Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

“In confromity with the practice followed by many museums, art objects purchased by or donated to the association are not included in in the statement of financial position. The association maintains a separate record of all its art objects.”

“The montgomery museum of fine arts holds more than 5,000 objects in its collection, consisting primarily of american works of art from the eighteenth century into the twenty-first century. The collection includes art from the southeastern united states, decorative arts in the form of porcelain and glass, and old master prints. The american collections, as well as the european old master prints, form an outstanding historical context for the approximately 250 works from the museum's geographic region, which date from the late-nineteenth century to the present. The museum's american collection is a comprehensive survey of styles, techniques, and subject matter from the 18th through the 20th centuries illustrating major art movements from colonial times to the present. Portions of the collection are on permanent exhibition in various installations that explore different themes or historical perspectives. The core of the american art installation is the blount collection, containing 41 historically significant paintings by 33 american artists including copley, moran, homer, sargent, hopper, and o'keeffe. This chronological survey of american paintings significantly enhances the overall museum collections, and the museum's educational role by providing a comprehensive view of important styles and movements in american art. While the museum's american art collection is among the strongest in the southeastern u.s., the museum's print collection is also highly significant. The rich collection of old master prints includes multiple works by outstanding european printmakers from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries such as schoengauer, d rer, rembrandt, canaletto, goya, and whistler. The collection now includes over 1,500 outstanding impressions. These works embody various printmaking techniques and demonstrate the scope and quality of this distinctive collection. Utilizing the museum's weil print endowment, the museum consistently purchases old master prints made before 1900 to enhance the museum's holdings. The collection of works on paper also includes popular engravers such as currier and ives and extends to works by major modern printmakers including rosenquist, warhol, and stella. The museum's holdings of historical and modern photography are also increasing, particularly in the area of works by southern photographers. In 1930, the museum was founded with the intention of exhibiting works by alabama artists and to promote the cultural, artistic, and educational life of the people of alabama. Paintings were donated by the director of the museum's art school, kelly fitzpatrick, as well as by his students to form the core of early holdings. Today, works by alabama artists and, in a larger context, works by southern regional artists, remain a source of great pride for the montgomery area and are accessible reminders of its cultural and artistic heritage. Historical and contemporary works by artists from alabama and the southeast form an essential and expanding component of mmfa's collection; more than two hundred examples of painting, works on paper and sculpture are now in the collection. Represented are nineteenth-century portraitists, nicola marschall and jacques amans, and landscape painters, joseph rusling meeker, walter anderson and will henry stevens. Artists of the wpa era include j. Kelly fitzpatrick, arthur bairnsfarther, anne goldthwaite and charles shannon. Many of these works were executed for wpa projects in alabama and donated to the museum by the project or by the artists. Important contemporary, regional artists represented are roger brown, william christenberry, and frank fleming. Works by self-taught artists are also an expanding part of the museum's permanent collection. Quilts by alabama quiltmakers of the mid-to-late twentieth century, as well as a selection of works by alabama artists such as jimmy lee sudduth, mose tolliver and bill traylor, form an important facet of the museum's representation of works b”

“The association has not recognized any respective liability for unrecognized tax benefits as it has no known tax positions that would subject the association to any material income tax exposure. The tax years that remain subject to examination are the periods beginning on october 1, 2020 for all major tax jurisdictions.”

“ACQUISITIONS 1,643,200.”