Art
The Bruce Museum’s art collection includes approximately 3,200 works spanning the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, with particular strengths in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American art by members of the Cos Cob art colony.
The Bruce Museum hosted annual exhibitions between 1912 and 1926 by members of the Greenwich Society of Artists, many of whom were leading figures of the Cos Cob art colony. Acquisitions from those exhibitions form the nucleus of the Museum’s collection of American Impressionism, including work by Emil Carlsen, Childe Hassam, Elmer Livingston McRae, Mina Fonda Ochtman, and Leonard Ochtman. Since that time, the Museum has deepened its holdings in nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European art across a wide range of media, namely paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and works on paper. Photography represents a rapidly growing area of the collection.
The collection strategy for the Bruce will continue to emphasize the trajectory of modernism from 1850 to the present day, encompassing global contemporary art as part of its focus.
Alfred Thompson Bricher, Coastal Scene
Alfred Thompson Bricher, Coastal Scene
Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837–1908) Coastal Scene, n.d. Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, Museum Purchase made possible in part by the Pasculano Acquisition Fund, 2014.01
Charles Harold Davis, The Old Pasture
Charles Harold Davis, The Old Pasture
Charles Harold Davis (American, 1856–1933) The Old Pasture, n.d. Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, 00029
Childe Hassam, The Mill Pond, Cos Cob, 1902
Childe Hassam, The Mill Pond, Cos Cob, 1902
Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935) The Mill Pond, Cos Cob, 1902 Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, 94.25
Daniel Ridgway Knight, Brittany Girl
Daniel Ridgway Knight, Brittany Girl
Daniel Ridgway Knight (American, 1839–1924) Brittany Girl, n.d. Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, Bequest of George N. Morgan, 13412
Edward Henry Potthast, Harbor Scene
Edward Henry Potthast, Harbor Scene
Edward Henry Potthast (American, 1857–1927) Harbor Scene, n.d. Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, Bequest of Erwin S. Barrie, 83.21.02
Elmer Livingston MacRae, Tea in the Arbor
Elmer Livingston MacRae, Tea in the Arbor
Elmer Livingston MacRae (American, 1875–1953) Tea in the Arbor, 1911 Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, 90.09
Emil Carlsen, Peonies
Emil Carlsen, Peonies
Emil Carlsen (American, born Denmark, 1853–1952) Peonies, circa 1897 Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, 00030
George Bellows, Portrait of Augustus F. Lundberg
George Bellows, Portrait of Augustus F. Lundberg
George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) Portrait of Augustus F. Lundberg, circa 1906–07 Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, Purchased with funds from the Bruce Museum’s Friends of American Art, 2004.26
George Wharton Edwards, River Road
George Wharton Edwards, River Road
George Wharton Edwards (American, 1859–1950) River Road, 1918–1919 Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, 00028
Joan Snyder, Banished Muse
Joan Snyder, Banished Muse
Joan Snyder (American, b. 1940) Banished Muse, 1987 Oil, acrylic, and paper mache on linen Bruce Museum, Gift of Zita and Edward J. Rosenthal and Family, 2012.11.02
John Frederick Peto, Still Life with Candlestick, Book and Match
John Frederick Peto, Still Life with Candlestick, Book and Match
John Frederick Peto (American, 1854-1907) Still Life with Candlestick, Book and Match, 1899 Oil on board Bruce Museum, Purchase Museum Purchase made possible in part by the Pasculano Acquisition Fund, 2007.01
John Henry Twachtman, Grey Day
John Henry Twachtman, Grey Day
John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853–1902) Grey Day, circa 1887–88 Oil on canvas
Kenzo Okada, Leaves
Kenzo Okada, Leaves
Kenzo Okada (American, born Japan, 1902–1982) Leaves, circa 1970 Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, Gift of Barbara Bemis Bloch, 96.03
Leonard Ochtman, October Morning
Leonard Ochtman, October Morning
Leonard Ochtman (American, 1854–1934) October Morning, 1919 Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, 00031
Matilda Browne, August Morning
Matilda Browne, August Morning
Matilda Browne (American, 1869–1947) August Morning, circa 1919 Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, 00026
Theodore Robinson, Apple Blossoms
Theodore Robinson, Apple Blossoms
Theodore Robinson (American, 1852–1896) Apple Blossoms, 1889 Oil on canvas Bruce Museum, 2006.42
