American Stories 1800-1950

The founding strength of the art museum at Vassar College in 1864 was its American paintings. That collection has grown greatly over the years with the result that a number of the works by major American painters are seldom seen. This exhibition explored some of the American riches found in storage and featured key works of the nineteenth centuries housed in the Loeb's vault. Among the artists featured were John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, Sanford Gifford, George Inness, William Merritt Chase, Maxfield Parrish, Arthur B. Davies, Robert Henri, Ernest Lawson, Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keefe, and Ben Shahn.

The exhibition was organized by the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and supported by the Friends of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center.