Welcome to the Anderson Collection
Stanford University's free museum of modern and contemporary American art

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Hunk, Moo Anderson give modern art masterpieces to Stanford

…964, they started with French and American Impressionists – Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Childe Hassam, Frederick Frieseke – all since sold to free up funds for more adventurous purchases. “It was an easy way in,” Hunk said. The designer of the Andersons’ California house, Paul Arnold, thought the couple might need a few pictures to enliven the walls and suggested9/8/2014 Hunk, Moo Anderson give modern art masterp…

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The Anderson Collection at Stanford: An Uplifting Experience

…lection at Stanford requires taking everything — your body and your expectations — up a level. After entering the building’s main lobby — which will cost you nothing as the Anderson is free — you will ascend a grand staircase that plateaus at the building’s collection floor. Upon arrival, prepare to be confronted by the imposing red, black and ivory crags of Clyfford Still’s monumental1957-J No. 1 (PH-142…

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The Magic of The Anderson Collection

…represents the personal choices and tastes of a family, and a love relationship that spanned over 50 years. They cherished every artwork equally as a family member. In fact, they grew so close to the art they lived with that when it moved to Stanford, they described feeling as if they were sending their children to college. Museum Makes Art Friendly A special museum was needed for this collection. Stanford hired Richard Olcott of Ennead Architec…

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Up Close: One Painting Tours With Artists

…ject in the Anderson Collection, sparking dialogue with a guest artist. This project is made possible by a grant from Stanford Arts and the Anderson Collection at Stanford University. Artist Rebekah Goldstein explores Richard Diebenkorn’s Ocean Park #60 Rebekah Goldstein is a San Francisco-based painter. Click here to explore her work. Follow her on Instagram. Artist Marcela Pardo Ariza explores Paul Wonner’s Wine Glass and Postcard (Zu…

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The Cantor and Anderson Collection offer free membership to Class of 2020

The Cantor and Anderson Collection offer free membership to Class of 2020…