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In 1952, the Portland Art Museum was given a spectacular selection of European art by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in New York. The department store magnate Samuel Kress, who had assembled a vast collection with the advice of noted scholars, decided to disperse his works among art museums in cities where his stores were located. Portland\u2019s gift included many important early Italian works with religious subjects, which were not typically collected by US public museums at the time. This exhibition celebrates the generosity of a scholarly collector and donor, and represents the first time all of Kress\u2019s gifts, including the works added by Kress before the gift was finalized in 1961, have ever been shown together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group was not assembled unilaterally, however. The Foundation invited the Museum to propose a theme around which a gift would be assembled. Museum staff focused on the Renaissance and selected six subthemes: Unity in Narration; The Rise of Landscape Painting; Revival of Classicism; Interest in Anatomy; From Symbolism to Naturalism in Religious Art; and Portraiture. The Kress team then offered additional works and even purchased some art to give the gift more impact.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"for-the-enjoyment-of-all","image":{"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0061_0038_0000-Press-Kit-JPG-2400-Max-PPI.jpg","id":15539,"extension":"jpg","width":1289,"height":1183,"filesize":599014,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":700,"height":642,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":64734,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0061_0038_0000-Press-Kit-JPG-2400-Max-PPI-700x642.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"width":270,"height":270,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":22927,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0061_0038_0000-Press-Kit-JPG-2400-Max-PPI-270x270.jpg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":705,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":74288,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0061_0038_0000-Press-Kit-JPG-2400-Max-PPI-768x705.jpg"},"small":{"width":375,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":37207,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0061_0038_0000-Press-Kit-JPG-2400-Max-PPI-375x500.jpg"},"medium-large":{"width":900,"height":826,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":95339,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0061_0038_0000-Press-Kit-JPG-2400-Max-PPI-900x826.jpg"},"card":{"width":904,"height":565,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":71136,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0061_0038_0000-Press-Kit-JPG-2400-Max-PPI-904x565.jpg"},"post":{"width":975,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":68279,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0061_0038_0000-Press-Kit-JPG-2400-Max-PPI-975x500.jpg"},"hero":{"width":1289,"height":1080,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":172526,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0061_0038_0000-Press-Kit-JPG-2400-Max-PPI-1289x1080.jpg"}}},"all_day":true,"start_date":"2025-10-08 00:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"10","day":"08","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2026-10-08 23:59:59","end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"10","day":"08","hour":"23","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"utc_start_date":"2025-10-08 07:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"10","day":"08","hour":"07","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2026-10-09 06:59:59","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"10","day":"09","hour":"06","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"timezone":"America\/Vancouver","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":true,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Exhibitions","slug":"exhibitions","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":201,"filter":"raw","id":17,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/17","collection":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":290,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-03-28 10:28:29","date_utc":"2023-03-28 17:28:29","modified":"2024-03-07 10:38:06","modified_utc":"2024-03-07 18:38:06","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/venue\/portland-art-museum\/","venue":"Portland Art Museum","description":"

The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district, where the Museum is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is generally plenty of street parking surrounding the Museum. These spaces range from 1 \u2013 4 hours and can be paid for using a credit card or the Parking Kitty app<\/a>. There are also surface parking lots, and parking garages within 1 \u2013 4 blocks of the Museum. The closest surface lot is located at SW Main St. between SW 10th Ave. and Park Ave, and there are dedicated accessible and van accessible spaces. This lot accepts credit card or the Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n