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The Timken Museum of Art has its roots in the coincidental San Diego Relationship between two sisters, the Misses Anne R. and Amy Putnam, members of the Timken family of the Timken roller bearing treasure, and a local attorney, Walter Ames. The affluent Putnam sis ....

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.... its permanent quarters on the Prado in Balboa Park, and the Timken officially opened on October 1 of that year. Today, the Timken collection is comprised of 126 works of art, predominantly paintings augmented by small holdings in sculpture and embellished art objects. The works consist of three distinct collections: European Masters, Russian Icons and American Artists. Each collection boasts unique and priceless representations of the specific genre. In the European Masters collection, Rembrandt’s Saint Bartholomew is the only painting by that Dutch artist on display at any museum in San Diego! First, let us take a look at the famous painting, Our ....