American Art from the McGlothlin Collection features more than 70 paintings, works on paper, and sculpture and offer a remarkable in depth survey of American art from the antebellum to modern period.
Coinciding with the opening of the American Galleries in the new McGlothlin Wing, the exhibition includes major works by artists such as George Bellows, Mary Cassatt, William Merrit Chase, Childe Hassam, Martin Johnson Heade, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, George Luks, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler. All the works exhibited are promised gifts to VMFA and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and curated by Dr Sylvia Yount, Louise B. and J. Harwood Cochrane Curator of American Art
A full color catalogue featuring an interview with collectors Jim and Fran McGlothlin accompanies the exhibition.
The exhibition is supported by The Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Exhibition Endowment.
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