Dahesh Museum of Art

The Dahesh Museum of Art exists as the only institution in the United States dedicated entirely to the collection and study of European academic art from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This style of art, characterized by rigorous training and classical technical precision, was once largely ignored by major cultural institutions that favored modernist trends. The museum was founded to challenge that neglect, acting as a home for thousands of paintings, sculptures, and illustrations that define this historically overlooked tradition.