Of the First Class: A History of the Kimbell Art Museum, By Tim Madigan Publications with its exceptional Renaissance and

with its exceptional Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces

and combinations of black with subtle colors

Extensive color plates and many lush details complete this notable volume

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This second volume of the Kimbell Masterpiece Series focuses on Fra Angelico’s Saint James Freeing Hermogenes

Of the First Class: A History of the Kimbell Art Museum, By Tim Madigan Publications with its exceptional Renaissance andIn a compelling narrative that features high drama, disappointment, tragedy, and ultimately, triumph, the inside story of the Kimbell Art Museum is told in Of the First Class for the first time. When Texas business legend Kay Kimbell died in 1964, he left behind a sizable art collection and a vague but imposing mandate: to build a museum of the first class. No one could have foreseen the extent to which his dream would be accomplished. His wife Velma,