Abstract Expressionists: The Women
Now through April 26, 2026
Featuring close to fifty paintings created by thirty-two important women artists between 1936 and 1977 in New York, California and Paris.
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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
CLARK, ELIOT CANDEE
c. 1897
Charcoal
Sight: 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 ins. (16.8 x 11.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Charcoal
Sight: 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 ins. (16.8 x 11.8 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
MARSH, REGINALD
1930
Etching
Sheet [irreg.]: 10 1/4 x 13 5/8 ins. (26 x 34.5 cm); Image: 8 x 11 7/8 ins. (20.3 x 30.2 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
Etching
Sheet [irreg.]: 10 1/4 x 13 5/8 ins. (26 x 34.5 cm); Image: 8 x 11 7/8 ins. (20.3 x 30.2 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
NAKAMARRA, DOREEN REID
Acrylic on canvas
Frame: 24 ¾ x 48 3/8 ins. (62.7 x 122.7 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
Frame: 24 ¾ x 48 3/8 ins. (62.7 x 122.7 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
LEE-SMITH, HUGHIE
1999
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 12 1⁄8 x 11 1⁄8 ins. (30.8 x 28.3 cm); Framed: 17 1/8 x 16 1/8 ins. (43.4 x 40.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 12 1⁄8 x 11 1⁄8 ins. (30.8 x 28.3 cm); Framed: 17 1/8 x 16 1/8 ins. (43.4 x 40.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WATKINS, CARLETON
c. 1878-1881
Albumen silver print
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins (38.9 x 54 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Albumen silver print
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins (38.9 x 54 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BUHOT, FÉLIX-HILAIRE
1876
Etching and drypoint on vellum
Sheet: 10 ½ x 16 1/8 ins. (26.5 x 41 cm); Image: 8 7/8 x 12 ¼ ins. (22.5 x 31.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching and drypoint on vellum
Sheet: 10 ½ x 16 1/8 ins. (26.5 x 41 cm); Image: 8 7/8 x 12 ¼ ins. (22.5 x 31.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BRICHER, ALFRED THOMPSON
1870
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Sight: 7 1/2 x 14 1/2 ins. (18.9 x 36.9 cm); Framed: 18 1/4 x 25 1/2 ins. (46.5 x 64.7 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Sight: 7 1/2 x 14 1/2 ins. (18.9 x 36.9 cm); Framed: 18 1/4 x 25 1/2 ins. (46.5 x 64.7 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
NEVELSON, LOUISE
1973
Aquatint, etching and collage on Fabriano wove paper
Sheet: 37 x 26 ins. (94.1 x 66.1 cm); Plate: 27 7/8 x 21 5/8 ins. (70.8 x 55.0 cm); Framed: 41 3/4 x 34 1/8 ins. (105.8 x 86.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Aquatint, etching and collage on Fabriano wove paper
Sheet: 37 x 26 ins. (94.1 x 66.1 cm); Plate: 27 7/8 x 21 5/8 ins. (70.8 x 55.0 cm); Framed: 41 3/4 x 34 1/8 ins. (105.8 x 86.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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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