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Conservation of European monuments
was of particular interest to Samuel H. Kress and has been sponsored
by the Kress Foundation since its inception in 1929. For the past
three decades, the World Monuments Fund has administered the Foundation's
funding in this area, including a program of challenge grants
– The Kress Foundation European Preservation Program –
established in 1987. The program is now an integral part of the
Art of Europe in Context, reflecting the Foundation's concern
for the original sites for which works of art were created.
WORLD MONUMENTS FUND
The World Monuments Fund serves as
the private sector international leader in the preservation of
endangered works of cultural heritage throughout the world. It
administers The Kress Foundation European Preservation Program,
which grants $400,000 annually in a competitive program for the
conservation of European sites of artistic importance. Click below
to visit the World Monuments Fund Web site and to view the report
"Kress Foundation European
Preservation Program 2000-2004".
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES HOUSING
THE KRESS COLLECTION
More than 3,000 works of European
art in the Kress Collection were distributed to over 90 locations
in 33 states, plus Puerto Rico and France. Today, Kress paintings
and sculpture are prized elements of the permanent collections
of institutions from Washington DC to Honolulu, from Seattle to
Coral Gables.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
A significant portion of the Kress
Collection of European art (376 paintings, 94 sculptures, 1,307
bronzes, and 38 drawings) are today part of the National Gallery
of Art in Washington DC. In addition, the Kress Foundation sponsors
the Kress-Murphy Symposium on Illustrated European Books and Manuscripts,
a Kress Professorship and Kress Fellowships in Art History at
the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, and projects
relating to resources and research in art history.
Click below to visit the National Gallery of Art Web site.
KRESS REGIONAL GALLERIES
Eighteen museums in regional centers
across the country received more than 700 works of art (from 20
to 60 Old Master paintings per museum) from the Kress Collection
at the conclusion of the most extensive donation of European art
ever undertaken.
You may visit the Web site of any of these museums and galleries
by clicking on its name in the list below.
KRESS STUDY
COLLECTIONS
Twenty-three Kress Study Collections
comprising 200 works of European art were donated to colleges
and universities across the United States.
Links to these campus museums and galleries are provided here.
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