The Muscarelle Museum of Art
at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
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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 4, 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
CAGE, JOHN
1989
Spitbite, aquatint, and sugarlift on smoked paper
Sheet: 23 x 18 5/16 ins. (58.4 x 46.6 cm); Image: 14 x 16 ins. (35.5 x 40.7 cm); Framed: 41 1/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (104.4 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Aquisition Fund
Spitbite, aquatint, and sugarlift on smoked paper
Sheet: 23 x 18 5/16 ins. (58.4 x 46.6 cm); Image: 14 x 16 ins. (35.5 x 40.7 cm); Framed: 41 1/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (104.4 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Aquisition Fund
LONAS, JOSEPH HENRY
1956 - 1957
Bronze
91 3/4 h. x 28 w. x 21 ins. d. (233.1 x 71.1 x 53.3 cm)
Gift of the artist and his wife
Bronze
91 3/4 h. x 28 w. x 21 ins. d. (233.1 x 71.1 x 53.3 cm)
Gift of the artist and his wife
GOLDIN, NAN
2000
Chromogenic print (C-print)
24 1/8 x 20 1/16 ins. (61.3 x 50.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Chromogenic print (C-print)
24 1/8 x 20 1/16 ins. (61.3 x 50.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
APPEL, KAREL
1978
Wood and paint
18 7/8 h. 31 1/2 l. x 6 1/4 ins. d. (48.1 x 80.0 x 15.8 cm)Base: 1 1/2 h. x 19 1@ l. x 5 1/2 ins. d. (3.8 x 49.5 x 14.0 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Archie A. Van Elslander
Wood and paint
18 7/8 h. 31 1/2 l. x 6 1/4 ins. d. (48.1 x 80.0 x 15.8 cm)Base: 1 1/2 h. x 19 1@ l. x 5 1/2 ins. d. (3.8 x 49.5 x 14.0 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Archie A. Van Elslander
WHITE, CHRISTIAN
c. 1978
Oil on canvas
Framed: 31 x 37 1/4 ins. (78.9 x 94.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
Framed: 31 x 37 1/4 ins. (78.9 x 94.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BUSWELL, RICHARD S.
2004
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 10 x 8 ins. (25.4 x 20.3 cm); Image: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins. (24.4 x 17.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 10 x 8 ins. (25.4 x 20.3 cm); Image: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins. (24.4 x 17.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
REAM, CARDUCIUS PLANTAGENET
Oil on canvas
12 1/4 x 10 ins. (30.7 x 25.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
12 1/4 x 10 ins. (30.7 x 25.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
FINE, PERLE
c. 1961-1963
Oil on linen
59 3/4 x 50 ins. (151.8 x 127.0 cm)
Selected by 2023 Curator’s Circle Members and acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on linen
59 3/4 x 50 ins. (151.8 x 127.0 cm)
Selected by 2023 Curator’s Circle Members and 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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