Record #:

3320

Author(s):

Fracaro, Angela

Abstract:

When Paul and Mildred Whitener founded the Hickory Museum of Art in 1944, they focused on American art, a not-too-popular form. Today the museum is one of the finest of its size in the Southeast, with works by over 75 National Academy of Design artists.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 56 Issue 9, Feb 1989, p18-21, il, por

Subject(s):

Art museums--Hickory; Coe, Mildred Whitener, 1915-2008; Hickory Museum of Art; Whitener, Paul, d. 1959