Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Rd
626.405.2100
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Charles Rohlfs (American, 1853-1936), Rocking Chair, ca. 1899. Oak, leather, and metal tacks; 32 1/2 x 24 3/4 x 33 inches. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Promised Gift of American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation in honor of Joseph Cunningham. Photo © V&A Publications.
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May 22, 2010 – Sep 6, 2010
Mondays (noon–4:30pm)
Wednesdays–Fridays (noon–4:30pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (10:30am–4:30pm)
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$15 - 20
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“American furniture designer Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936) found inspiration in Art Nouveau, Asian, English, German, and Moorish designs, yet his own style resists easy classification. Both influenced by and influential on the Arts and Crafts movement, Rohlfs referred to his original, genre-defying work as "artistic furniture," which was distinguished by complex yet elegant ornamentation and stylistic individuality. The Huntington brings the artist's thus-far under-appreciated talent to the fore with a vital collection that spotlights dozens of his masterpieces, including ones he made for his own home, as well as commissioned and commercially produced works.”
Karin E. Baker, Flavorpill
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens says: The first major exhibition on one of the most creative and enigmatic figures of the American Arts and Crafts movement comes to Southern California this summer. The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs opens at The Huntington on May 22 and continues through Sept. 6 in the MaryLou and George Boone Gallery. The exhibition premiered at the Milwaukee Art Museum in 2009 and has traveled to the Dallas Museum of Art and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. It will complete its national tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York this fall.
