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Title:	Rose Iron Works and Art Deco
Date:	7/6/2025 - 10/19/2025
Address:	Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106
Location:	Cleveland, OH
Hours:	Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:00am - 5:00pm / Wednesday & Friday: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Cost/Cover:	free
Web Page:	https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/rose-iron-works-and ...
Contact Info:	216-421-7350

Details:

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. Trained in Budapest and Vienna in the Art Nouveau tradition, Rose was interested in artistic and technological innovations. In 1925, a groundbreaking international exhibition in Paris presented modern decorative arts—a style that later became known as Art Deco. 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. This exhibition explores Rose’s transition from Art Nouveau to Art Deco, focuses on his 1930s commissions, and places his work in the European context. It also emphasizes the importance of Rose Iron Works, a family-run Cleveland company that for 120 years has been adorning some of the city’s most notable buildings.