Haitian Art Collection August 12, 2008

Complementing the extraordinary collection of works by American and European folk and self-taught artists is the Milwaukee Art Museum 's collection of Haitian art. In 1991, the Museum received a magnificent gift of some 90 paintings and sculptures from Milwaukee collectors Richard and Erna Flagg. The Flaggs began collecting Haitian art in 1973 and went on to amass one of the world's premier 20th-century Haitian collections.