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The collection is committed to the benefit of children and now serves in partnership with select public and private schools and arts organizations throughout the country. The collection is brought into the classroom for extended periods and studied by children for the enhancement and encouragement of their own artistic abilities. To date, portions of the collection have been viewed by over 50,000 children. The collection has received national recognition and in 2005, was awarded the The President's Call to Service Award. In 2006, the collection received The Points of Light Award. |
Circa 1885 Oil on Canvas, (28.4 x 23 inches) framed Acquired from Wilnitsky Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria The Christian Thomas Lee Collection of Fine Art |
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Recent acquisitions to the collection include Walk in the Park, an 1895 Belle Epoque period oil portrait by Adolph Pirsch; a priceless and one-of-a-kind silver-gilt tea glass spoon by the famed goldsmith to the court of Imperial Russia, Peter Carl Fabergé, acquired from Sotheby's London; Giovanni Battista Pasqualini's master engraving from the year 1624 Christ Delivering the Keys to Heaven; a Boeotian Terracotta Statue from the 6th century BC, acquired from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; two important oil paintings from the Austrian School; and the conclusion of a commercial treaty between Great Britain and Prussia signed by King George IV in 1824, acquired from Sotheby's New York. |
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