by Nine New York Painters
Jul. 6-Aug. 16, 1970
Myths of Ancient Peru
Jul. 27-Aug. 17, 1970
Works on Paper
Aug. 21-Oct. 11, 1970
Sculpture of Black Africa
Aug. 31-Nov. 1, 1970
Virginia Artist: Thomas C. Silver
Sep. 9-Oct. 4, 1970
Virginia Artist: Marilyn Bevilaqua
Oct. 7-Nov. 1, 1970
Virginia Architects/Planners 1970
Oct. 16-Nov. 15, 1970
Virginia Artist: James Bennett
Nov. 4-29, 1970
Contemporary French Tapestries/Jean Lurcat
Nov. 16-Dec. 27, 1970
Collectors’ Opportunities
Nov. 20, 1970-Jan. 3, 1971
Virginia Artist: Willie Anne Wright
Dec. 2, 1970-Jan. 3, 1971
Virginia Artist: Terry Krumm
Jan. 6-31, 1971
Design in Glass
Jan. 15-Feb. 14, 1971
In Virginia
Jan. 18-Feb. 14, 1971
Virginia Artist: Ward Jackson
Feb. 3-28, 1971
Robinson House Additions: Loan-Own Art Service
Feb. 3-28, 1971
19th and 20th Century Paintings: from the Collection of the Smith College Museum of Art
Mar. 1-Apr. 11, 1971
Virginia Artist: William Bevilaqua
Mar. 3-28, 1971
Virginia Interior Designers 1971
Mar. 19-Apr. 18, 1971
Virginia Artist: Aldeth Spence Christy
Mar. 31-Apr. 25, 1971
Collectors’ Choice
Apr. 23-May 23, 1971
Virginia Artist: Helen Freeman
Apr. 28-May 23, 1971
Virginia Artists 1971
May 3-Jun. 7, 1971
Six to Travel
May 28-Aug. 30, 1971
Photography into Sculpture
Jul. 30-Sep. 19, 1971
Virginia Artist: Chuck Roques
Sep. 8-Oct. 3, 1971
Goya’s Los Caprichos
Sep. 24-Oct. 10, 1971
Virginia Artist: Susan Ensley
Oct. 6-31, 1971
Virginia Photographers 1971
Oct. 12-Nov. 7, 1971
Drawings from the O’Neal Collection
Oct. 15-Nov. 21, 1971
Virginia Artist: Nicholas Isaak
Nov. 3-28, 1971
Art Nouveau
Nov. 22, 1971-Jan. 2, 1972
Collectors’ Opportunities
Nov. 26, 1971-Jan. 2, 1972
Virginia Artist: Paul Munson
Dec. 1-26, 1971
Medieval Creche
Dec. 10, 1971-Jan. 9, 1972
Virginia Artist: William Whitley
Dec. 29, 1971-Jan. 23, 1972
Virginia Designers 1972
Jan. 7-Feb. 6, 1972
Collector of the Year 1972
Jan. 17-Feb. 20, 1972
Virginia Artist: Ron Jackson
Jan. 26-Feb. 20, 1972
Meissen Porcelain: Selections from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Mourot
Feb. 11-Mar. 12, 1972
Virginia Artist: Eugene Markowski
Feb. 23-Mar. 19, 1972
Virginia Craftsmen 1972
Mar. 13-Apr. 9, 1972
Jasper Johns: Lithographs
Mar. 17-Apr. 16, 1972
Technics and Creativity: Gemini G.E.L.
