Home  

Random  

Nearby  



Log in  



Settings  



Donate  



About Wikipedia  

Disclaimers  



Wikipedia





Reynolda House Museum of American Art





Article  

Talk  



Language  

Watch  

Edit  





The Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds, founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the house originally occupied the center of a 1,067-acre (4.32 km2) estate. It opened to the public as an institution dedicated to the arts and education in 1965, and as an art museum in 1967. The house holds one of the country's finest collections of American paintings. It is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[1]

Reynolda House Museum of American Art
View from front lawn
Map
Established1967
Location2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27106
DirectorAllison Perkins
Websitereynoldahouse.org

History

edit

Design and construction began in 1912 and lasted until the end of 1917. Charles Barton Keen, who had gained success designing homes in Pennsylvania and New York, was the architect of not only the main house, but also the village on the estate that included a church, stables, and a school. Katharine Reynolds was very involved with the design of Reynolda, and some of her correspondence with Keen survives. The family finally moved in December 1917, but R. J. Reynolds was ill with pancreatic cancer and was not able to enjoy his new home. He died July 29, 1918.[2]

Reynolda was the home of two generations of the Reynolds family. In 1935, Mary Reynolds Babcock, the elder daughter, acquired the estate. She and her husband Charles Babcock used the house as their vacation home until 1948, when they moved permanently to Reynolda. The property remained in the family for nearly 50 years. The museum restored its rooms and furnishings to reflect the periods when the family lived there. The iconic green Ludowici terra cotta tile roof influenced many other prominent homes and architecture around Winston-Salem. Reynolda became affiliated with Wake Forest University in 2002.[3]

Features

edit
 
View of Reynolda House, ca. 1915

Located on Reynolda Road, a large portion of Reynolda can be explored on foot. In addition to the house, 28 of the original thirty buildings remain. To the west lie the restored formal gardens with Japanese cryptomeria and weeping cherry trees. The 16-acre (65,000 m2) lake behind the house ("Lake Katharine") has reverted to wetlands which provide a home for a variety of wildlife. Many of the buildings in the village are occupied by boutiques, shops, and restaurants.[1] A short walk across the dam leads from the village to Wake Forest University, which was built on land donated from the grounds of Reynolda House to the college by Mary and Charles Babcock.

A French restaurant, La Chaudiere, once occupied the family's former boiler room, but closed in the 1990s.[1][4]

Permanent collection

edit

Reynolda House Museum of American Art houses a permanent collection of American art and sculpture from three centuries. The artists featured in the collection include Mary Cassatt, Frederic Church, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Gilbert Stuart. Most of the pieces are displayed throughout the historic house.

Selected collection highlights

edit

Exhibitions

edit

In 2005, Reynolda House opened the Mary and Charlie Babcock Wing which features a gallery space for traveling exhibitions. There are usually two shows featured in that space every year, one in the fall and one in the spring. There are other exhibitions throughout the year in the Northeast and West Bedrooms in the house.

Past exhibitions

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c Burrough, Bryan (2003). Barbarians at the Gate. HarperCollins. p. 41. ISBN 9780060536350.
  • ^ Mayer, Barbara (1997). Reynolda. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair. p. 142. ISBN 0-89587-155-6.
  • ^ "Press Room". Reynoldahouse.org. 2002-01-15. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  • ^ Hastings, Michael (August 27, 2008). "Recipe Swap - Torte of Import".
  • ^ "Past Exhibitions". Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  • edit

    36°07′33N 80°16′58W / 36.1257°N 80.2829°W / 36.1257; -80.2829


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reynolda_House_Museum_of_American_Art&oldid=1201531688"
     



    Last edited on 31 January 2024, at 21:21  





    Languages

     


    Català
    مصرى

    Русский
    Türkçe
     

    Wikipedia


    This page was last edited on 31 January 2024, at 21:21 (UTC).

    Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Terms of Use

    Desktop