Named Collections in the Fine Arts Collection

Named collections in the Fine Arts Collection are intended primarily to honor the donor or whomever the donor designates, or to recognize significant bodies of work assembled from multiple donors. Named collections are considered to contain research value beyond the local or regional level.

Lars Gunnar and Niels Holger (Herrmann) Anderson Collection Australian Aboriginal paintings Elwin and Helen Farwell Collection prints, paintings, drawings, Southwest Indian Art Fine Arts Festival Collection prints, paintings, drawings, from Luther College's Fine Arts Festivals Javis and James Fortmann Collection Marguerite Wildenhian ceramics and pre-Columbian art works Olaf. J. Fosso Collection lithographic posters by contemporary artists Henri Friedlaender Collection Frans Wildenhain drawings, Marguerite Wildenhain drawings and porcelain Harold C. Hanson Collection Inuit carvings, paintings Don Hastings Collection art of the American West William A. Heintz Collection paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture Rolf Dieter Herrmann Collection woodcuts from the Orpheus series by Gerhard Marks Don and Jane Kemp Collection Alaska Native carvings and art Casper B. Nervig Collection ancient oil lamps Norwegian-American Collection paintings, prints, drawings Nils Remmen Collection paintings, prints, drawings Pond Farm Collection pottery, paintings Panama Pre-Columbian Pottery Collection pre-Columbian pottery Jeanne Preus Rost Collection cloisonné objects O.W. Qualley Collection Middle Eastern oil lamps and vases Fridtjof Schroder Collection paintings Edith Huset Talle Collection Frans Wildenhain travel sketches Helen Elaine Talle Collection pre-Columbian pottery from Mexico Lili Wildenhain Collection Frans Wildenhain ceramics Marguerite Wildenhain Collection pottery, drawings; works by Gerhard Marcks; pre-Columbian pottery

Dick Kilikavioyak (1906-1982) “Drum Dancer” Stone, 1974 Harold C. Hanson Collection LFAC #1994:01:08 Arvid Nyholm (1866-1927) “Girl with Lute” Oil on Canvas, ca. 1900-1920 Nils Remmen Collection LFAC #60 Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) “Shisendo Kyoto” Woodblock, 1963 William A. Heintz Collection LFAC #1997:08:34 Unknown “Spherical Covered Dish ” Cloisonne, n.d. Jeanne Preus Rost Collection LFAC #1994:12:05 Frans Wildenhain(1905-1980) “Rhone bis Belle Garde” Watercolor, n.d. Edith Huset Talle Collection LFAC #495

In addition to the above named collections, many individual works have been acquired for the collection through the generous donations of alumni, patrons, and friends of the college. Endowments established in 1998 provide limited support for the purchase of additional works and expenses associated with management of the collection. Donations to the endowments are welcome. Please visit our Gifts and Loans page for details.

Updated 05/04/2007