The American Collection consists of approximately 5,500 works,
representing 49 percent of the permanent collection. The collection
of 18th and 19th century American art contains important works
by John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, William Harnett, William
Morris Hunt, George Inness, John Frederick Kensett, John LaFarge
and Benjamin West. Late 19th century and early modern holdings
include works by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Joseph Cornell,
Charles Demuth, Lyonel Feininger, Marsden Hartley, Hans Hofmann,
Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe,
Morton Schamberg, Joseph Stella, Kay Sage Tanguy and Grant Wood.
Browse representative works from the collection. Select
the artist's name to view a representative work:
Charles
Prendergast (American, 1863-1948) Circus, 1940
tempera and gold leaf on incised, gessoed
masonite
Williams College Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs.
Charles Prendergast
86.18.34