Mar. 20-Apr. 16, 1972
Virginia Artist: Thomas C. Silver
Mar. 22-Apr. 12, 1972
Virginia Artist: Gerald Donato
Apr. 19-May 14, 1972
Collectors’ Choice
Apr. 21-May 21, 1972
Francisco Goya: Portraits in Paintings, Prints and Drawings
May 8-Jun. 11, 1972
Virginia Artist: Jeanne Boardmann Knorr
May 17-Jun. 11, 1972
Willi Gutmann
Jun. 1-Jul. 9, 1972
Recent Acquisitions from the Frances and Sydney Lewis Contemporary Art Fund
Jul. 7-Sep. 12, 1972
Six to Travel
Jul. 14-Sep. 3, 1972
Virginia Artist: Charles Magistro
Sep. 6-Oct. 1, 1972
Clarence H. White
Sep. 8-Oct. 8, 1972
The Gund Collection of Western Art
Oct. 2-Nov. 5, 1972
Western Art in Virginia Collections
Oct. 2-Nov. 5, 1972
Virginia Artist: Reginald Case
Oct. 4-29, 1972
Virginia Architects/Planners 1972
Oct. 10-Nov. 5, 1972
Toys by Artists
Oct. 13-Nov. 26, 1972
Virginia Artist: Myron Helfgott
Nov. 1-26, 1972
Two Sculptors: Lipton and Lachaise
Nov. 20-Dec. 24, 1972
Virginia Artist: Frederick Brandt
Nov. 29-Dec. 27, 1972
Robinson House Additions: Loan-Own Art Service
Dec. 1-21, 1972
Virginia Artist: Richard Porter
Jan. 3-28, 1973
Symbolists and Synthetists
Jan. 5-Feb. 4, 1973
Collectors of the Year: Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka
Jan. 17-Feb. 18, 1973
Virginia Artist: Ballard Cabell
Jan. 31-Feb. 25, 1973
Building for the Arts
Feb. 9-Mar. 11, 1973
Virginia Artist: Theresa Pollak
Feb. 28-Mar. 25, 1973
Edward Hopper: Selections from the Hopper Bequest
Mar. 12-Apr. 15, 1973
Virginia Interior Designers 1973
Mar. 16-Apr. 15, 1973
Bernard Martin: A Portrait of Edward Hopper
Mar. 16-Apr. 15, 1973
Virginia Artist: H. Gilda Hinter-Reiter
Mar. 28-Apr. 22, 1973
Resident Ceramist: Joe Monk
Apr. 20-May 20, 1973
Virginia Artist: Bernard Martin
Apr. 25-May 20, 1973
Virginia Artists 1973
May 7-Jun. 3, 1973
Virginia Artist: Ward Jackson
May 23-Jun. 17, 1973
Paintings and Sculptures from the Frances and Sydney Lewis Contemporary Art Fund
Jun. 19-Sep. 16, 1973
Eleven by Eleven
Aug. 1-31, 1973
Indians in Washington, D.C.: Photographs, 1858-1890
Aug. 14-Sep. 30, 1973
Virginia Artist: Rebecca Davenport
Sep. 5-Oct. 7, 1973
Virginia Photographers 1973
Oct. 9-Nov. 4, 1973
20th-Century Photographs
Oct. 9, 1973-
Virginia Artist: Kenneth Beer
Oct. 10-Nov. 11, 1973
Diaghilev and Russian Stage Designers
Oct. 12-Nov. 11, 1973
French Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Oct. 26, 1973-
Virginia Artist: Jack Solomon
Nov. 14-Dec. 16, 1973
Jack Beal/Nell Blaine
Nov. 19-Dec. 23, 1973
Collectors’ Choice
Nov. 27-Dec. 30, 1973
Robinson House Additions: Loan-Own Art Service
Dec. 19, 1973-Jan. 20, 1974
Virginia Designers 1974
Jan. 4-Feb. 3, 1974
Collectors of the Year 1974
Jan. 15-Feb. 17, 1974
Virginia Artist: Joanna Fridley
Jan. 23-Feb. 24, 1974
Beauty Under Foot
Feb. 8-Mar. 10, 1974
Virginia Artist: Susan Barry
Feb. 27-Mar. 31, 1974
Virginia Craftsmen 1974
Mar. 4-Apr. 7, 1974
Walter Gropius: Buildings, Plans, Projects 1906-1969
Mar. 10-Apr. 7, 1974
John Sloan: Prints
Mar. 15-Apr. 21, 1974
Virginia Artist: Carlton Abbot
Apr. 3-May 5, 1974
The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876
