Burrichter/Kierlin Marine Art Collection

 

    The Burrichter/Kierlin Marine Art Collection is on loan to the Minnesota Marine Art Museum and includes original paintings depicting the era of transition from sail to steam propulsion, paintings from the impressionist and luminist movements, portraits, watercolors, landscapes and seascapes. Their magnificent collection is one of America's largest and finest privately owned marine art collections. It features works by renowned artists Albert Bierstadt, William Bradford, Alfred T. Bricher, James Buttersworth, Don Demers, Jack Gray, Winslow Homer, Thomas Hoyne, Dusan Kadlec, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-August Renoir, Francis A. Silva, John Stobart, Tim Thompson, Samuel Walter and many others. Also on display are three-dimensional marine objects such as ship wheels, figureheads, ship models, sailors' personal possessions, letters and navigational instruments.

Mary Burrichter and Bob Kierlin invite you to view their marine art collection.

 

Now Showing

Opens March 25, 2008
On display until Oct 24, 2008

On display is a special exhibit of Canada’s most celebrated marine artist Jack Lorimer Gray (1927-1981). Gray was a formally trained artist who combined his love of art with a love of the sea. He lived, worked and sailed in and around Nova Scotia and the Atlantic coast. His sketches and paintings capture
fishermen, sailors, ships and ports in a direct manner with an energetic style and vibrant colors.

This solo exhibit features 23 original oil paintings comprising one of the largest exhibits of his work, including several pieces shown publicly for the first time.