Gallery of American Art Reopens

N.C. Wyeth, American, 1882-1945, Brandywine Landscape, 1900–1926, oil on canvas, Bequest of Penelope Rockwell, 2006.21

Now on View

Above: N.C. Wyeth, American, 1882-1945, Brandywine Landscape, 1900-1926, oil on canvas, Bequest of Penelope Rockwell, 2006.21

American paintings are one of the greatest strengths of the Worcester Art Museum, although for a number of years many of these treasures – including works by Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Marsden Hartley, Norman Rockwell, and Jacob Lawrence – have been in storage.  A condensed installation of nearly 50 paintings, dating from the Civil War to the start of World War II, has opened on the museum’s 4th floor.  Arranged in concentrated clusters, the display both highlights the museum’s most famous works, including a renowned group of American Impressionist works, as well as bringing paintings to light for the first time, such as the recently-restored Brandywine Landscape by N.C. Wyeth.