The Barnes Foundation is an educational art institution in Lower Merion Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was founded in 1922 by Dr. Albert C. Barnes, who made a fortune by co-developing an early antimicrobial drug, Argyrol. Lower Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and part of the Pennsylvania Main Line. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Albert Coombs Barnes (January 2, 1872 - July 24, 1951) was an American inventor and art collector who derived his fortune from the development of the antiseptic drug Argyrol. ... Argyrol is the trade name for an antiseptic (antimicrobial) consisting of a compound of protein and silver. ...

Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin by Vincent Van Gogh is amoung the notable holdings of the Barnes Foundation

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Today, the Foundation possesses more than 2500 objects, including 800 paintings estimated to be worth more than $2 billion. Among its works are 180 Pierre-Auguste Renoir's, 69 Paul Cézanne's, and 60 Henri Matisse's, as well as numerous other modern masters including George de Chirico, Paul Gauguin, El Greco, Francisco Goya, Edouard Manet, Amedeo Modigliani, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Maurice Utrillo, Vincent Van Gogh, Maurice Prendergast, and a variety of African artworks. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 490 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (500 × 611 pixels, file size: 29 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Vincent van Gogh Joseph-Etienne Roulin 1889 66,2 x 55 cm The Barnes Foundation Merion, Pennsylvania Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 490 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (500 × 611 pixels, file size: 29 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Vincent van Gogh Joseph-Etienne Roulin 1889 66,2 x 55 cm The Barnes Foundation Merion, Pennsylvania Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract... Image File history File links Portal. ... Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841–December 3, 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. ... Cezanne redirects here. ... Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, noted for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. ... Love Song 1914 Giorgio de Chirico (July 10, 1888 – November 20, 1978) was an Italian painter born in Volos, Greece founded the scuola metafisica art movement. ... Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. ... For the Vangelis album, see El Greco (album). ... Goya redirects here. ... Édouard Manet (portrait by Nadar) Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 - April 30, 1883) was a noted French painter. ... Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920) was an Italian artist, practicing both painting and sculpture, who pursued his career for the most part in France. ... Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926)[1] was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movements philosophy of expressing ones perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein... Picasso redirects here. ... Maurice Utrillo, born Maurice Valadon, (December 25, 1883 - November 5, 1955) was a French painter who specialized in cityscapes. ... van Gogh redirects here. ... Splash of Sunshine and Rain, Watercolor, 1899. ...

The Foundation has become embroiled in controversy due to a financial crisis that lead to near bankruptcy in the 1990's, leading to the decision to relocate the gallery from Lower Merion to a site in Philadelphia, on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. This decision is currently being challenged by several petitioners from Friends of the Barnes, www.barnesfriends.org, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in Montgomery Conty Orphan's Court. Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a scenic avenue that runs through the cultural heart of Philadelphia. ...

Gallery and arboretum

The school was constructed in 1922 in one great villa, designed by Paul Cret, on the grounds of the home of Dr. Albert C. Barnes. The grounds now form a fine arboretum in their own right (The Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation). Paul Philippe Cret (October 24, 1876, Lyon, France – September 8, 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a French-American architect and industrial designer. ... This article is about a type of botanical garden. ... The Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation (12 acres) is an arboretum and site of the Barnes Foundation art gallery, located at 300 North Latchs Lane, Merion, Pennsylvania. ...

History

Barnes, who derived his fortune from his development of the antiseptic drug Argyrol, began, from 1910 on, to dedicate himself to the pursuit of the arts, assisted at first by the painter William Glackens, with whom he had become friends. In 1912, while in Paris, Barnes visited the home of Gertrude and Leo Stein, where he gained the acquaintance of artists like Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. In the 1920s he got to know, thanks to the merchant Paul Guillaume, the work of Amedeo Modigliani and Giorgio de Chirico. In 1922 Barnes began to transform his collection into a cultural institution, and in the same year began the job of construction of the center and underwriting the charter that sanctioned the birth of the Barnes Foundation. Argyrol is the trade name for an antiseptic (antimicrobial) consisting of a compound of protein and silver. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American writer who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. ... Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, noted for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. ... Picasso redirects here. ... Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920) was an Italian artist, practicing both painting and sculpture, who pursued his career for the most part in France. ... Giorgio de Chirico in 1936 photographed by Carl Van Vechten. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Barnes Gallery was built on the grounds of Captain Joseph Lapsley Wilson's fledgling Arboretum, not on the grounds of Albert Barnes' home. Barnes subsequently built his home next to the gallery, and this building is now the Administration building of the Foundation. Laura Barnes developed the Arboretum and the horticulture program, integral parts of the Barnes Foundation.

The original program of the Foundation, which was not a museum, but a school, was heavily influenced by the philosopher John Dewey, who helped Barnes draw up its mandate. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Dewey brought in two of his students to assist him in this, Lawrence Buermeyer (1889-1970) and Thomas Munro. Munro headed the Education Program at the Barnes for several years.^[4] In order to preserve the institution's identity, Barnes set out detailed terms of its operation in an indenture of trust to be honored in perpetuity after his death. These included limiting public admission to two days a week so the school could use the art collection for student study, and prohibitions against lending works in the collection, touring the collection, and presenting touring exhibitions. Matisse is said to have hailed the school as the only sane place in America to view art. John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thoughts and ideas have been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. ...

