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The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art is a museum in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. The museum is privately owned and was established in 1905〔(Cedar Rapids Museum of Art ). Crma.org (2007-12-20). Retrieved on 2013-09-05.〕 The museum acquired the old Cedar Rapids Public Library building after the library moved into a new location in 1985. In 1989 the current home of the museum was built adjoining the old library. The mission of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art is to excite, engage, and educate its community and visitors through its collection, exhibitions, and programs.〔(Cedar Rapids Museum of Art ). Tfaoi.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-05.〕〔(View Museum Info ). Museumsusa.org (2009-05-20). Retrieved on 2013-09-05.〕 == Collection == The museum has significant collections from several prominent Iowa artists. The museum displays temporary exhibitions of contemporary art and hold the world's largest collection of works by Grant Wood, Marvin Cone, and Bertha Jaques, works by Mauricio Lasansky and the Riley Collection of ancient Roman portrait busts.〔〔()〕 The Grant Wood collection includes his paintings “Woman with Plants” and “Young Corn.”〔(Items Owned By Cedar Rapids Museum of Art ). Museum Syndicate. Retrieved on 2013-09-05.〕 In 2002, the CRMA was given the building that houses the original studio of Grant Wood. Located just three blocks from the Museum, the loft studio, known by its fictitious address of 5 Turner Alley, was designed and constructed by Wood, who lived and worked there between 1924 and 1935. It was here that he painted American Gothic〔(Grant Wood At 5 Turner Alley ). Tfaoi.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-05.〕 (1930)—now part of the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago—and many of his most famous paintings. The Grant Wood Studio is open to the public for guided tours several days per week.〔(Cedar Rapids Museum of Art ). Crma.org (2007-12-20). Retrieved on 2013-09-05.〕 The Marvin Cone collection〔(Marvin Cone Online ). Artcyclopedia.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-05.〕 includes many of his best-known landscapes and abstracts. Cone was a collaborator and friend of Grant Wood.〔(Marvin Cone Gallery ). Public.coe.edu. Retrieved on 2013-09-05.〕 The museum also includes significant pieces by Mauricio Lasansky, Ann Royer, and many others. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Museum of Art Cedar Rapids」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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