Franklin Murphy Sculpture Garden
240 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, California
Description:
Franklin Murphy Sculpture Garden is one of the largest sculptural gardens in the United States. The garden is located on the campus of the National University of California in Los Angeles, and is owned by the Hammer Museum.
The Sculpture Garden was founded in 1967. The garden covers an area of about 5 hectares and currently houses 70 sculptures by abstract and figure artists.
Here you can see the works of such great masters as Jean Arp, Deborah Butterfield, Alexander Calder, Barbara Hepworth, Jacques Lipschitz, Henry Moore, Isama Noguchi, Auguste Rodin, David Smith, Claire Falkenstein, Gaston Lachaise, Henri Matisse and Francisco Suniga.
Each work is unique and unlike any other in the park. All of them are versatile and are made in figurative, abstract and surreal styles.