Once June arrives in Alabama, it might feel like summer, with school-free days and sweltering heat, has already started. However, the season does not officially begin until June 21, the longest day of the year. For this Summer Solstice, the BMA is celebrating the lasting brightness with sunshine found throughout our galleries.
If you ever need an escape from the sizzling sun, the Birmingham Museum of Art is the perfect place to have some free summer fun! Check out our events calendar and plan your visit today!
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Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California. Albert Bierstadt, 1865. Oil on canvas. 64 1/2 × 96 1/2 inches. Gift of the Birmingham Public Library, 1991.879.
“Sunset, Haywagon in the Distance,” about 1875, Martin Johnson Heade, American (1819-1904), oil on canvas. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Friends of the Museum through Vulcan Materials 1977.192.
“Picking Cotton,” about 1955, Robert Gwathmey, American (1903-1988), oil on canvas. Gift of the Alabama Cotton Manufacturers’ Association (second prize in the 1956 Cotton Exhibition) 1956.2.
Chatsworth House and Park. Pieter Tillemans (Flemish, active Great Britain, 1684-1734), about 1725. Oil on canvas. 26 × 68 inches. Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by the Sklenar Family – Herb, Ellie, Susan and Tisha; and the Art Fund, Inc., AFI.4.2013.
“From Studio Window, Isola di Capri, October Evening,” 1901, Charles Caryl Coleman, American (1840-1926), oil on panel. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Friends of American Art 2010.113.
“Mt. Aetna from Taormina,” 1871, William Stanley Haseltine, American (1835-1900), oil on canvas. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Harold and Regina Simon Fund, 2008.16.
“The Remains of the Roman Forum,” 1861, David Roberts, Scottish (1796-1864), oil on canvas. Museum purchase with donations provided by the J.A. Vann Charitable Trust in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James Allen Vann 1984.73.
“A Dream of Italy,” 1865, Robert S. Duncanson, American (1821-1872), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art AF110.2009.
“Venice: Grand Canal at Sunset,” Thomas Moran, born in Bolton, England (1837-1926), oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of Virginia Bissell Spencer AF179.2011.
“Landscape with sun-bathed lake and wooded shores” Jasper Francis Crospey, United States, oil on canvas laid down on board. BMA Collection, 1985.167.