Apr. 23-Jun. 2, 1974
Reflections: Photographs by Daniel Farber
Apr. 30-Jun. 2, 1974
Virginia Artist: James Hagan
May 8-Jun. 9, 1974
It Pays to Advertise
[Jun. 9]-Jul. 28, 1974
Images and Objects
Jun. 12-Aug. 31, 1974
Jose Puig
Jun. 17-Jul. 21, 1974
Recent Acquisitions from the Frances and Sydney Lewis Contemporary Art Fund
Jun. 25-Sep. 22, 1974
Ivan Chermayeff, Designer
Jul. 29-Sep. 8, 1974
Process into Image
[Sep. 1]-Sep. 22, 1974
Virginia Artist: Barbara Ames
Sep. 11-Oct. 13, 1974
Works on Paper
Sep. 27-Nov. 10, 1974
Twelve American Painters
Sep. 30-Oct. 27, 1974
Virginia Artist: Jim Sanborn
Oct. 16-Nov. 17, 1974
Virginia Architects/Planners 1974
Nov. 12-Dec. 22, 1974
Selections from the T. Catesby Jones Collection
Nov. 15-Dec. 29, 1974
Picasso: Paintings and Prints
Nov. 18-Dec. 22, 1974
Picasso Prints from the Virginia Collections
Nov. 20-Dec. 15, 1974
Virginia Artist: Charles Scalin
Nov. 20-Dec. 29, 1974
Christmas Treasures from the Virginia Museum
Dec. 19, 1974
Student Exhibition
Jan. 8-Feb. 9, 1975
Alex Katz: Prints
Jan. 10-Feb. 9, 1975
Collector of the Year: Mrs. Lammot duPont Copeland
Jan. 14-Feb. 16, 1975
Virginia Artist: Paul Muick
Feb. 12-Mar. 16, 1975
Encounter I: Space
Feb. 14-Mar. 16, 1975
Images of Reality
Feb. 19-Mar. 21, 1975
Virginia Printmakers 1975
Mar. 3-Apr. 13, 1975
Treasures from the North Carolina Museum of Art
Mar. 10-Apr. 18, 1975
Virginia Artist: Myron Brody
Mar. 19-Apr. 20, 1975
1940 Virginia: The Land, The People
Mar. 21-Apr. 20, 1975
Master Drawings from the O’Neal Collection
Mar. 25-Apr. 25, 1975
Collectors’ Choice
Apr. 11-May 18, 1975
Marilyn Bevilaqua, Joe Monk, Marilyn Wetton
Apr. 23-May 25, 1975
Encounter II: Color
Apr. 25-Jun. 1, 1975
Twentieth Century American Sculpture
Apr. 30-Jun. 6, 1975
Virginia Artists 1975
May 5-Jun. 8, 1975
The Human Figure in Art
Jun. 13-Jul. 18, 1975
Photographs by Ron Stark
Jun. 16-Aug. 17, 1975
Contemporary American Illustrators of Children’s Books
Jun. 24-Aug. 3, 1975
Recent Acquisitions from the Frances and Sydney Lewis Contemporary Art Fund
Aug. 19-Sep. 14, 1975
Josef Albers: Formulation-Articulation
Aug. 22-Sep. 28, 1975
Art as Adornment
Aug. 27-Sep. 26, 1975
Virginia Photographers 1975
Sep. 29-Oct. 26, 1975
Photographs by Aaron Siskind
Oct. 3-Nov. 16, 1975
Landscape in Photography
Oct. 8-Nov. 14, 1975
Primitive Art/Masterworks
Nov. 17-Dec. 21, 1975
Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art
Nov. 26, 1975-Jan 2, 1976
The Virginia Museum: A Statewide Arts System
Jan. 7-30, 1976
Virginia Designers 1976
Jan. 8-Feb. 8, 1976
Collector of the Year: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jan. 17-Feb. 22, 1976
Virginia Artists: Juror’s Choice
Jan. 17-Feb. 22, 1976
Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Furniture Designs
Jan. 27-Feb. 22, 1976
Photographs from the Collection: Gertrude Kasebier, Lewis Hine
Mar. 1-Aug. 31, 1976
Twentieth Century Italian Sculpture
Mar. 3-Apr. 18, 1976
Virginia Artists: One-Man Exhibitions [Seonglan Kim Boyce, John Morgan, Michael Siede]
Mar. 3-30, 1976
