Janet Turner Print Museum

About this place

art Museum in California, US

The Janet Turner Print Museum is an art museum on the campus of California State University Chico, California, United States. The museum first opened in 1981 to house the print collection of Janet E.Turner (1914–1988) an American artist and printmaker. Janet E. Turner's prints and paintings have been exhibited internationally in over 200 exhibitions in more than 50 countries. Janet E. Turner was a professor of art at California State University, Chico, between 1959 and 1981, and the Janet Turner Print Museum was created in her name. The Janet Turner Print Museum now houses a permanent collection of more than 4,000 prints from over 40 countries, including prints by contemporary printmakers and world-renowned artists, including Salvador Dalí, Judy Chicago, David Hockney, Käthe Kollwitz, Pablo Picasso, Betye Saar, Rufino Tamayo, Kara Walker, and Andy Warhol.