Bible Museum in Louisiana to Recieve European Art Collection

LOUISIANA - Thanks to the generosity of an art collector and friend of the Biedenharn Bible Museum, the permanent collection will be signficantly enhanced next year with the donation of some 1,000 works of art, books, manuscripts and antiquities. “Dan Bibb, who has given the Biedenharn Russian icons in the past, is giving us a collection of European paintings and decorative arts,” said museum director Ralph Calhoun. The first items in the new collection will be unveiled in an exhibit in May 2012, according to Calhoun. “It’s (the exhibit) mostly paintings, chairs, porcelain and table settings,” he said. “The collection is of French paintings and artworks from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. A lot in this collection is French, and this works well in Louisiana. [Source: link]