Follow the Light: Selections from the Collection

Twenty masterpieces from the collection comprise Follow the Light. This exhibition examines the varied ways sunlight and moonlight enhance a composition. Encounter historic paintings by Martin Johnson Heade, John James Audubon, Albert Bierstadt, and Rubens Peale in the South Galleries.

Collection Highlights

Frank Weston Benson, Chickadees, 1938, watercolor on paper

Albert Bierstadt, Study for “Gosnold at Cuttyhunk 1602,” 1858, oil on Winsor & Newton illustration board

Jasper Francis Cropsey, Hazy Afternoon, Autumn, 1873, oil on canvas

George Forster, Still Life of Fruit with Scarab, 1861, oil on canvas

Martin Johnson Heade, Two Hooded Visorbearer Hummingbirds, ca 1864-65, oil on canvas

Severin Roesen, Flowers in a Crystal Vase, ca. 1859, oil on canvas