Virginia Craftsmen 1976
Mar. 8-Apr. 18, 1976
Collectors’ Choice
Mar. 26-May 2, 1976
American Pewter
Apr. 27-Jun. 6, 1976
Steuben, Seventy Years of American Glassmaking
May 3-Jun. 6, 1976
Two Virginia Artists [Jim Crable, David Wurtzel]
May 6-Jun. 6, 1976
American Metalcraft
May 11-Jun. 7, 1976
Prints by Edvard Munch
[May 14, 1977]
Two Virginia Artists [Jeff Davis, Jay Phyfer]
Jun. 16-Jul. 11, 1976
Kertesz, Rodchenko, Moholy-Nagy
Jun. 21-Aug. 1, 1976
Brett Weston: Retrospective
Aug. 9-Sep. 5, 1976
Photographs by Dean Brown
Aug. 20-Sep. 26, 1976
Virginia Artists One-Man Exhibitions [Peter Heiberger, Damian Bennett, Marsha Polier]
Aug. 26-Sep. 19, 1976
American Marine Painting
Sep. 27-Oct. 31, 1976
Virginia Artists One-Man Exhibitions [Durwood Dommisse, Jim Miller, Gary Johnson]
Sep. 29-Oct. 24, 1976
Virginia Artists One-Man Exhibitions [Peter von zur Muehlen, Kent Ipsen]
Nov. 1-28, 1976
Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collection
[Nov. 1]-Dec. 31, 1976
Virginia Architects/Planners 1976
Nov. 8-Dec. 19, 1976
Reality and Revival in Richmond Architecture
Nov. 8-Dec. 19, 1976
Virginia Artists: Juror’s Choice
Nov. 22-Dec. 26, 1976
Virginia Artists One-Man Exhibitions [Frederick Nichols, Jr., Scott McCarney]
Dec. 7, 1976-Jan. 2, 1977
Antique English Coffee Pots: The Folger’s Coffee Silver Collection
Jan. 6-Feb. 13, 1977
Collectors of the Year 1977
Jan. 10-Feb. 20, 1977
Virginia Artist One-Man Exhibition [Deans Keppel]
Jan. 13-Feb. 6, 1977
Virginia Printmakers 1977
Jan. 19-Feb. 20, 1977
Salvador Dali’s Art in Jewels
Feb. 14, 1977-
Virginia Artist One-Man Exhibition [David Freed]
Feb. 15-Mar. 13, 1977
American Art since 1945
Mar. 14-Apr. 17, 1977
Recent American Realist Paintings
Mar. 14-Apr. 17, 1977
Virginia Artist One-Man Exhibitions [Mike Gochenour, Ann Heiberger]
Mar. 22-Apr. 17, 1977
Collectors’ Choice
Apr. 1-May 1, 1977
New Glory
Apr. 8-May 8, 1977
Virginia Artist One-Man Exhibitions [Dale Quarterman]
Apr. 27-May 22, 1977
The Twentieth Century Collection
[May 1]-Aug. 14, 1977
Virginia Artists 1977
May 2-Jun. 5, 1977
The William Cullen Bryant Collection
May 6-Jun. 12, 1977
Virginia Artist One-Man Exhibitions [Willie Anne Wright, David Diller]
Jun. 1-Jul. 3, 1977
Salzburger Festspiele
Jun. 12-Aug. 14, 1977
Selections from the 19th-Century French Collection
[Jun. 25]-Sep. 18, 1977
Contemporary Stage Design USA
Jul. 19-Aug. 14, 1977
Prints, Drawings, and Paintings on Paper: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Aug. 30-Oct. 2, 1977
Virginia Artist One-Man Shows [Pat Glave, Robert Marsh]
Sep. 6-Oct. 9, 1977
Virginia Artist One-Man Show [Wallace Dreyer]
Sep. 28-Oct. 23, 1977
Duane Hanson
Oct. 14-Nov. 13, 1977
Textures of Our Earth
Oct. 18-Nov. 20, 1977
Virginia Artist One-Man Shows [James Kirby, Tom Kerrigan]
Oct. 31-Nov. 27, 1977
American Folk Painting: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III
Nov. 28, 1977-Jan. 8, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Shows [Ronald Puckett, Stephen Fisher]
Dec. 6, 1977-Jan. 2, 1978
Virginia Craftsmen 1977
