AMERICAN AND REGIONAL ART

The primary focus of our American art collection is the paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, and ceramics of the Pacific Northwest. The regional collection includes the largest public collection of paintings by Morris Graves. With works by Maude Kerns, C.S. Price, and Mark Tobey, the collection offers fine examples of modernism in American painting. There are significant works by Peter Voulkos, Rudy Autio, and other ceramists. Recent additions to the regional collection include "Mount Rainier at Sunset", “Sunset at Mt. Hood”, and "Mt. Shasta", all by the important, turn-of-the-century Portland painter, Eliza Barchus.

Additionally, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon is the single largest repository of art works and related archival materials on David McCosh (1903-1981), who exerted a strong influence on the direction of painting in the Pacific Northwest. We invite you to learn more about The Art and Legacy of David McCosh.

Another distinctive component of the American collection is a group of paintings and drawings from the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration (WPA).


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