Year: 2020
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Hillstrom Museum of Art acquires etching suggested by student Gigi deGrood (’22)
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In conjunction with a Museum Studies class project in spring 2020 at Gustavus Adolphus College, the Hillstrom Museum of Art has acquired an 1879 etching by American artist William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) titled Keying Up—The Court Jester. The prolific artist, acclaimed for his Impressionist approach, was also a leading teacher of a generation of American…