The Museum’s American art collection spans nearly two centuries, capturing the evolution of a distinctly American perspective in art. The Early American collection includes portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes by some of the many artists who helped shape the new nation’s visual heritage.
Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955), Daydreams, 1903, bronze. 20 x 12 x 10 in. Huntsville Museum Association Purchase, 2008 – Sellars Collection, 2008.04
John James Audubon (1785-1851), American Bison or Buffalo (Bos Americanus), from The Viviparous Quarupeds of North America series, 1842, hand-colored lithograph, ed. plate LVI. 20 ¾ x 25 ½ in. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Told, Jr., 2015.06.01
Frank Duveneck (1848-1919), Maria, ca. 1886-1887, oil on canvas. 59 x 33 in. Gift of Jane and Thomas Barr, 2017.20
Marian Blakelock (1880-1930), Rocky Coast, ca. 1900, oil on canvas. 8 x 10 in. Huntsville Museum Association Purchase, 2008 – Sellars Collection, 2014.04
Anna Mary Richards Brewster (1870-1952), Wharf at Volendam, 1908, oil on canvas. 20 x 30 in. Huntsville Museum Association Purchase, 2008 – Sellars Collection, 2008.05
Matthew Jouett (1788-1827), Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1815, oil on canvas. 22 ½ x 17 ½ in. Museum Purchase in memory of Bettye Grant, Cynthia Ann Harwell, David Anthony Hughes, and Virginia Charlton Smith, 1999.18