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Do You Know the Cummer?

by , Marketing Manager in Art

How well do you know The Cummer?  If you think you can identify these items—currently on display throughout the Museum as 50 Favorites.  Write your guesses in the comment section below and we will give the answers in two weeks, along with the next challenge.  One winner will receive a complimentary one-day pass to the Museum.  Good luck!

1. Herman Herzog (German/American, 1832 – 1932), Figure in a Landscape, c. 1910, oil on canvas, 15 13/16 x 19 7/8 in., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. Herman Terry, AG.1987.11.1.

2. René-Théodore Berthon (French, 1776 – 1859), Portrait of Princess Pauline Borghèse and the Baroness de Mathiesse, c. 1810, oil on canvas, 83 7/8 x 69 ½ in., Museum purchase with Council funds, AP.2002.2.1.

3. Peter Thijs (Flemish, 1624 –1677) and Pieter Boel (Flemish, 1622 – 1674), Huntsman with His Dogs and Game, c.1650, oil on canvas, 72 x 103 ½ in., Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, AG.1961.9.1.

4. Winslow Homer (American, 1836 – 1910), The White Rowboat, St. Johns River, 1890, watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 in., Bequest of Ninah M. H. Cummer, C.0.154.1.

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#34 The Cummer Gardens

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Italian Fountain, recast in 2001 by Marble Studio Stagetti in Pietrasanta, Italy, April 2004. Photograph courtesy of Mick Hales, Greenworld Pictures Inc.

“Sitting in the garden is so peaceful and the view of the river is really beautiful”  –Katie Horton Taylor

“About 5 years ago, my husband proposed to me in the garden area under the covering of the building on a rainy day and it was beautiful….”  –Brooke Rojas

The Cummer Gardens are a rare thing of beauty, set in the heart of Jacksonville.  Historically preserved since they were managed by the Museum’s founder, Ninah May Holden Cummer, they are still true to the design she left.  The Gardens feature an English and an Italian formal garden with a green lawn in between.  They are unique examples of early 20th Century garden design, and have been recognized by the National Register of Historic Places.   The Cummer Oak, one of the most striking features of the Gardens, boasts the title of being one of the oldest trees in Jacksonville at approximately 200 years old.  It is a live oak tree with a canopy of over 150 ft.  Words, however, do not do the Gardens justice, so here are some more pictures!

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Do You Know the Cummer?

by , Marketing Manager in Art

How well do you know The Cummer?  If you think you can identify these items—currently on display throughout the Museum as 50 Favorites.  Write your guesses in the comment section below and we will give the answers in two weeks, along with the next challenge.  One winner will receive a complimentary one-day pass to the Museum.  Good luck!

1.William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825 – 1905), Return from the Harvest, 1878, oil on canvas, 95 x 67 in., Purchased with Membership Contributions, AP.1964.2.1.

Reproduction of original frame by Diego Salazar Antique Frames, New York, given in honor of Jack Lee Scott by Jane McRae Scott, 2003.

2. William Glackens (American, 1870 – 1938), The Lake, c. 1913-18, oil on canvas, 25 1/8 x 30 in., Museum purchase with Council funds, AP.1987.2.1.

3. Agnolo Gaddi (Italian, 1350 – 1396), Madonna of Humility with Angels, c. 1390, tempera on panel, frame: 43 ½ x 24 ¼ in., Bequest of Ninah M. H. Cummer, C.0.130.1.

4. Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819 – 1904), Orchid with an Amethyst Hummingbird, c.1875 – 90, oil on canvas, 18 1/16 x 10 1/8 in., Bequest of Ninah M. H. Cummer, C.0.112.1.

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Do You Know The Cummer?

by , Marketing Manager in Art

How well do you know The Cummer?  If you think you can identify these items—currently on display throughout the Museum as 50 Favorites.  Write your guesses in the comment section below and we will give the answers in two weeks, along with the next challenge.  One winner will receive a complimentary one-day pass to the Museum.  Good luck!

Feb. 2, 2011 Answers!

#1: Gioacchino Assereto (Italian, 1600 – 1649), The Lamentation (The Pieta), c. 1640, oil on canvas, 50 x 62 in., Museum purchase with Council funds, AP.1988.1.1.

#2: Paulus Bor (Dutch, 1601 – 1669), Allegory of Avarice (The Miserly Woman), 17th century, oil on canvas, 48 x 39 3/8 in., Bequest of Ninah M. H. Cummer, C.0.128.1.

#3: Art Connections Interactive Center, 2010.  Photograph courtesy of Ingrid Damiani

#4: Master of the Stötteritz Altar (German, active late 15th century), Mother of Sorrows, c. 1480, oil on panel, 8 ¾ x 6 ½ in., Gift of Mrs. Clifford G. Schultz in memory of Mr. Clifford G. Schultz, AG.1984.1.1.

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Folly in the Cummer Gardens

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A folly is a piece of architecture in a garden that is built primarily as decoration, often with no actual purpose.  In the 18th century, English gardens often featured Roman temples, which symbolized classical virtues or ideals.  Other styles often utilized are Chinese temples, ruined abbeys, rustic villages, and mills.  Many gardeners choose to represent a particular country with an iconic piece of architecture, or a piece with a significant symbolic value.

In our Italian Garden, we have a brick wall and folly at the edge of the property.  It holds a small room, about the size of a small closet, with a wrought iron gate in the doorway.  Ours is a folly with no true purpose, but it does add to the charming atmosphere, and effectively separated Mrs. Ninah Cummer’s garden from her sister-in-law Mrs. Clara Cummer’s garden.

Check back to learn more about our gardens every Thursday!

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Every Tree Tells A Story: The Cummer Oak

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Cummer Oak, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL. Photo © Larry Nighswander, courtesy of the Cultural Landscape Foundation.

This year The Cummer Oak is featured in the  Landslide: Every Tree Tells a Story traveling photography exhibition.  In the 1890s, when the Cummer family settled along the St. Johns River, this live oak tree was already majestic.  It has since grown to 80-feet tall with a 138-foot span and has witnessed the gardens evolution from O.C. Simonds’ picturesque 1903 design to the formal English and Italian gardens designed by Thomas Meehan & Sons, Ellen Shipman, and the garden’s owner, Ninah Cummer.   

Landslide is The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s annual compendium of significant at-risk parks, gardens, horticultural features, and working landscapes and each year is accompanied by a traveling exhibition of commissioned photography.  The 2010 Landslide: Every Tree Tells a Story exhibit focuses on the irreplaceable trees and tree groupings, often associated with historically important people and events that have shaped the development of communities and cultures.   

You can purchase a copy of the 2011 Landslide: Every Tree Tells a Story calendar for yourself or loved ones at The Cummer Store, located at 829 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville FL, 32204.  

The Cultural Landscape Foundation provides people with the ability to see, understand, and value landscape architecture and its practitioners in the way many people have learned to do with buildings and their designers. 

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