Jon Swanson, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, joined the museum in 2006 and has created more than 125 diverse and unique exhibitions of great art inspired by water, which have included regional, national, and international artists, both contemporary and historic, exploring the ongoing and historic human relationship with water. He has an undergraduate degree in fine art, graduate degrees in art history and nautical archaeology and is a fine arts photographer. (Minnesota Marine Art Museum, 800 Riverview Drive, Winona, Minnesota; Ph. 507 474-6626; www.mmam.org)
photo by jon swanson
courtesy maarten platje
Maarten Platje: The Early History of the US Navy opened on 3 May and runs through 18 August 2019. Fifteen large paintings on loan from the artist and courtesy of the Cavalier Galleries (Greenwich, CT, New York, NY, and Nantucket, MA) are on display in one of the museum’s six large galleries, along with other Platje paintings from the museum’s collections. Platje’s works as part of the museum’s permanent collection have been visitors’ favorites since it opened in 2006, and this exhibition is a welcome opportunity to display new works by this popular marine artist. The Minnesota Marine Art Museum offers ten or more historical and contemporary exhibitions in its galleries, and hosts educational experiences for thousands of people each year. The museum’s initial collections focused on traditional marine or maritime art, however, through a collection on long-term loan, today the museum is home to a large variety of art inspired by water, including the greatest European and American masters. The MMAM is the public home to masterpieces by Turner, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Cassatt, Gauguin, Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, O’Keeffe, Homer, Andre and Jamie Wyeth, and many more. It is through this surprising diversity that the museum is not only describing what marine art is, but also is pushing the boundaries of what marine art can be. Learn more at mmam.org.
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