German billionaire makes big donation to Tacoma Art Museum
Jul 8, 2012, 8:44 AM | Updated: Jul 9, 2012, 11:45 am
Thomas Moran, Green River, Wyoming. Oil on canvas. Tacoma Art Museum, promised gift of Erivan and Helga Haub.
The Tacoma Art Museum is scheduled to announce the donation of 280 pieces of art from German billionaire Erivan Haub and his wife, Helga, on Monday.
The artwork is part of Haub’s personal collection and features art of the American west.
It is reputed to be one of the most comprehensive – and largest – collections of its kind. The pieces in the collection date from the 1820s all the way to the most recent artworks by contemporary artists operating across many mediums.
Haub and his wife will also help pay for the Tacoma Art Museum’s new 15,000 square food wing to house the collection.
Although Haub and his wife are from Germany, they own a home in the city of Arletta, near Gig Harbor and just half an hour from the Tacoma Art Museum.
The Museum will officially announce the donation and plans for expansion on Monday July 9.
Jillian Raftery contributed to this report.
