The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
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Plan your visit.
On View
Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia
November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
Learn MoreSelections from Expanded Horizons: Native American Creativity at the Intersection of Culture and Art
October 14, 2025 — January 11, 2026
Learn MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
Learn MoreUpcoming
Collection Highlights
The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.
Explore the Collection:PaintingsDrawings and WatercolorsPrintsPhotographySculpture and ObjectsRecent Acquisitions
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1977
Color screenprint
18 1/8 x 28 1/8 ins. (45.9 x 71 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Color screenprint
18 1/8 x 28 1/8 ins. (45.9 x 71 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WYCK, JAN
Oil on canvas
42 1/4 x 35 1/4 ins. (107.4 x 89.5 cm); Framed: 52 1/4 x 44 7/8 ins. (132.4 x 114.0 cm)
Purchase, funds given by Douglas N. Morton
42 1/4 x 35 1/4 ins. (107.4 x 89.5 cm); Framed: 52 1/4 x 44 7/8 ins. (132.4 x 114.0 cm)
Purchase, funds given by Douglas N. Morton
SMITH, JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE
2003
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
MOTHERWELL, ROBERT
1981 - 1982
Color lithograph
Sheet: 43 3/4 x 60 1/2 ins. (111.1 x 153.6 cm); Framed: 46 1/4 x 63 1/4 ins. (117.2 x 160.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Color lithograph
Sheet: 43 3/4 x 60 1/2 ins. (111.1 x 153.6 cm); Framed: 46 1/4 x 63 1/4 ins. (117.2 x 160.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
LUTFI, HUDA
2001
Acrylic on canvas, over diptych
Top: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 ins. (34.9 x 50.5 cm); Bottom: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 ins. (34.9 x 50.5 cm)
Gift of the artist
Acrylic on canvas, over diptych
Top: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 ins. (34.9 x 50.5 cm); Bottom: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 ins. (34.9 x 50.5 cm)
Gift of the artist
SCHAPIRO, MIRIAM
1984
Lithograph and collage
Sheet: 31 3/4 x 47 3/4 ins. (80.5 x 121.7 cm); Framed: 57 1/2 x 41 1/4 ins. (146 x 104.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Lithograph and collage
Sheet: 31 3/4 x 47 3/4 ins. (80.5 x 121.7 cm); Framed: 57 1/2 x 41 1/4 ins. (146 x 104.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
DE HOOGHE, ROMEYN
11/14/1677
Etching
Sheet: 27 x 19 1/4 ins. (68.6 x 48.8 cm); Image: 26 x 18 1/2 ins. (66.1 x 47.0 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
Etching
Sheet: 27 x 19 1/4 ins. (68.6 x 48.8 cm); Image: 26 x 18 1/2 ins. (66.1 x 47.0 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
KOLLWITZ, KÄTHE
1923
Woodcut
Sheet: 9 3/16 x 7 5/8 ins. (23.4 x 19.5 cm); Image: 5 15/16 x 6 13/16 ins. (15.1 x 17.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard France
Woodcut
Sheet: 9 3/16 x 7 5/8 ins. (23.4 x 19.5 cm); Image: 5 15/16 x 6 13/16 ins. (15.1 x 17.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard France
UTAGAWA TOKOKUNI, Untitled Kabuki scene, c. 1815, Woodblock print, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 31 ins. (39.0 x 78.7 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sullivan
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