Jonson Gallery

Albuquerque, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The Jonson Gallery stands on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque as a spare Pueblo Revival structure completed in 1950, designed by architect John Gaw Meem. Built as a combined home and gallery for modernist painter Raymond Jonson, the building features a hillside siting with one story visible from the front elevation and two at the rear. The façade displays a main horizontal volume with a centered entrance flanked by asymmetrical windows, a projecting western wing, and steel casement windows with concrete sills throughout. Jonson's residence occupied the upper floor while gallery space anchored the lower level, making the building a significant center for modern and abstract art in New Mexico during and after the artist's lifetime. The gallery's collections were integrated into the University of New Mexico Art Museum in 2009, after which the building was repurposed as office space. It is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties.

Architect

John Gaw Meem

Movement

Pueblo Revival Style architecture

Built: 1949
Type: studio, art gallery, single-family detached home
Heritage: listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place: Albuquerque, United States

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Location

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