Barnes amassed one of the world’s greatest private collections of modern European artwork—more Cézannes (69) and Renoirs (an absurd 181) than any other museum; Matisse’s game-changing The Joy of Life ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Albert C. Barnes, founder of the Barnes Foundation ... the indenture guiding the fate of his multibillion-dollar art collection, now housed on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway ...

“The Maverick’s Museum” is a new biography of the life of Albert Barnes, the pioneering Philadelphia collector of modern art, by New ... panned a show of his collection, Barnes accused ...

Gopnik: I guess I was most surprised by just how important [Albert] Barnes turns out ... are a handful of personal art collections turned museums, such as the Frick Collection in New York City ...

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Awash in impressionist and early modernist masters like Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse and Picasso and initially housed in Merion, Pennsylvania, Albert C. Barnes' art collection is unique. Following ...

The museum's permanent collection features ... The museum's late founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, sought to teach people from all backgrounds how to appreciate art. As such, all of the museum's ...

Founder Dr. Albert C. Barnes believed that art is for everyone. To democratize the art experience, he organized his collection into ensembles, which reveal universal connections across cultures ...