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Des Moines Art Center marks 10th anniversary in capital
DES MOINES The Des Moines Art Center celebrates a decade of growth since its 1948 opening atop Greenwood Hill. Director Dwight Kirsch leads a large staff with extensive exhibits, an Iowa Artists competition, a teaching program for 700 students, and a broad loan and outreach effort aided by endowment funds and memberships. The expansion includes a major anniversary show with works by Picasso, Delacroix, Rousseau and others.
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Center OF Culture
Des Moines Art Center
Elie Sarrinen
Ceramics Studio
Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Greenwood Park
James D. Edmundson
Eliel Sarrinen
Cedar Renies
Sarrinen
Dwight Kirsch
Joseph Ishikawa
Junior League
Verne Kohls
Milles
Calais
Rodin
Jean Charlot
Don Manuel Garcia de la Prada
Francisco Goya
Alexander Calder
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
George Bellows
Gustave Courbet
Georges Rouault
John Marin
Aristide Maillol
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Cone
Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc
Kirsch
Picasso
Braque
Chardin
Delacroix
Daumier
Dufy
Matisse
Pissarro
Rousseau
Sisley
Vuillard
Burchfield
Hopper
Tamayo
Stamos
Groz