McNay Art Museum

I went to visit the McNay Art Museum, located north of downtown San Antonio. The museum houses many works of art ranging from painting, drawings, sculpture, textiles and prints. These works of art are housed in a Spanish colonial-style mansion on 23 acres of landscaped land. The property has fountains, a Japanese-garden and a fishpond. The focus of the museum is 19th and 20th century European and American art. Some of the most famous artists represented in the collection include Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Georgia O’Keeffe, Diego Rivera, Mary Cassatt, and Edward Hopper.

At the museum, I was most impressed with one of the sculptures exhibited outside on the well-maintained lawn. The artist who created this work is Philip Grausman, an American sculpture. The work is called Victoria, cast in 2007 in stainless steel. As you can see from the photo, the sculpture is quite large and is of a woman’s head. Her age is undeterminable with a stoic, somewhat cruel look on her face. What most impressed me about the work was the size and material. I loved how it radiated in the bright Texas sun.