Highlights From the Painting Collection August 23, 2008

Built on a generous initial gift of 54 paintings from Museum co-founder William T. Evans, the painting collection spans the history of American painting from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. With particularly strong holdings in the Hudson River School, the collection also has fine examples of portraiture, American Impressionism, the American Scene, Modernism, Abstract Expressionism and 20th century works by African-American artists. The Montclair Art Museum has one of the finest and most comprehensive public collections of works by Montclair's greatest artist, George Inness. Artists represented in the painting collection include Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Thomas Eakins, William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent, Morgan Russell, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell and Andy Warhol.