Eye on the Collection:
West to Hopper
Benjamin West
The Drummond Brothers, 1767
oil on canvas
museum purchase
© Addison Gallery of American Art
The Addison has one of the world's greatest collections of American art, a testament to the broad vision of the founders of the museum and the generous support of friends over the decades. This show of the permanent
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collection is not thematic. Rather, it intends to acquaint visitors with the depth and breadth of the Addison's holdings of paintings by artists ranging from Benjamin West to Edward Hopper. Landscapes, cityscapes, still lifes, and portraits engage each other across a span of two hundred years in conversation about the richness and complexity of American art. Together they also show the Addison's prominent place as custodian of our nation's amazing cultural wealth.
This exhibition has been generously funded by the Bernard and Louise Palitz Exhibitions Fund.
Frederic Remington
Moonlight, Wolf, c. 1909
oil on canvas
gift of the members of the Phillips Academy Board of Trustees on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Addison Gallery
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