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Specialties
The Dubuque Museum of Art’s permanent collection concentrates on 20th century American art with an emphasis on American Regionalism. DuMA’s priority is to collect works by Regionalist artists and artists connected to the Tri-states region.
The permanent collection is composed of over 2100 works, primarily paintings and works on paper including significant works by noted Iowa Regionalist Grant Wood, the complete collection of Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian photogravures and texts, and nationally recognized artists including John Steuart Curry, Adrian Dornbush, and Mauricio Lasansky. Examples of local artists’ work includes Francesco Licciardi, Louise Halliburton, Joseph Walter, and Dorothy Rossiter. DuMA is also home to the complete body of work from artist and children’s author Arthur Geisert, currently consisting of more than 900 etchings.
History
Established in 1874.
The oldest cultural organization in Iowa, originally established as the Dubuque Art Association. Housed in the Carnegie-Stout Public Library in the first half of the 20th century and later moved to the Old Jail. In 1999, its current location at 7th and Locust St opened after a major renovation to the previous bank and office building was completed by architectural firm HG&A of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
