08/27/2025
Brauer Exhibitions for AY2026
Education Gallery
Featured in this gallery is a series of paintings by the acclaimed Chicago artist, Paul Sierra (b. 1944). Sierra is known for his magical realist paintings that weave together autobiographical experiences, art historical allusions, and historical events in scenes of vivid color. In his Intolerance: Victims of Dictatorships series, purchased for the museum's collection by dedicated Brauer supporter Philipp Brockington, Sierra presents the haunting likenesses of individuals who lost their lives in dictatorial regimes.
Sloan Gallery
The Sloan Gallery is named to acknowledge the gift, made official, in 1953, by Percy H. Sloan (1867-1950) of 276 works of art by his father Junius Ralston Sloan, 107 works of art by other American artists, and an endowment. Junius R. Sloan began his career as a portraitist and shifted to landscape painting in 1860. --from The Brockington/Reeve Collection of American Portraits at the Brauer Museum of Art booklet.
The paintings currently in the gallery are a mix of Junius R. Sloan and other artists’ works that came from his collection, were purchased with his endowment funds, or purchased to complement work in the context of his time as an artist.
West Gallery
The focus in this gallery is on modern and contemporary abstract works of art by Chicago artists. Abstract and nonobjective works from this city so often reflect a lively sense of whimsy that is associated in figurative works with the style known as Imagism. The collection pieces on display here blend graphic punch with formal inventiveness for an exciting viewing experience.
Wehling & McGill Galleries
Three large paintings by the celebrated Indiana Dunes artist Frank V. Dudley (1868-1957) occupy the Wehling Gallery, bridging the gap between nineteenth-century landscapes in the Sloan Gallery and the twentieth-century pieces in the McGill Gallery. The overview of twentieth-century art historical styles and periods in the McGill Gallery is a highly selective one that considers figure, landscape, and still life subjects in varied scales and through varied use of gesture.
Ferguson Gallery 1214
The works in this gallery are by the artists Vin (1896-1964) and Hazel (1895-2002) Hannell, legendary artists in the Duneland community. Vin and Hazel are the subject of a major exhibition titled Life Work, on display through October 26, at the Porter County Museum (POCO MUSE) in downtown Valparaiso. The Brauer Museum was fortunate to be able to lend to this important exhibition, and to tie in with the show the Brauer has on display a number of works by the two artists to provide an even fuller sense of their styles and artistic contributions.
Main Ferguson Gallery
Featured in this gallery are two fine new additions to the collection, acquired for the museum under the direction of Jonathan Canning. Accompanying these two new works, one by Jacob Lawrence and one by Whitfield Lovell, are pieces from the Brauer Museum's collection by African American artists to offer additional art historical and stylistic context. The Brauer Museum is delighted to have these beautiful new works on paper in the collection.
Also on display is another fine new addition to the collection, a 1980 work by the American artist Frank Stella. Accompanying this new Stella donation on display are two other pieces by the artist from the Brauer's collection to provide a fuller glimpse into Stella's stylistically diverse career.
Gallery 1212
The Brauer Museum is pleased to present traditional and digital photographs by significant American photographers who treat their landscape and portrait subjects with complexity and depth. These photographic works on display, reflecting a range of approximately 100 years, fascinate and challenge with their details, contrasts, and depths of space and concept. Photography students in particular learn about the history and richness of their chosen medium through study of these pieces and others in the collection.
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