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As we tumble into December, it’s not just the decade that’s coming to a close – three major exhibitions at the San Antonio Museum of Art, McNay Art Museum and Witte Museum are also nearing their end. That being said, there’s still a whole month to check out some beautiful works of art before they’re gone, from paintings and crafts by Victorian masters at SAMA to magical creatures both real and imagined at the Witte. Still need convincing? We’ve rounded up a sampling of what’s on view so you can see just what you’re missing.
“Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement” at the San Antonio Museum of Art, on view through Jan. 5, 2020200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100,
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: La Donna della Finestra, 1881
Oil on canvas with underdrawing in chalk and pencil
Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of ArtDante Gabriel Rossetti: Proserpine, 1881–82
Oil on canvas
Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of ArtHenry Wallis: Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856–58
Oil on mahogany
Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of ArtDesigned and made by George Frampton: The Christabel Necklace, 1893
Silver gilt, champlevé enamel, pearls, and opals
Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of Art Credit: Courtesy of San Antonio Museum of ArtFrederick Sandys: Morgan le Fay, 1864
Oil on composite wood
Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of ArtFrederick Sandys: Medea, 1866-68
Oil on composite wood with gilding
Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of ArtJoseph Southall: Sigismonda (or Gismonda), 1897
Tempera on linen
Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of ArtDesigned by William Frend De Morgan, manufactured by Merton Abbey Pottery: Peacock vase, ca. 1885
Earthenware, thrown and painted in colors over white slip
Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of Art“Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage” at the McNay Art Museum, on view through Dec. 29, 20196000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368,Robert Indiana: Design for starboard view, Ship of State – Bicentennial Procession, in The Mother of Us All, 1976
Cut paper
Photo courtesy of the McNay Art MuseumDavid Hockney: Parade, 1981
Screenprint
Photo courtesy of the McNay Art MuseumLesley Dill: Red Ecstasy Dress from Divide Light, 2008
Cotton, thread, and crinoline
Photo courtesy of the McNay Art MuseumAlexandra Exter: Lighting design for a tragedy, 1928
Gouache, graphite, and ink on paper
Photo courtesy of the McNay Art Museum“Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage”
Photo courtesy of the McNay Art Museum“Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage”
Photo courtesy of the McNay Art Museum“Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage”
Photo courtesy of the McNay Art Museum“Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage”
Photo courtesy of the McNay Art Museum“Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage”
Photo courtesy of the McNay Art Museum“Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage”
Photo courtesy of the McNay Art Museum“Mythic Creatures” at the Witte Museum, on view through Jan. 12, 20203801 Broadway St., (210) 357-1900, Credit: Courtesy of the Witte MuseumDwarf Elephant Skull
Photo by AMNH/D. FinninLasirén Vodou sequined flag
Photo by AMNH/D. FinninLasirén Vodou sequined flag
Photo by AMNH/D. FinninChupacabra
Photo by AMNH/D. Finnin Credit: Courtesy of the Witte MuseumWoolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) skull cast
Photo by AMNH/D. FinninModel of a Dragon
Photo by AMNH/D. FinninModel of a Roc
Photo by AMNH/D. FinninModel of an Aepyornis
Photo by AMNH/D. FinninModel of a Kraken
Photo by AMNH/D. Finnin Credit: Courtesy of the Witte MuseumReplica of a Giant Squid Tentacle
Photo by AMNH/D. FinninModel of a Gigantopithecus
Photo by AMNH/D. Finnin Credit: Courtesy of the Witte MuseumStatue of St. George and the Dragon
Photo by AMNH/D. Finnin