American Visions:

In the last couple of years, the Rollins Museum of Art’s American collection has experienced transformative growth. 

More than thirty remarkable paintings from the 18th through the early 20th century have come to us as gifts and long-term loans. At once complementary and additive, they have enriched the collection, allowing us to present a more nuanced history of American art. They include artists we did not preciously have (John Singer Sargent, Thomas Cole, Benjamin West, George Inness, and Martin Johnson Heade, among others) and different genres by painters we already owned (Robert Henri, William Merritt Chase). 

They strengthen the representation of 19th century women artists (introducing works by Elizabeth Emmet LeRoy, Lilian Thomas Schmidt, and Jane Stuart) and bolster genres already strong (for instance 19th century landscape painting, including works by Thomas Moran, John Henry Twachtman, Herman Herzog, etc.). 

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog written by Dr. Grant Hamming, former American Art Research Fellow at the RMA.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website