Collection

"American Gems: Exceptional Paintings from Hudson River to Early Modern"

Who would have thought in the 2020's it would be possible to assemble a superb gathering of Nineteenth-century American paintings. This choice collection contradicts the impossible.

– John Wilmerding, Professor Emeritus , Princeton University

Paintings

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  • New Acquisitions
Childe Hassam

The Cove, Isles of Shoals, 1901

25 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches

Martin Johnson Heade

Approaching Storm, 1895-96

6 x 12 inches

Martin Johnson Heade

Hummingbirds and Red Flowers, ca. 1864

13 x 11 inches

George Inness

Étretat, Normandy, France, 1892

29 7/8 x 45 inches

David Johnson

Rogers Slide, Lake George, New York, 1870

13 3/8 x 21 3/8 inches

Eastman Johnson

Confidence and Admiration, 1859 

14 1/16 x 12 1/16 inches

Rockwell Kent

May, North Greenland, 1935-37

34 1/8 x 44 1/2 inches

John Marin

New York Series: From Weehawken Heights, 1950

22 1/16 x 28 1/8 inches

2023 Estate of John Marin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Metcalf-Poppy Field (Landscape at Giverny), 1886

Poppy Field (Landscape at Giverny), 1886

10 5/8 x 18 5/16 inches

Georgia O'Keeffe

Near Abiquiu, New Mexico
(Near Abiquiu, New Mexico–Hills to the Left), 1941

12 1/8 x 30 1/8 inches

2023 Georgia O'Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Walter Launt Palmer

The Leaning Tree, ca. 1919

30 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches

Porter-Sun Rising Out of the Mist

Sun Rising Out of the Mist, 1973

55 x 37 inches

The Estate of Fairfield Porter/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

catalogue

catalogue

A Collector’s Journey

The catalogue, A Collector’s Journey, is designed specifically for museum directors and curators, by focusing solely on the appearance, provenance, and exhibition history of each painting. The collections are dynamic and will continue to expand as additional exceptional and historically important paintings are acquired.

The Forward "American Gems: Exceptional Paintings from the Hudson River to Early Modern" written by John Wilmerding, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University discusses each painting and its significance.