The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the “Fine Arts Museums”) announced the acquisition of five works of art by noteworthy women artists Angelica Kauffman, Grace Fletcher, Claude Raguet Hirst, and Bisa Butler. Spanning the Fine Arts Museums’ collection of European paintings, American art, and costume and textile arts, these works highlight significant women artists working across a span of centuries and a range of techniques, media and subject matter.
“This remarkable group of acquisitions speaks to the Fine Arts Museums’ commitment to deepening our audiences’ understanding of women artists’ vital contributions to art history,” said Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. “We are proud to make Kauffmann, Fletcher, Hirst, and Butler’s work accessible to Bay Area audiences.”
Celadon and Amelia (Summer) (1781) and Palemon and Lavinia (Autumn) (1781) by Angelica Kauffman will be on view at the Legion of Honor this fall as part of the refreshed installation of European Art featuring newly acquired works celebrating the Legion of Honor 100, a yearlong celebration of the museum’s centennial.
Cherry Blossoms in a Vase (1886) by Grace Fletcher, New York Evening Sun (early 1890s) Claude by Raguet Hirst, and All Power to the People (after Man with Afro, San Francisco, California, by Leon A. Borensztein, 1984) (2023) by Bisa Butler are now on view in the galleries of American art at the de Young museum.
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