Allentown Art Museum

1 / 17 Allentown Art Museum, 31 N 5th St, Allentown, PA 18101

The Allentown Art Museum was founded in 1934 by the teacher, painter, and critic Walter Emerson Baum (1886-1956) as a meeting place and exhibition space for area artists. The Museum moved to its current location so it could accept a generous gift of 53 Renaissance and Baroque paintings and sculptures from businessman and philanthropist Samuel H. Kress in 1960-1961. The Museum expanded in 1975 when a room designed by Frank Lloyd Wright came into the collection. Over the years the Museum’s collection continued to grow, notably with a large and important donation of textiles and gifts of works on paper. Today the Museum’s collection of more than 17,000 works of art offers the opportunity to experience nearly 2,000 years of cultural heritage.

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Spanish collection

The following 9 Spanish artworks are a selection from the collection of the Allentown Art Museum:

Ya es Hora (‘tis the hour, time to be off) from Los Caprichos

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1799

Etching and aquatint
Image: 7 3/4 x 5 3/8 in (19.685 x 13.6525 cm); Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in (29.21 x 22.5425 cm)

18th century

Modo de Volar (A Way of Flying) from Los Proverbios series

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1820

Etching and aquatint on wove paper
Image: 8 1/2 x 12 3/4 in (21.59 x 32.385 cm); Sheet: 13 3/8 x 19 3/8 in (33.9725 x 49.2125 cm)

19th century

Nostalgia, from 21 Etchings and Poems Portfolio

by Esteban Vicente, 1951

Etching and lift ground aquatint with spit bite on Rives paper, 47/50
Image: 13 7/8 x 11 7/8 in (35.2425 x 30.1625 cm); Sheet: 19 7/8 x 16 7/8 in (50.4825 x 42.8625 cm)

20th century