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
RINGGOLD, FAITH
2006
Color lithograph on cream wove paper
29 5/8 x 41 11/16 ins. (75.2 x 105.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Color lithograph on cream wove paper
29 5/8 x 41 11/16 ins. (75.2 x 105.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WRIGHT, WILLIE ANNE BOSCHEN
1974
Acrylic on canvas
60 ½ x 72 ins.
Gift of Willie Anne Wright in honor of Thomas Thorne
Acrylic on canvas
60 ½ x 72 ins.
Gift of Willie Anne Wright in honor of Thomas Thorne
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
COLWELL, LARRY
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (17.1 x 21.1 cm); Image: 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 ins. (16.8 x 21.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins. (17.1 x 21.1 cm); Image: 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 ins. (16.8 x 21.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WHITEHORSE, EMMI
2007
Oil and chalk on paper mounted to canvas
51 1/2 x 78 5/8 ins. (130.2 x 199.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil and chalk on paper mounted to canvas
51 1/2 x 78 5/8 ins. (130.2 x 199.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
WATSON-SCHÜTZE, EVA
1905
Photogravure printed on brown paper
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 ins. (29.8 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.2 x 16.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Photogravure printed on brown paper
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 ins. (29.8 x 20.7 cm); Image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. (21.2 x 16.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
HEMMERLE, SEAN
2001 (printed 2016)
Digital chromatic print
Sheet: 30 x 36 ins. (76.0 x 91.0 cm); Framed: 35 3/4 x 42 1/4 ins. (90.8 x 107.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Digital chromatic print
Sheet: 30 x 36 ins. (76.0 x 91.0 cm); Framed: 35 3/4 x 42 1/4 ins. (90.8 x 107.3 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
ATCHUGARRY, PABLO
1995
Carrara marble
82.67 x 18.89 x 12.2 ins. (210 x 48 x 31 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Carrara marble
82.67 x 18.89 x 12.2 ins. (210 x 48 x 31 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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