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The Triumph of Nature:
Art Nouveau
from the Chrysler Museum of Art
June 12 – September 21, 2025
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LIM History Museum Re-Opens for the Summer with Exhibition of Art Nouveau Treasures from Louis Comfort Tiffany, Gustav Klimt, Alphonse Mucha, and Many More
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Stony Brook, NY – The Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages (LIM) is kicking off its summer season with a beautiful, dynamic, and compelling exhibition that will introduce a new generation to Art Nouveau’s luminous innovations and artistic triumphs. The exhibition, The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art, will open at the LIM’s History Museum on June 12th.
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Alphonse Mucha, Summer, 1896, Color lithograph, 41 1/2 × 22 in., Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Image courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Photograph by Edward Pollard, © Alphonse Mucha.
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The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art brings together approximately 120 of the finest Art Nouveau treasures from the rich holdings of the Chrysler Museum of Art, drawing primarily from the collection of Walter P. and Jean Chrysler. The exhibition includes spectacular and important glass, furniture, paintings, and sculpture from artists and designers such as Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany & Co., Gustav Klimt, Louis Majorelle, Alphonse Mucha, Emmanuel Lansyer, and Émile Gallé. The Triumph of Nature celebrates the florid, languorous curves, natural motifs, and refined elegance of Art Nouveau furniture, glass, and other works that have entranced generations of collectors and museumgoers since the apex of this brief but intense movement around the turn of the twentieth century.
LIM is part of a national tour of this exhibition which is also being hosted at 12 other museums around the nation, from California to Georgia. LIM will be the only museum to host The Triumph of Nature in New York State. Showcasing the exhibition at the LIM also reinforces the Long Island connection between Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. and Long Island, where in 1923 the Chrysler family bought a summer estate which would ultimately become part of the campus of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point.
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Tiffany Studios, Eighteen-Light Pond Lily Lamp, ca.1900, Blown glass and bronze, 20 1/4 × 18 × 8 in., Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Image courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Photograph by Edward Pollard, © Tiffany Studios.
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“This is a truly gorgeous exhibition that we are thrilled to be bringing to our Long Island visitors,” says Joshua Ruff, Co-Executive Director, Collections and Programming at LIM. “Art Nouveau represented a powerful convergence of different design visions, and this exhibition will detail the ways in which it transformed everything from furnishings to architecture.”
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In introducing a new generation to Art Nouveau’s artistic triumphs, this exhibition entices visitors once more into these lustrous, nature-inspired havens of ornate beauty—all orchestrated over a century ago by visionary designers, just before the First World War ushered in a stark new reality.
The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art is organized by the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.
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Louis Majorelle, Buffet, ca. 1900, Fruitwood and marble, 65 × 67 × 221/4 in., Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Image courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Photograph by Edward Pollard, © Louis Majorelle Buffet.
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Scheduled US tour dates for The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art are as follows: Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, FL (November 17, 2023 – March 15, 2024); Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA (April 13, 2024 – July 14, 2024); Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR (September 27, 2024 – January 11, 2025); Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University, State College, PA (February 15, 2025 – May 11, 2025); Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY (June 12, 2025 – September 21, 2025); Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (October 18, 2025 – January 11, 2026); Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL (February 14, 2026 – April 16, 2026); Paine Arts Center and Gardens, Oshkosh, WI (June 13, 2026 – October 4, 2026); Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK (October 30, 2026 – January 22, 2027); Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO (February 19, 2027 – June 11, 2027); Museum of Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX (July 9, 2027 – October 1, 2027); Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (October 29, 2027 – January 21, 2028); Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (February 18, 2028 – June 4, 2028).
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The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art will be on view from June 12th through September 21st at the Long Island Museum’s History Museum, located at 1200 Route 25A in Stony Brook. For more information about the Long Island Museum, including a complete listing of current and future exhibitions, programs and events, visit www.longislandmuseum.org.
The Chrysler Museum of Art is one of America’s most distinguished mid-sized art museums, with a nationally recognized collection of more than 30,000 objects, including one of the great glass collections in America. The core of the Chrysler’s collection comes from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., an avid art collector who donated thousands of objects from his private collection to the Museum. The Museum has growing collections in many areas and mounts an ambitious schedule of visiting exhibitions and educational programs each season. The Chrysler has also been recognized nationally for its unique commitment to hospitality with its innovative gallery host program.
The Perry Glass Studio is a state-of-the-art facility on the Museum’s campus. The studio offers programming for aspiring and master artists alike in a variety of processes including glassblowing, fusing, flameworking, coldworking and neon.
In addition, the Chrysler Museum of Art administers the Moses Myers House, a historic house in downtown Norfolk, as well as the Jean Outland Chrysler Library.
For more information on the Chrysler Museum of Art, visit chrysler.org.
International Arts & Artists in Washington, DC, is a non-profit arts service organization dedicated to increasing cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts internationally, through exhibitions, programs and services to artists, arts institutions and the public. Visit www.artsandartists.org
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Founded in 1939 and accredited by AAM since 1973, The Long Island Museum is home to more than 60,000 artifacts, The Long Island Museum inspires and engages visitors of diverse ages, backgrounds, and abilities by connecting them with the region’s art and history, a world-class carriage collection, and energizing programs that foster a creative and inclusive community.
For more about LIM’s exhibitions and programming, visit longislandmuseum.org
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