The Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell, Montana, is an American art museum which focuses on preservation of art and history pertaining to Glacier National Park and the state of Montana.

History

1967-1998

The Hockaday Museum, originally called the Hockaday Center, was opened to the public on February 10, 1969. The museum is named after commercial artist Hugh Hockaday.

1998-Present

Today the Hockaday Museum is housed in the Carnegie Library Building. The building was constructed in 1904 with funding provided by Andrew Carnegie. The Carnegie Library Building is located near Main Street in downtown Kalispell. The museum also features a store called the Carnegie Corner Gift Gallery which sells original local artwork.

Art collection

The Hockaday Museum's permanent art collection focuses extensively on art and artists local to the

Flathead Valley The Flathead Valley is a region of the U.S. state located in the Northwestern Montana. It includes parts of Flathead County and Lake County. Notable communities include Kalispell, Bigfork, Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Polson, Ronan, and St ...

, Glacier National Park and Montana. Artists displayed in the museum's permanent collection include

C.M. Russell Charles Marion Russell (March 19, 1864 – October 24, 1926), also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an American artist of the American Old West. He created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, an ...

, Ace Powell, Hugh Hockaday, Bud Helbig,

Olaf C. Seltzer Olaf C. Seltzer (August 27, 1877 - December 16, 1957) was a Danish-born American painter and illustrator from Great Falls, Montana. He did over 2,500 paintings and illustrations of the American West, including cowboys. Early life Seltzer was born ...

, Jeanne Hamilton, Russell Chatham,

John Fery John Fery (1859–1934) (born Johann Nepomuk Levy) was an Austrian Empire-born painter, known for his works of the Western United States. He was a painter of outdoor scenes, whose largest customer was the Great Northern Railway. His works were la ...

Leonard Lopp Leonard Lopp (May 1, 1888 - December 3, 1974) was an American painter and muralist of the Pacific Northwest. He exhibited his work in the United States and Canada, and he did five murals in Kalispell, Montana. His paintings were collected by Pr ...

Frank Hagel Frank D. Hagel (born December 20, 1933) is an American realist and impressionist painter and sculptor. His artwork depicts Native Americans, trappers, and wildlife of the western American frontier. For the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, he co ...

and more. The Crown of the Continent is a permanent exhibition that focuses exclusively on Glacier National Park. The exhibition features photographs, writings, paintings and antique park-related memorabilia. Artists and art in the exhibition rotate periodically, but the overall focus always remains on Glacier National Park.

References

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