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The Norton Museum of Art's
impressive holdings of late 19th- and 20th-century American art is one
of the strengths and delights of the permanent collection. Eloquently
surveying the history of modern art in the United States, the museum
boasts important examples nearly all of the major movements to have
emerged in this country since 1870. From American Impressionism and the
Ash Can School to the modernism of the Stieglitz group, through
Regionalism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, the Norton Museum's
collection of American art reflects one of the richest epochs in the
history of the United States.
Featuring such masterpieces as George Bellows' Winter Afternoon (1909),
Georgia O'Keeffe's Red Flower (1918-19) and Ranchos Church No. 1 (1929),
Stuart Davis' New York Mural (1932), Edward Hopper's August in the City
(1945), and Jackson Pollock's Night Mist (1945), a work of beauty and
historical significance can be found around every corner. The
collection’s depth is reflected in significant examples by some of
America's most admired artists, including: Maurice Prendergast, Childe
Hassam, Arthur Davies, Walt Kuhn, Robert Henri, John Marin, John Sloan,
Everett Shinn, Ernest Lawson, Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Charles
Sheeler, Charles Demuth, Augusta Savage, Paul Manship, Robert Motherwell,
Jackson Pollock, Jacob Lawrence, Andy Warhol, and many more.
A
selection of works from the American Art collection:
Childe Hassam
American, 1859-1935
Gloucester Harbor, 1899/1909
Oil on canvas, 25 x 26 inches. Bequest of R.H. Norton, 53.77
George Bellows
American, 1882-1925
Winter Afternoon, 1909
Oil
on canvas, 30 x 38 inches. Gift of R.H. Norton, 49.1
Georgia O'Keeffe
American, 1887-1986
Red Flower, 1918-1980.
Oil on
canvas, 20 x 17 inches. Purchase, with funds from the
Esther B. O'Keeffe
Charitable Foundation, 96.55. © 2003 The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation / Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York
James
Chapin
American, 1887-1975
Ruby Green Singing, 1928 Oil on canvas, 38 x 30 inches.
Bequest of R.H.
Norton, 53.29 © Estate of James Chapin, James Cox Gallery at
Woodstock
(NY)
Stuart
Davis
American, 1894-1964
New York Mural, 1932 Oil on
canvas, 84 x 48 inches. Purchase, the R.H. Norton Trust,
64.17 © Estate
of
Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Edward Hopper
American, 1882-1967
August in the City,
1945 Oil
on canvas, 23 x 30 inches. Bequest of R.H. Norton, 53.84
Jackson Pollock
American, 1912-1956
Night Mist, 1945
Oil on
canvas, 39 x 72 1/8 inches. Purchase, the R.H. Norton Trust,
71.14 © 2003
Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS),
New York
Jacob Lawrence
American, 1917-2000
Man with Flowers, 1954
Tempera on masonite 15 x 11 inches. Purchase, the R.H. Norton Trust,
95.21 © 2005 Courtesy of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence/Artists Rights
Society
(ARS), New York
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