Recent developments

In 1992 the trustees claimed that extensive repairs needed on the aging structure required breaking some terms of the indenture, and from 1993 to 1995 a selection of 83 French Impressionist paintings were exhibited on a world tour, the proceeds of which were to be used to pay for the reconstruction. They traveled to various localities, including Washington, Paris, Tokyo, and Toronto.^[5][6] Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ...

Unfortunately, a number of financial irregularities arose. Between the renovations, these irregularities, and the associated legal expenses, the financial situation of the Barnes declined, in spite of millions of dollars in revenue from the painting tour. A 1999 forensic audit conducted by Deloitte Touche showed the Foundation to be nearing bankruptcy.^[7] This article is about the year. ... Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (well known by its brand name Deloitte) is the second largest professional services firm in the world after PricewaterhouseCoopers and one of the Big Four auditors, a group of the largest international public accountancy firms. ...

On September 24, 2002, the Foundation announced that it would petition the Montgomery County Orphans' Court (which oversees its operations) to allow it to disregard two of the terms of Dr. Barnes's indenture as per Dr. Albert C. Barnes will: 1) limited the board of trustees to five members of which Lincoln University, PA was granted authority to name four of the five members, and 2) that the works in the collection must remain in perpetuity in the gallery in Lower Merion. ^[6] The Foundation argued that it needed to expand the board of trustees to fifteen members to make fundraising viable, and that for the same reason it needed to relocate the gallery from Lower Merion to a site in Philadelphia on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. In its brief to the court, the Foundation stated that donors had proved to be reluctant to commit financial resources to the Barnes unless the gallery were to become more accessible to the public. On December 15, 2004, after a two-year legal battle (which included an examination of the Foundation's financial situation), Judge Stanley Ott of the Montgomery County Orphans' Court ruled that the Foundation could relocate.^[8] Three charitable foundations, The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Lenfest Foundation and The Annenberg Foundation, had agreed to help the Barnes raise $150 million on the condition that the move be approved. ^[9] is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Lincoln University in Pennsylvania is a four-year university on 350 acres in southern Chester County and a Center for Graduate Studies in Philadelphia. ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Pew Charitable Trusts is an independent nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an office in Washington, D.C., that is the successor to seven individual charitable funds established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew (1848-1912... H. F. Gerry Lenfest is a media entrepreneur and philanthropist. ... The Annenberg Foundation is a private foundation established in 1989. ...

Former students of The Barnes Foundation have expressed concern that the new gallery will be a full-scale museum rather than a school. They continue to protest to the trustees and public officials. The Foundation has repeatedly insisted that the education program will be preserved in the new gallery, which will continue to be the site of the Foundation's courses. The Foundation has also pledged to reproduce Dr. Barnes's idiosyncratic installation of artworks and other objects within the new gallery. ^[10]

After Judge Ott's decision in 2004, a group called Friends of the Barnes Foundation was formed consisting of former students, neighbors and art lovers from around the region and the world to try and find a way to keep the collection together in its home in Merion. As a result several steps have been taken to thwart the move. The Commissioners of Lower Merion Township have a zoning ordinance that would allow up to 145,000 people a year to visit the galleries in Merion with the gallery open 6 days a week. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania has offered to float a bond of $50 million to purchase the Barnes in a lease back arrangement that would allow the Foundation to be solvent in Merion. When the Foundation's board refused these offers the Friends of the Barnes petitioned the Montgomery County Orphan's Court to open the case siting issues unknown to the court at the last hearing and asking that the present trustees be removed and the Foundation placed in receivership. Montgomery County itself also petitioned the court to open the case. Congressman Jim Gerlach has continued to publicly support keeping the Barnes in Lower Merion. ^[11][12] James Jim Gerlach (born February 25, 1955) is a politician from the state of Pennsylvania, currently representing the states 6th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives. ...

On June 13, 2005, Barnes Foundation president Kimberly Camp announced her resignation, to take effect no later than January 1, 2006. Camp had been appointed in 1998 with the goal of making the foundation economically viable, and it was during her tenure that the proposal to move the Barnes was initiated.^[13] is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

In May 2006, the Foundation announced that it had successfully reached its $150 million fund-raising goal, and that it would now expand the campaign to raise another $50 million for endowment purposes. In August 2006, the Foundation announced that it was beginning a planning analysis for the new gallery, and that Derek Gillman (formerly of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) had been selected to be its new director and president.^[14]

The Barnes Foundation is moving ahead with its plans to move its gallery collection to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway,^[15] and have announced Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects will design a new home on the Parkway. ^[16] American Folk Art Museum, New York City, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, 2001. ...

Notable holdings

Jeanne Hébuterne (1919) by Amedeo Modigliani	Camille au métier (1875) by Claude Monet	Le Bateau-atelier (1876) by Claude Monet	Die Modelle (1877-8) by Georges Seurat
Mauvaise surprise (1901) by Henri Rousseau	La Montagne Sainte-Victoire (1885-95) by Paul Cezanne	Nature morte au crane (1895-1900) by Paul Cezanne	Pots en terre cuite et fleurs (1888-1890) by: Paul Cezanne
Portrait de femme Barnes (1892-96) by Paul Cezanne	Haere Pape (1892) by Paul Gauguin	Jeune garçon sur la plage d'Yport (1883) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir	Noirmoutier (1892) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A Montrouge - Rosa la Rouge (1886-87) by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec	Nude Woman on a Bed (1887) by Vincent van Gogh	The Smoker (1888) by Vincent van Gogh	Still Life Majolica with Wildflowers (1888) by Vincent van Gogh

References

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