The Luther College Fine Arts Collection

The Luther College Fine Arts Collection is administered within the Library and Information Technology Services governance structure and housed in Preus Library. The Collection is supervised by Special Collections librarian, Jane Kemp, with assistance from Gallery Coordinator, David Kamm. Numbering over 1,200 works, the Collection contains art dating from ca. 500 BCE to the present but focuses on art produced in the 20th century. While many of the artists represented in the Collection originated from the upper midwest, exemplified by College Artist Orville Running, most notable works were created by artists outside that area. Collection concentrations include works by California potter Marguerite Wildenhain; German Expressionist artist Gerhard Marcks, and New York artist Frans Wildenhain. Norwegian-American art, principally represented by the artist Herbjørn Gausta, pre-Columbian pottery; and Inuit sculptures are also prominent elements of the Fine Arts Collection.

Collection Contents

Alexander Calder
"Boomerang"
Lithograph, n.d.
FAC #511

Works in the collection include paintings; drawings; works produced through print, photographic, or other techniques which produce multiple originals; sculpture in all media; assemblages; textiles; ceramics; and utilitarian or ritual objects in any medium whose principal value resides in their aesthetic merit.

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