The Dixon Gallery and Gardens (17 acres) is an art museum with gardens located at 4339 Park Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged. An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art, and usually primarily paintings and sculpture. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The River City, The Bluff City, M-Town Location Location in Shelby County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Tennessee Shelby County Mayor W. W. Herenton (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 294. ...

The museum focuses on French and American impressionism and features works by Monet, Degas, and Renoir, as well as pieces by Pierre Bonnard, Mary Cassatt, Marc Chagall, Honoré Daumier, Henri Fantin-Latour, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Berthe Morisot, Edvard Munch, Auguste Rodin, and Alfred Sisley. The museum also houses the Stout Collection of 18th century German porcelain. With nearly 600 pieces of tableware and figures, it is one of the finest such collections in the United States. Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 - December 5, 1926), French impressionist painter. ... Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 - September 27, 1917) was a French painter and sculptor. ... The name Renoir refers to more than one person. ... The Dining Room in the Country Pierre Bonnard (October 3, 1867 – January 23, 1947) was a French painter and printmaker. ... The Childs Bath (The Bath). ... Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten. ... Honoré Daumier (portrait by Nadar) Honoré Daumier (1808 – 1879) was a French caricaturist and painter. ... Self Portrait by Henri Fantin-Latour (1859), at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Henri Fantin-Latour Henri Fantin-Latour (January 14, 1836 - August 25, 1904) was a French painter and lithographer. ... Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 – May 9, 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist artist. ... Photo of Henri Matisse taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1933. ... Berthe Morisot in a portrait by Édouard Manet, 1872 Berthe Morisot (January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was an impressionist painter. ... Self Portrait with Skeleton Arm, 1895 Edvard Munch [IPA: É›dvÉ’:rt mʏnx] (December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) was a Norwegian expressionist painter and printmaker. ... Auguste Rodin Rodins The Burghers of Calais in Calais, France. ... Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garonne. ... A figurine made of porcelain For the indie band Fine China see Fine China. ...

The museum sits within four outdoor gardens with Greco-Roman sculpture. Its site was acquired by the Dixons in 1939, and landscaped in the English style with open vistas adjacent to smaller, intimate formal spaces. The major areas within the gardens are the Cutting Garden, Formal Garden, South Lawn, and Woodland Gardens. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Classical antiquity. ...

See also

• List of botanical gardens in the United States

This list of botanical gardens in the United States is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States of America. ...

External links

• Dixon Gallery and Gardens