The Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block collection includes more than 115 works of European Art, including works on paper, paintings, and sculptures, first acquired in 1967 through the Tucson Fine Arts Association. Included in the European collection are an illuminated manuscript from the 12th century, a 17th century etching by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 18th century etchings by Francisco de Goya, 19th century etchings and lithographs by Pierre August Renoir, and Käthe Kollwitz, and works in all media by Georges Rouault, Marino Marini, Marc Chagall, Jean Dubuffet, Maurice Utrillo, and Hans Arp, to name a few. The museum’s first acquisition was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s La Revue Blanche, donated by former Arizona State Museum Curator, Frederick R. Pleasants. In 2017, the museum announced a dedicated gallery to the European Art Collection, the Palice Gallery of European Art, with the gift of Bathers, a late 1800s painting by French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and by bequest from the Katheryne B. Willock Trust.
Charles George Dufresne, Le Cheval Bleu, 20th century, oil on paper mounted on canvas. From the Tucson Museum of Art Collection. Gift of the Heller Foundation, Washington D.C., in memory of Lawrence J. Heller. 1976.281.
Current Exhibitions
Latin American Folk Art | Arte Popular de Latinoamérica
March 11, 2021—ongoing
Bernard and Jeanette Schmidt Gallery
Bernard and Jeanette Schmidt Gallery
Indigenous Arts | Arte Indígena
March 11, 2021 - ongoing
Indigenous Arts Gallery
Indigenous Arts Gallery
The Wyeths: Three Generations | Works from the Bank of America Collection | Los Wyeth: Tres generaciones | Obras de la colección del Bank of America
January 21 – May 9, 2021
James J. and Louise R. Glasser Galleries, Earl Kai Chann Gallery, and Lois C. Green Gallery
James J. and Louise R. Glasser Galleries, Earl Kai Chann Gallery, and Lois C. Green Gallery
Colonial Art | Arte Colonial
July 30, 2020 – ongoing
Kasser Family Wing of Latin American Art
Kasser Family Wing of Latin American Art
For the Birds | Los pájaros
July 30, 2020—August 1, 2021
Jon and Linda Ender Gallery
Jon and Linda Ender Gallery
Contemporary Latin American Art / Arte latinoamericano contemporáneo
July 30, 2020-ongoing
Kasser Family Wing of Latin American Art
Kasser Family Wing of Latin American Art
Modern Art from the Permanent Collection | Arte moderno de la colección permanente
July 30, 2020—August 29, 2021
Anne Y. Snodgrass Gallery
Anne Y. Snodgrass Gallery
Tense and Release | Tensión y distensión
July 30, 2020 - August 1, 2021
Goodman Pavilion
Goodman Pavilion