The Baltimore Museum of Art was originally constructed in 1914.

In 1981, a major addition was constructed that included new exhibit galleries, an amphitheater, a gift shop and an adjacent sculpture garden. Dan Calistrat, the author of this presentation, was the Structural Engineer for the project.

The sculpture garden was placed in a beautifully landscaped area, and was named for its major contributors that donated funds and art objects.

In 1988, a second sculpture garden was added.

Modern art, is art created from the 19th century to the mid-20th century by artists who veered away from the traditional concepts and techniques of painting, sculpture, and other fine arts that had been practiced since the Renaissance. Nearly every phase of modern art was initially greeted by the public with ridicule, but as the shock wore off, the various movements settled into history, influencing and inspiring new generations of artists.

I personally am not very fond of modern art objects. But if some of them are pleasing to the eye and stir an enjoyable emotion upon viewing, then the artist succeeded in his or her purpose to entertain the mind. Many times I cannot understand the name given to an art object, but I accept that the artist and the viewer have different ways of looking at them.

EMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE

FRENCH 1861- 1929

FRUIT 1911 BRONZE

GERHARD MARKS GERMAN 1889-1981PROMETHEUS BOUND BRONZE 1948

(Where is his head?)

MAX BILLSWISS 1908-1994ENDLESS RIBBON

1953 GRANITE

GIACOMO MANZU ITALIAN YOUNG GIRL ON A CHAIR BRONZE 1955

RAYMOND DUCHAMP-VILLON FRENCH 1876-1918

HORSE CAST 1966 MODEL 1914 BRONZE

MICHAL HEIZER AMERICAN

EIGHT PART CIRCLE 1976/1987 GRANITE

ALEXANDER CALDER AMERICAN 1898-1976 100 YARD DASH STEEL

HENRY MOORE ENGLISH 1898-1986 THREE PIECE RECLINING FIGURE 1961-1962 BRONZE

ALEXANDER CALDER AMERICAN 1898-1976 FOUR DISHES 1967 PAINTED STEEL

JACOB EPSTEIN AMERICAN BORN ENGLISH 1880-1959THE VISITATION 1955 CAST; ORIGINAL 1926 BRONZE

MARINO MARINIITALIAN 1901-1980

THE MIRACLE 1954BRONZE

MARIO NEGRI ITALIAN

LARGE MONUMENTAL ALLEGORY 1960

BRONZE

ISAMU NOGUCHIAMERICAN 1904-1988

UNTITLED 1958STAINLESS STEEL

JACQUES LIPCHITZ

AMERICANBORN LITHUANIA

1891-1973

MOTHER AND CHILD1941-1945

BRONZE

ISAMU NOGUCHIAMERICAN 1904-1988

NOH MUSICIANS1958/1974

STAINLESS STEEL POLISHED AND BRUSHED

PABLO GARGALLOSPANISH 1881-1939

THE PROPHETST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

1933 BRONZE

HENRI LAURENSFRENCH 1885-1954

LARGE BATHER 1947 BRONZE

AUGUSTE RODINFRENCH 1840-1917

BALZAC1957 CAST, ORIGINAL 1892

BRONZE

MARK DI SUVEROAMERICAN, BORN CHINA

SISTER LU1978-1979 STEEL

JOAN MIRO SPANISH 1893-1983

HEAD 1974 BRONZE

BARRY FLANAGAN WELSH LARGE BOXING HARE ON ANVIL 1984 BRONZE

SCOTT BURTONROCK CHAIR GRANITE 1986

JOSE RUIZ DE RIVERAAMERICAN 1904-1985

CONSTRUCTION 140STAINLESS STEEL

WITH INTERNAL MOTOR

OSSIP ZADKINE FRENCH 1890-1967MAY 1940: THE DESTROYED CITY 1957 BRONZE

LOUISE NEVELSON

SEVENTH DECADE FOREST

ALUMINUM PAINTED BLACK

1971-76

ANTHONY CARO SHEILA'S SONG 1982

TONY SMITH SPIT BALL 1961

BYE-BYE FROM THEBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART

SCULPTURE GARDEN

COME TO VISITIT IS NICE AND IT IS FREE

PICTURES AND PRESENTATIONBY DAN CALISTRATdcalistrat@aol.comDECEMBER 2009