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As a regional art museum whose principal focus is Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
the Michener Art Museum collects both historic and contemporary American works,
with a focus on the art of Bucks County.
Collections Overview
In its first two decades, the James A. Michener Art Museum has amassed a
permanent collection of over 2,200 objects that reveal the rich artistic and
cultural heritage of the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, region. From
Thomas Hicks' and Jonathan Trego's mid-nineteenth-century portraits, to Edward W.
Redfield's twentieth-century impressionist landscapes, to the family photographs of
contemporary artist Emmet Gowin, the Michener Art Museum's permanent collection
documents the changing relationships of artists to their physical and cultural
environments as well as the technical and conceptual innovations that are part
of the vibrant and colorful history of Bucks County's visual arts.
The Michener Art Museum's mission to serve as a center for the study of the
region's artistic traditions guides the museum's collecting focus on art of
the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, region. With that vision the Michener has
acquired what is arguably the finest collection of Pennsylvania impressionist
paintings in public hands. The strong Arts and Crafts and modern studio
furniture traditions of southeastern Pennsylvania represent a significant collecting
opportunity; and the museum is actively building collections in these areas
as it expands its holdings of contemporary painting, sculpture, works on
paper, and decorative arts.
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Image credits:
(L to R) George W. Sotter (1879-1953), Untitled (Night Snow Scene), 1949, oil on canvas,
H. 26 x W. 32 inches, James A. Michener Art Museum. Gift of Marguerite and
Gerry Lenfest with Assistance from Wachovia. Frederick William Harer (1879-1948), Desk
(H. 34 1.2 x W. 38 x D. 22 1/2) and Sidechair
(H. 30 x W. 17 3/4 x D. 17), ca. 1930s, walnut with pear and ebony inlay and
upholstered slip seat, James A. Michener Art Museum. Museum purchase funded by John C. Seegers.
Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904-2000), Over and Above Series (Fox), 1963, pencil and
gouache on paper, H. 29.5 x W. 21.5 inches, James A. Michener Art Museum.
Michener Art Endowment Challenge Gift of Mr. Wm. A. and Anne Stetson Rawak.
Charles Rosen (1878-1950), The Roundhouse, Kingston, New York, 1927, oil on canvas,
H. 30.125 x W. 40.25 inches, James A. Michener Art Museum.
Gift of the John P. Horton Estate.
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