Collection Scope From the Collection: The exhibitions of the Art Museum have evolved over time and reflect the programmatic changes of administration. This collection holds materials relating to exhibitions between 1940 and 1976. The first Annual Student exhibition was held in 1940 and remained an annual feature notwithstanding changes in collection focus. Alumni exhibitions are predominant in the early 1950s and again in the early to mid 1970s, while individual alumnus exhibitions span the entire period. Exhibition records from...

Abstract Carl Emil Wilhelm Anderson was a prolific Swedish sculptor who worked as head of the Department of Sculpture at the Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1931-1951. He began his career in woodwork while trying to establish professional recognition as a sculptor. In 1905 Milles married painter Olga Granner and in 1908, he began to build a home at Hersud, Lidingo, near Stockholm. By 1920, he had become Professor of Modeling at the Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm, and subsequently become the...

Abstract In 1939, Tony Rosenthal attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art to study sculpture with Carl Milles. There he met and became friends with Charles Eames, Florence Schust Knoll, Eero Saarinen, and others. After WWII, Rosenthal worked on commissions for several architectural firms and taught sculpture at UCLA. In 1960, he moved to New York City where he exhibited in galleries and received commissions to create outdoor sculptures in New York City, Honolulu, Ann Arbor, and other cities. In 1980,...