(b.1987) Former John Michael Kohler Arts Center Curator Karen Patterson commissioned well-known artist Stacey Rozich to create three watercolors inspired by the fantastical imagery of Levi Fisher...
(1940-2016) From modest upbringings in Cudahy, WI, Patrick Farrell worked his way up from his eighth-grade degree and succeeded in the artworld. A self-taught artist, he was...
(1908-2002) Joseph Friebert is represented in nearly every public museum and university/college gallery in the state of Wisconsin, including about a dozen works at the Milwaukee Art...
Vollis Simpson (1919-2013) created a whimsical environment of intricate, whirling whirligigs eleven miles outside of the City of Wilson in North Carolina. They whirl and turn...
Renowned Maine artist Bernard Langlais, created over 3,000 indoor and outdoor works of art during his lifetime. Unique, edgy and very creative, he was also well...
It is Kohler Foundation’s preference to preserve art environments in situ whenever possible, but when it is not, the art is removed from the site, home,...
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(1907-1986) In 2004, Kohler Foundation acquired the primary collection of complex sculptures and paintings known as "Emery Blagdon’s Healing Machines." Between the years 1956 and 1986,...
(b. 1951) Born and raised in New York, Arlene Shechet attended New York University, earning her BA, and received her Master’s in Fine Arts from Rhode Island...
(b. 1924) This rare collection is made up of 160 works of concrete and fabric figures and animals created by self-taught artist Nek Chand. The works...
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The lakefront home of Mary Nohl, complete with all her art, passed to Kohler Foundation upon her death at the age of 87 in December 2001....