American Art

The collections at the Worcester Art Museum span the history of American art from 1670 to the end of the twentieth century, with special strengths in colonial painting and American Impressionism. By virtue of the Museum's location in central New England and the scholarly interests of the first curators of the collection, Worcester's early American paintings include many renowned works. The Museum's holdings of American Impressionism were built largely by purchases made from the annual exhibitions of contemporary American painting held in the first two decades of the century. The Museum is also recognized for its collections of American watercolors and watercolor miniatures on ivory.

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Anonymous Artist John Freake, about 1671-74		Anonymous Artist Mrs. Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary, about 1671-74
Thomas Smith Self-Portrait, about 1680		John Singleton Copley John Bours, about 1765-70
High Chest of Drawers, 1760-80		Paul Revere II Paine Service, 1773
Benjamin West Pharaoh and His Host Lost in the Red Sea, 1792		Charles Willson Peale Charles Pettit, 1792
Edward Savage Liberty in the Form of the Goddess of Youth: Giving Support to the Bald Eagle, 1796		Ralph Earl Looking East from Denny Hill, 1800
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