
Permanent Collection
Today, the Museum’s Collection offers a snapshot of the history of art in New England and beyond. Works on view in this gallery reference Early American painting, the turn-of-the-twentieth century Boston School, mid-century figurative expressionism, and an active contemporary community. The Permanent Collection continues to remain organic, growing and changing to reflect the role of the Museum as a part of a University and in art historical scholarship.

Dr. Nathaniel Coffin , 1820 c., Oil on canvas mounted on panel
Collection of Danforth Art Museum, 1999.17
Gift of Harriot Hopkinson Rive, and Museum Purchase with funds provided by The Gilbert Stuart Society

Portrait of Mrs. Frederick L. W. Richardson , 1920, Oil on canvas
Collection of the Danforth, 1992.46
Gift of David Richardson

Deianira, Wife of Hercules, Being Carried Off by the Centaur Nessus , 1897 c., Oil on Canvas
Collection of Danforth Art Museum, 1975.20
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William and Evelyn Wolfson

Glitter , 1908 c., Oil on canvas
Gift of William and Evelyn Wolfson, 1976.38

Mother Three Times , 1989, Charcoal, conte, and pastel and paper
Collection of the Danforth Museum, 2013.105 Gift of the artist

A Village Funeral at Brittany , 1891, Oil on canvas
Collection of Danforth Art Museum, 1991.1
Gift of Charles F. Scott in Memory of Alice Daudelain Scott

Archaic Figure , Gouache and pastel on rice paper
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Bernstein

Artemisia Gentileschi , 1979, Lithograph on paper

C/VI/D (Then There Were Two) , 1982, Acrylic on canvas
Gift of the Louis K. Meisel Gallery

Cherries , 1999, Oil on panel
Gift of the Children of Stephen and Sybil Stone

Father/Mother 5 , 2013, Archival Inkjet Print
Gift of the artist

Figure #1 from ‘The Venus Series’ , 2010, Alumitype
Lemons and Limes , 1972, Oil on canvas

Madonna and Child , 1940, Brass Relief
Gift of Jean and Kahil Gibran

Mrs. Nathaniel Coffin , c.1820, Oil on canvas mounted on panel
Gift of Harriot Hopkinson Rive, and Museum purchase with funds provided by The Gilbert Stuart Society

Portrait Study in Profile , c.1911, Oil on canvas
Gift of David and Myrna Leven

Spirituality in the Flesh , 1997, Photographic documentation of an installation
Gift of Elizabeth Lea

Strawberries , 1999, Oil on panel
Gift of the Children of Stephen and Sybil Stone

The Flowering Staff of Aaron , 1955, Oil on Canvas
Gift of Marc S. Plonskier and Heni Koenigsberg

Three Musicians IV , 1972, Encaustic on Panel
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Hyman Hershman and the Shaw Family

During , 1982, Painted drop cloth on matboard
Gift of Judy Ann Goldman

Cellini Cup , 1984, Oil on canvas
Gift of Rex R. Stevens

Hat , 1991, Oil on linen

Next , 1982, Painted drop cloth on matboard
Gift of Nan Tull

Portrait of Anna , Oil on canvas
Gift of Mark Brock

Portrait of the Artist’s Father , 1892, Oil on canvas
Gift of Craig Burr and William P. Egan

Retribution: Untitled No. 1 , Digital C-print on paper
Museum purchase from the Marks Family Fund

Self-Portrait (Reverse Head, Sepia) , 1999, Oil on panel
Gift of Nick and Dee Adams

Shelf Life #3 , 2010, Archival Inkjet Print
Gift of Audrey and James Foster

Skeleton in a Red Dress , c.1939-1945, Oil on canvas
Gift of Drs. Fran and Tim Orrok

Silk Blouse , 2015, Pigment print on paper

South End Facade , 1945, Oil on board
Gift of Ruth Kupferman

Study for Vineyard , 1987, Oil, acrylic, nails, paper mache, wire, and wood on canvas
Gift from the Collection of John Baker and Nina Nielson

Verifying the Invisible (Coyote and Tulips) , 2005, Encaustic on linen
Gift of Nick and Dee Adams

Woman with Blue Cloche Hat , 1920, Oil on canvas
By Exchange, Gift of Elizabeth and Robert H. Whitaker