Galleries for 18th to Early 20th Century Art

Artworks in these galleries present key aspects of American visual culture, from the founding of the United States and the early Republic through Impressionism and the Gilded Age, the New Deal and early abstraction. Featured artists include Charles Willson Peale, John Singleton Copley, George Catlin, Hiram Powers, Mary Cassatt, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, Frederic Remington, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, William H. Johnson, Thomas Hart Benton, Jacob Lawrence, Edward Hopper, and Andrew Wyeth.

Note: These galleries on the museum’s second floor will temporarily close to the public beginning September 22, 2025. The galleries are expected to reopen in Summer 2026.

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