The Architect's Dream
Thomas Cole · 1840
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo · Founded 1901
A serious collection of European and American painting, free to walk into, with one of the finest glass collections in the world. More than 30,000 objects across 45 galleries, on a campus that is still being built out.
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The Architect's Dream
Thomas Cole · 1840
The Architect's Dream is an 1840 oil painting created by Thomas Cole for New York architect Ithiel Town. Cole incorporated pieces of architecture from Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Gothic styles in various different parts of the painting, having dabbled in architecture previously.
Houses at Auvers
Vincent van Gogh · 1890
Houses at Auvers is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. It was created towards the end of May or beginning of June 1890, shortly after he had moved to Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town northwest of Paris, France.
Lot and his Daughters
Guercino · 1651
Children with a Cart
Francisco Goya · 1779
Venice, Grand Canal
Paul Signac · 1905
Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice is an oil on canvas painting by Paul Signac, painted in 1905, now in the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA. It shows the entrance to the Grand Canal in Venice, with the Dogana da Mar and Santa Maria della Salute in the background.
The Agony in the Garden
El Greco · 1590
Agony in the Garden is a 1590s oil on canvas painting from the studio of El Greco after an original in Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. Dating to his second stay in Toledo and still showing the major influence of Titian on his work, it is now in the collection the National Gallery in London.
The collections
The museum holds major collections of glass art and of 19th- and 20th-century European and American art, as well as small but distinguished collections of Renaissance, Greek, Roman and Japanese art. Notable individual works include Peter Paul Rubens's The Crowning of Saint Catherine; Fragonard's Blind Man's Bluff; Vincent van Gogh's Houses at Auvers; minor works by Rembrandt and El Greco; and modern works by Willem de Kooning, Henry Moore, and Sol LeWitt. Other artists in the permanent collection include Holbein, Cole, Cropsey, Turner, Tissot, Degas, Monet, Cézanne, Matisse, Miró, Picasso, Calder, Bearden, Close, and Kiefer.
Artists
Dutch Republic · 1582–1666
Frans Hals the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worship but citizens liked to decorate their
1450–1523 · Early Netherlandish painting
Gerard David was an Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use of color. Only a bare outline of his life survives, although some facts are known.
French · 1819–1877 · French Realism
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the prev
Kingdom of France · 1600–1638
Jacques Blanchard, also known as Jacques Blanchart, was a French baroque painter who was born in Paris. He was raised and taught by his uncle, the painter Nicolas Bollery (ca.
Habsburg Netherlands · 1568–1625
Jan Brueghel the Elder was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was the younger son of the eminent Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and brother to Pieter Brueghel the Younger.
Dutch · 1853–1890 · Post-impressionism
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
Artworks
Self-Portrait
Bartholomeus van der Helst · 1655
The Prinsengracht, Amsterdam
Isaac Ouwater · 1782
Princesse de Rohan
Jean-Marc Nattier · 1741
The Holy Family
Carlo Maratta
Saint Paul Preaching
Sebastiano Ricci · 1714
Entrance to Honfleur Harbor
Johan Jongkind · 1863
The Garden of Eden
Izaak van Oosten · 1658
Head of the Virgin
Hans Holbein the Elder · 1500
Madonna and Child with Saints
Giambettino Cignaroli · 1759
Plan your visit
Hours
Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, 11:00am to 5:00pm. Friday and Saturday, 11:00am to 8:00pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Confirm on www.toledomuseum.org before you travel.
Admission
Free; admission to the collection costs nothing
Getting there
2445 Monroe Street.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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