New Orleans Museum of Art Photos

The New Orleans Museum of Art is located in the City Park, north of the French Quarter on Lake Pontchartrain. This art museum has a fine collection of porcelain, glass, native decorative arts from around the world, plus paintings related to the history of New Orleans.

See also: New Orleans, Art Museums
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New Orleans Museum of Art with modern additions in City Park.

New Orleans Museum of Art (1911) (City Park). Style: Beaux Arts.

Neoclassical frieze on New Orleans Museum of Art.

Porcelain tureen (c1740-56) by Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory of France at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Meissen porcelain figure of continent of America (c1860) by Kändler at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Meissen porcelain figure of continent of Africa (c1860) by Kändler at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Meissen porcelain figure of continent of Asia (c1860) by Kändler at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Swan motif coffee service (c1805-10) by P.-L. Dagoty Manufactory of Paris at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Stoneware salt-glazed vase (c1885) by Susan Frackelton of Wisconsin at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Earthenware vase in Nasturtium design (c1900) by J.B. Owens Pottery of Zanesville, Ohio at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Earthenware four-handled vase in Eocean design (c1905) by Lillian B. Mitchell of Weller Pottery of Zanesville, Ohio at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Blue crab vase (1903) by Mary Williams Butler of Newcomb College of New Orleans at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Yucca tree vase (1906) by Marie de Hoa Leblanc & Joseph Fortuné Meyer of Newcomb College of New Orleans at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Loving cup (1908) by Marie de Hoa Leblanc & Joseph Fortuné Meyer of Newcomb College of New Orleans at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Mold-blown pitcher (c1884) by Mount Washington Glass Company of New Bedford, MA, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Vase painted with fish (c1885) by Thomas Webb & Sons of Stourbridge, England, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Jug (1885) made for World's Cotton Exposition by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. of Sandwich, MA, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Flower globe (c1893) made for World's Columbian Exposition by Mount Washington Glass Company of New Bedford, MA, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Favrile glass vase (c1902-10) by Louis Comfort Tiffany of Long Island, NY, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Trumpet vase (c1910-15) by Louis Comfort Tiffany of Long Island, NY, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Aurene vase (c1905-10) by Frederick Carder of Steuben Glass of Corning, NY, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Spider web tracing vase (c1920-25) by Vinland Flint Glassworks of Vineland, NJ, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Early American furniture & decorative arts in Kuntz rooms of New Orleans Museum of Art.

Painting of Battle of New Orleans (c1815) by Jean Hyacinthe Laclotte at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Painting of Mrs. William Harrison (c1890) by Mary Cassatt at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Painting of Persons in the Presence of a Metamorphosis (1936) by Joan Miró at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Love Potion painting (1951) by René Magritte at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Bronze chariot fitting with Kui dragons (1027-771 BCE) from Early Western Zhou Dynasty of China at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Porcelain vase with parrot (c1745) from Qing Dynasty of China at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Stoneware Mingei jar (c1935) by Kawai Kanjiro of Japan at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Silk Hangire (early 19th C) from Japan at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Silk No Robe (c1840) from Japan at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Panjurli (boar's head) mask (18th C) from Karnataka, India, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Buffalo head mask (19th C) from Karnataka, India, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Asmat body masks & shield (1990s) from Papua, Indonesia, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Asmat body masks & shield (1990s) from Papua, Indonesia, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Melanesian totems & slit gong from Vanuatu at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Detail of Abyssinian Christian talismanic scroll (18th C) from Ethiopia worn to protect from evil or heal at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Carved Tabwa peoples helmet mask from Democratic Republic of Congo at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Carved Pende peoples helmet mask from Democratic Republic of Congo at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Edo peoples iron head (18th C) from Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Sokoto peoples terracotta head (300BC-400AD) from Nigeria, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Yoruba peoples carved palace door panel (early 20th C) from Nigeria, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Luo peoples earthenware storage jar from Sudan or Uganda, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Akan peoples gold sun mask from Ashanti Kingdom, Ghana, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Colima culture terracotta pumpkin vessel with parrot feet (300BC-600AD) from western Mexico, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Maya culture terracotta lidded bowl with water bird fishing (200-600) from Campeche, Mexico, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Huastec culture terracotta vessel in form of animal (900-1200) from Mexico, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Maya culture terracotta beaker with dancing death figures (600-900) from Guatemala at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Moche culture terracotta stirrup vessel in form of frog (100-200) from North Coast of Peru at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Moche culture terracotta stirrup vessel in form of llama (100-200) from North Coast of Peru at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Moche culture terracotta stirrup vessel in form of water fowl (100-200) from North Coast of Peru at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Gold pendant with clawed creature (700-1400) from Guanecoste Region of Costa Rica at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Gold pendant of man with headdress (700-1400) from Guanecoste Region of Costa Rica at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Gold pendant of animal with three heads (700-1400) from Guanecoste Region of Costa Rica at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Bella Coola headdress bird of prey mask (late 19th C) from British Columbia, Canada, at New Orleans Museum of Art.

Bella Coola headdress bird of prey mask (late 19th C) from British Columbia, Canada, at New Orleans Museum of Art.


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