Dec. 6, 1977-Jan. 15, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Exhibitions [Sharon Bloodworth, Jane Aman]
Jan. 10-Feb. 5, 1978
Collectors of the Year: Nathalie and Hugo Weisgall
Jan. 17-Feb. 26, 1978
Athletes by Andy Warhol
Jan. 23-Feb. 26, 1978
Virginia Designers 1978
Jan. 24-Feb. 26, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Exhibitions [William Parsons, Barbara Romney]
Feb. 14-Mar. 12, 1978
Furniture of Eastern Virginia
Mar. 13-Apr. 30, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Exhibitions [Laura Pharis, Turid Teague]
Mar. 21-Apr. 16, 1978
Collectors’ Choice
Mar. 28-Apr. 30, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Exhibitions [Kathleen Spagnolo, Lewis Thompson]
Apr. 25-May 21, 1978
Virginia Photographers 1978
May 8-Jun. 11, 1978
Degas
May 22-Jul. 9, 1978
Nineteenth-Century France
May 22-Jul. 9, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Show [Joseph Craig English]
May 30-Jul. 2, 1978
Dolley and “the Great Little Madison”
Jul 10-Aug. 20, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Show [Leslie Munden]
Jul. 12-Aug. 13, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Shows [Thomas DeSmidt, Rhonda Coffin, Ronald Coleman]
Aug. 21-Sep. 17, 1978
Painting Conservation
Sep. 1-Oct. 1, 1978
The Gilbert Collection: Monumental Silver and The Art of Mosaics
Sep. 11-Oct. 22, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Shows [Ida Trusch, James Bumgardner]
Sep. 26-Oct. 22, 1978
Posters of Two World Wars
Oct. 3-Nov. 12, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Shows [Paul Munson, John Curran]
Oct. 31-Nov. 26, 1978
Collectors of the Year: Mr. and Mrs. John Gilmore Ford
Nov. 13-Dec. 23, 1978
Virginia Artist One-Man Shows [Jim Sanborn, Jeff Davis]
Dec. 5-31, 1978
Recent Works by Virginia Artists
[Dec. 16, 1978]-Jan. 7, 1979
Paul Klee from the Guggenheim Museum
Jan. 8-Feb. 18, 1979
Contemporary Art Acquisitions, The Frances and Sydney Lewis Contemporary Art Fund
Jan. 16-Mar. 4, 1979
Virginia Printmakers 1979
Jan. 23-Feb. 25, 1979
Art from the Classical World
Feb. 7, 1979-
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century French Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Feb. 7, 1979-
Virginia Architects 1979
Mar. 6-Apr. 8, 1979
Loie Fuller: Magician of Light
Mar. 12-Apr. 22, 1979
Collectors’ Choice
Mar. 20-Apr. 22, 1979
Dali Drawings
Apr. 24, 1979-
Allan D’Arcangelo
May 7-Jul. 1, 1979
Virginia Artists 1979
May 14-Jun. 17, 1979
The Admiring Spectator: George Bellows’ Vision of America
Jun. 29-Aug. 5, 1979
Twenty Virginia Painters
Jul. 16-Aug. 5, 1979
Nell Blaine / Alan Gussow
Aug. 16-Sep. 30, 1979
Treasures from Chatsworth: The Devonshire Inheritance
Sep. 10-Oct. 21, 1979
[Prints and drawings from the Museum collection]
[Oct. 1]-Oct. 31, 1979
The Figure in Sculpture
Oct. 10-Nov. 14, 1979
Mirrors and Windows: American Photography since 1960
Nov. 13-Dec. 23, 1979
Freshworks ‘79
Nov. 21-Dec. 16, 1979
Ralph Gibson
Nov. 21-Dec. 16, 1979
Patrick Henry Bruce: American Modernist
Nov. 26, 1979-Jan. 6, 1980
Prints/Multiples by Robert Rauschenberg
Dec. 18, 1979-Jan. 13, 1980