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The Campus : Galleries and Public Art
NAMOS
Painting of tennis great Martina Navratilova
The National Art Museum of Sport, located in University Place Conference Center and Hotel at IUPUI, is a 46-year-old arts organization that has built one of the world's great collections of art devoted to sport.
The museum — NAMOS for short — features more than 800 paintings, sculptures and works on paper and is considered the nation's largest collection of fine art depicting sport. It was founded in 1959 in New York City by the late Germain G. Glidden, a portrait artist and champion squash player. NAMOS moved to Indianapolis in 1990.
Germain G. Glidden, self portrait
NAMOS includes the first piece acquired in 1962, a 1945 tempera by Peter Helck illustrating the 1909 Brighton (N.Y.) 24-hour auto race. It was given to the museum by Esquire magazine. The story continues through recent additions such as the Rosenfeld Portfolio of 1899-1977 photography of the America's Cup yacht race.
