Greene & Greene Drop-In Talks: Metalwork
In Greene & Greene’s work, as throughout the Arts and Crafts movement, fireplaces and their tools played practical, artistic, and symbolic roles. Docents from the historic Gamble House in Pasadena will explore the metalwork that the firm designed for the hearth of the home.
Informal talks will take place at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m.
About the Organization
The Gamble House’s mission is to inspire the public’s appreciation and understanding of architecture as a fine art through the example of the Gamble House, the most complete and best-preserved work of American Arts and Crafts architects Charles and Henry Greene.
Greene & Greene, made by Art Metal Co., Los Angeles, Living-room fire screen for the William R. Thorsen house, Berkeley, 1908–10, 1913–14, cast and wrought steel. Lent with permission of the Gamble House Conservancy. Anonymous bequest. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
The exquisite designs of Arts and Crafts masters Charles Sumner Greene (1868–1957) and Henry Mather Greene (1870–1954) are on view in the Dorothy Collins Brown Wing of the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art.
The Huntington is home to 31 galleries of American art, ranging from the early Colonial period to the present and representing painting, sculpture, photography, film, decorative arts, architecture, and textiles.