Gifts of the Ida Belle Young Art Acquisition Fund

Thanks to the generosity of the late Ida Belle Young, the Museum has acquired a range of American treasures in recent years and will continue to do so.  Montgomery Museum Docents present each work in depth, and the course addresses Ida Belle’s legacy, how the Museum acquired the works, and ways in which young visitors engage the pieces.   

Shown are docents presenting the various works acquired through the Ida Belle Young Fund.
Top row, from l to r:  Eleanor Lee's introduction of Ida Belle Young, the individual;  Alma Freeman - Mary Cassatt, Francoise in Green Sewing;   Mary Lil Owens - William Sidney Mount, Any Fish Today? ; and Lou Scott - Severin Roesen,  Still Life with Mixed Flowers and Bird's Nest.
Center row, from l to r:   Beverly Bennett - George Henry Durrie, Holidays in the Country, The Cider Party, 1853; Pam Moulton - Edmonia Lewis, Hiawatha's Marriage, 1868; Jiyeon Suh - George Inness, Medfield, 1877; and George Jacobsen - Eastman Johnson, Girl in Landscape with Two Lambs, 1875.
Bottom row, from l to r: Pat Wanglie - Thomas Hart Benton, Ozark Autumn, 1949; and Gloria Simons - Max Weber, View of Roslyn, New York, ca. 1922-1925