Florence Dibell Bartlett
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Florence Dibell Bartlett (1881 - 1953) founded the world's first international folk art museum, which is today the world's largest.
The Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico is where this cultural leader form Chicago made manifest her belief that folk art is a bond between the people of the world.
[edit] The Bartlett Folk Art Collection
The Bartlett folk art collection and vision still guide the Museum of International Folk Art. The Museum opened to the public in 1953 and has gained national and international recognition as the home to the world’s largest collection of folk art. The collection of more than 135,000 artifacts forms the basis for exhibitions in four distinct Wings: Bartlett, Girard, Hispanic Heritage, and Neutrogena.
The Bartlett Wing, named in honor of the museum's founder, has two galleries that offer rotating exhibitions based on the museum collections and on field studies of specific cultures or art forms. Exhibition in this wing have ranged from Turkish, Tibetan and Swedish traditions to New Deal era art in New Mexico, recycled objects and mayólica.
[edit] Biography of Florence Dibell Bartlett
Folk Art Journey: Florence D. Bartlett & the MoIFA, edited by Laurel Seth and Ree Mobley, is a biography of this significant cultural leader. The book includes fine examples of the costumes, jewelry, textiles, ceramics, furniture, and paintings that Bartlett collected from around the world.
