Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
6 June – 23 August 2009
A protean artist, actor, and furniture-maker dedicated to the primacy of individual expression, Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936) called his unprecedented designs “artistic furniture.”
His unusually inventive forms and imaginative carving combined many different influences, from the abstract naturalism of Art Nouveau styling to the pared-down oak forms that became hallmarks of the Arts and Crafts movement.
This exhibition, the first major monograph of Rohlfs’ work will present over forty pieces of his best surviving furniture and decorative objects.
The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs explores the artist in the context of new research that reveals his success in Europe as well as America, and traces his influence on other early-twentieth-century furniture designers including Gustav Stickley.
The exhibition is organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum, Chipstone Foundation, and American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation.
It is curated by Joseph Cunningham of the American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation.
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