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Newark Stories: Four Newarkers Who Made a Difference

June 18, 2016 ‑ January 8, 2017

This exhibition highlights four Newarkers who made a difference and who were key benefactors of The Newark Museum of Art:

Lida Clanton Broner
Caroline Bamberger Fuld
Howard W. Hayes
W. Clark Symington

Each of these people brought different interests and perspectives to the Museum. Their collections as well as their ideas helped shape the institution in the first half of the 20th century.

Tea Caddy (chaire 茶入) Japan, Edo Period (1615‑1868) Glazed earthenware, wood, coral, lacquer. Gift of Mary Vanderpool Pennington, 1949 Howard W. Hayes Collection | 49.524A,B

John Sloan (Born 1871, Lock Haven, PA; died 1951, Hanover, NH). Picture Shop Window, 1907 Oil on canvas. Gift of Mrs. Felix Fuld, 1925 | 25.1163

Eliza Godfrey, London. Basket, 1743. Silver. Gift of W. Clark Symington, 1959 | 59.106

Necklace, 1930s. Glass beads, agapanthus root, button. Xhosa artist; South Africa. Gift of Lida Clanton Broner, 1947 | 47.94

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