Special Exhibition

In the early 1900s, as Cleveland experienced rapid economic growth and the expansion of its iron and steel industries, Hungarian ornamental blacksmith Martin Rose moved to the city and founded Rose Iron Works. It soon became one of the leading manufacturers of decorative metalwork in the United States.

Rose’s compatriot and a designer active in Paris, Paul Fehér joined the Rose company in Cleveland a few years later. Their artistic collaboration resulted in some of the best Art Deco ironwork in the country, including the celebrated Muse with Violin Screen (1930), now in the CMA’s collection and available for custom ordering here.

Modernism

View Modernist works of art from the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection.