Founded in 1916, the
Brooks Museum of Art is the oldest and largest art museum in Tennessee. The original Beaux-Arts building is a registered U. S. National Landmark; and the Museum has seen two major additions, in 1955 and 1989. The facility contains 29 galleries, a research library, an auditorium, and several art classrooms. Notable among the 7,000 works of art are the Samuel H. Kress Collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, the Levy Collection of American prints, and the Goodman Book Collection. The Museum collection includes works by Homer, Renoir, Nancy Graves, Gainsborough, Hassam, Elizabeth Catlett. and Memphis artist Carroll Cloar, and Memphis photographer Ernest Withers.
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