Boca Raton, FL -  The Boca Raton Museum of Art is pleased to announce the opening of its Spring Exhibitions Ernest Trova Retrospective and Selections from the Isadore and Kelly Friedman Bequest on April 11, 2007. The exhibitions will be on display through June 3, 2007.

More than 90 works from the Isadore and Kelly Friedman Bequest are presented in this exhibition. Never before seen together, the most treasured paintings and photographs from the Friedman Collection - including works by such 20th-century masters as Edward Hopper, Fernand Léger and Jean Dubuffet - will be seen side-by-side with works by Reginald Marsh, Larry Rivers and Roy Lichtenstein which held pride of place in the Friedmans’ collection.

With tastes ranging from romanticism to realism, the Friedmans collected both traditional and contemporary art. A successful businessman and philanthropist, Isadore Friedman assembled a collection with particular strengths in late 19th and 20th century French and American masters. Works in this exhibition range from an 1872 seascape by French Impressionist Eugène Boudin and a painted figure from Jean Dubuffet’s L’ Hourloupe series, to six important Larry Rivers paintings and pop art works by Roy Lichtenstein and Red Grooms.

The exhibition also highlights one of the Friedman Collection's greatest strengths by featuring more than fifty photographs by Berenice Abbott, Eugène Atget, Ilse Bing, Bruno Braquehais, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Margaret Bourke-White, Brassaï, Robert Frank, André Kertész, Dorothea Lange,  Gustave LeGray, Charles Marville, Helmut Newton,  Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, and Josef Sudek, among others.

The Isadore and Kelly Friedman Bequest is the largest gift of American and European art ever presented to the Museum. This memorial exhibition provides a unique opportunity to appreciate Isadore Friedman’s remarkable legacy to the Museum and the community. As a Museum Trustee and collector, he played an influential role as President of the Museum’s Board 2004-2006. His greatest desire was to share his enthusiasm for art with as many people as possible, and to ensure that the Friedman Collection would remain a resource for the residents and visitors to Florida for generations to come.

The Boca Raton Museum of Art is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10am – 5pm; Wednesday 10am – 9pm; and Saturday and Sunday 12pm – 5pm.  Admission for Spring Exhibitions is $8 for adults, $6 for senior citizens (65 and older), $4 per person for group tours and $4 for students.

The Boca Raton Museum of Art was founded in 1950 as the Art Guild of Boca Raton, and has evolved into one of the leading cultural institutions in South Florida achieving international recognition as a world-class visual arts institution, presenting dynamic traveling exhibitions from acclaimed and emerging artists, and an outstanding permanent collection. Some of the Museum’s programs include the Art Films Series, artist lectures, family programs, Music at the Museum, the International Film Series, and more than 85 classes a week at its studio Art School. Call 561.392.2500 or visit www.bocamuseum.org  for more information.