From celebrated pieces to regional treasures, Visitor Favorites highlight the breadth and depth of the Museum’s collection.

Aron Belka (b. 1974), Clifton Faust, 2018, oil on canvas. 48 x 48 in. Museum Purchase, funds provided by the Dr. John Rison Jones, Jr. Acquisition Fund and the Susy & Robert Thurber Acquisition Fund, 2020.10 ©Aron Belka
Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Bauhaus Dali Does Décor, 2018, oil on canvas. 42 x 62 in. Museum Purchase, funds provided by the Dr. John Rison Jones, Jr. Acquisition Fund and the Susy and Robert Thurber Acquisition Fund, 2018.16 ©Denise Stewart-Sanabria
Ginny Ruffner (b. 1952), Bringing Art to Light and Light to Art, 2016, blown and hot worked glass, rolled steel, LED lighting. 48 x 48 x 48 in. Museum Purchase, funds provided by the Huntsville Museum of Art Guild in honor of their 50th Anniversary, 2016.08a-t ©Ginny Ruffner
Luigi Lucioni (1900-1988), Portrait of Ethel Waters, 1939, oil on canvas. 32 x 25 in. Museum Purchase, Lead Donor: Cynthia and Rey Almodovar; Sustaining Donors: Mr. & Mrs. Frank Williams and the Huntsville Museum of Art Guild; Donors: Sara and Robert Arthur; Bobby Bradley and Charley Burrus; Dorothy Davidson; Lynn and Stuart Embury; Lockheed Martin, In Memory of Audrey Rones; The Oscar Maxwell Fund; Dianne and James Reynolds; Tristenne and Paul Robin, In Honor of Jean Wessel Templeton; Mr. and Mrs. David W. Smith; Jean Wessel Templeton; The Boeing company; and Friends of the Luigi Lucioni Acquisition Campaign, 2017.18 ©Artist’s Estate
Gary Chapman (b. 1961), Life During Wartime, 2006, oil and gold leaf on canvas, mixed media on wood panels. 84 x 64 in. Museum Purchase, Funds Provided by the Dr. John Rison Jones, Jr. Endowment and the Susy and Robert Thurber Endowment, 2013.17 ©Gary Chapman
Althea Murphy-Price (b. 1979), Play Series: Play, 2016, lithograph, screenprint, collage. 30 x 22.5 in. Museum Purchase, Funds Provided by the Dr. John Rison Jones, Jr. Acquisition Fund and the Susy and Robert Thurber Acquisition Fund, 2021.05 ©Althea Murphy-Price