MAG’s collection of historical American art ranges from the colonial period to 1950. Highlights include 19th-century paintings by Asher B. Durand, Winslow Homer, and Lily Martin Spencer; and early 20th-century paintings and sculpture by Thomas Hart Benton, Isabel Bishop, Elizabeth Catlett, Stuart Davis, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O’Keeffe, and John Sloan. The collection also includes works on paper and examples of folk and decorative arts such as early Rochester-area portraits by itinerant artists, vernacular sculpture, trade signs and weathervanes, and a landscape painting by Grandma Moses.
Highlights
Milton W. Hopkins
Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Dunn in memory of Ruth Hanford Munn and James Buell Munn, 1978.189
Lilly Martin Spencer a.k.a. Angelique Marie Martin
Oil on canvas. Gift of the Women’s Council in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.6
John Sloan
Oil on canvas. Marion Stratton Gould Fund, 1951.12
Albert Bierstadt
Oil on panel. Clara and Edwin Strasenburgh Fund and Marion Stratton Gould Fund, 1992.78
Irving Ramsey Wiles
Oil on canvas. Virginia Jeffrey Smith Fund and Marion Stratton Gould Fund, in memory of Marjorie B. Searl, 2026.8. Photo courtesy Schoelkopf Gallery
Georgia O’Keeffe
Oil on canvas. Marion Stratton Gould Fund, 1951.11a © The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Maria Oakey Dewing
Oil on panel. Virginia Jeffrey Smith Fund, 2024.8
Elizabeth Catlett
Terracotta with patination. Maurice R. and Maxine B. Forman Fund, R. T. Miller Fund by exchange, Lyman K. and Eleanore B. Stuart Endowment Fund, Taylor Fund, Thelma M. Knapp Fund, Marion Stratton Gould Fund, Lewis and Jill Katz Norry by exchange, Thomas G. Spencer Bequest by exchange, Richard L. Klein by exchange, Brown Fund, and funds from deaccessioning, 2014.43 © Estate of Elizabeth Catlett/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
