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[https://www.clevelandart.org/about-collection/collection-areas/american-painting-and-sculpture by THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART] | [https://www.clevelandart.org/about-collection/collection-areas/american-painting-and-sculpture by THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART] | ||
The American holdings at the Cleveland Museum of Art rank among the finest anywhere. One year prior to its opening to the public in 1916, the museum purchased its first painting, John Singleton Copley’s portrait Catherine Greene, thereby launching a commitment to collecting superior examples of American art. Since then, the museum has acquired nearly 300 American paintings and approximately 90 sculptures, constituting an excellent survey from around 1750 to 1960. The museum’s historic preference for quality over quantity—a philosophy devoted to acquiring a small number of major works by important artists—has kept the collection particularly well balanced and concise. | The American holdings at the Cleveland Museum of Art rank among the finest anywhere. One year prior to its opening to the public in 1916, the museum purchased its first painting, John Singleton Copley’s portrait Catherine Greene, thereby launching a commitment to collecting superior examples of American art. Since then, the museum has acquired nearly 300 American paintings and approximately 90 sculptures, constituting an excellent survey from around 1750 to 1960. The museum’s historic preference for quality over quantity—a philosophy devoted to acquiring a small number of major works by important artists—has kept the collection particularly well balanced and concise. | ||
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[https://whitney.org/collection/works/1640 by Whitney Museum of American Art] | |||
Early American Landscape | |||
