Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art

Vance Kirkland...and More

The museum contains painting and sculpture by over 170 local artists and an impressive collection of international decorative art. Learn More

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Vance Kirkland

In addition to being a visionary modernist painter, Kirkland was also a committed educator. He founded the current School of Art at the University of Denver in 1929. Learn More

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An Architectural Treasure

The Arts & Crafts style studio is the oldest commercial art building in Denver and the second oldest in the state. Learn More

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A Diverse Collection

The museum has one of the most comprehensive decorative art collections in the nation-including Modern, Art Deco, and Arts and Crafts furniture and ceramics. Learn More

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Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art has one of the most important displays of 20th-century decorative arts in America, with an emphasis on the first three quarters of the 20th century. The studio of Colorado's distinguished painter, Vance Kirkland (1904-1981), where he painted and taught at the Kirkland School of Art, remains intact with his painting tables, brushes, dowels and remaining paints. Kirkland's historic Arts & Crafts style studio (1910-1911) is the oldest commercial art building in Denver and the second oldest in Colorado. A modernist Colorado collection of more than 150 artists is also on view.

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