The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...

 houses one of the finest indigenous Australian art collections in the world, rivaling many of the collections held in Australia. The museum houses many important breakthrough paintings of the Papunya movement and Arnhem

Arnhem

Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

 land artists.

The museum was formed after the collections of businessman John Werner Kluge and academic, the late Professor Edward L. Ruhe, of the University of Kansas, were amalgamated. The collection comprises approximately 1700 objects including bark paintings,acrylic on canvas paintings, sculpture, and artifacts. The director and curator of the Kluge-Ruhe Collection is anthropologist Margo Smith.

The museum is located at Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

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Kluge-Ruhe Museum at the University of Virginia

The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia