Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a museum of American art in

Bentonville, Arkansas Bentonville is the tenth-largest city in Arkansas, United States and the county seat of Benton County. The city is centrally located in the county with Rogers adjacent to the east. The city is the birthplace of and world headquarters locatio ...

. The museum, founded by Alice Walton and designed by

Moshe Safdie Moshe Safdie ( he, משה ספדיה; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author, with Israeli, Canadian, and American citizenship. He is known for incorporating principles of socially responsible des ...

, officially opened on 11 November 2011. It offers free public admission.

Overview and founding

Alice Walton, the daughter of

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founder

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, spearheaded the Walton Family Foundation's involvement in developing Crystal Bridges. The museum's glass-and-wood design by architect

and engineer Buro Happold features a series of pavilions nestled around two creek-fed ponds and forest trails. The soil is flinty silt loam derived from

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and cherty

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and is mapped as Noark-Bendavis complex. The complex includes galleries, meeting and classroom spaces, a library, a sculpture garden, a museum store designed by architect Marlon Blackwell, a restaurant and coffee bar, named Eleven after the day the museum opened, "11/11/11". Crystal Bridges also features a gathering space that can accommodate up to 300 people. Additionally, there are outdoor areas for concerts and public events, as well as extensive nature trails. It employs approximately 300 people, and is within walking distance of downtown Bentonville. The museum has amassed $488 million in assets as of August 2008, an amount that will increase as more pieces are continually added to the museum's collection.Making change at WalMart
It is the first major art museum (over $200 million endowment) to open in the United States since 1974. Over $317 million of the project's cost has been donated by Alice Walton. A 2013 ''Forbes'' ranking of the world's richest people placed the Walmart heiress at No. 16, with an estimated net worth of $26.3 billion. In 2005, art historian

John Wilmerding John Currie Wilmerding Jr. (born April 28, 1938), is an American professor of art, collector, and curator, and is best known as a prolific author of books on American art. Early life Wilmerding was born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 28, 19 ...

was hired for acquisition and advice on museum programming. Wilmerding commented that Alice Walton "will not spend at any cost" and will do her "homework on almost every individual acquisition and will ask for paperwork on market comparables". He stated that often when an artwork became available through a private sale, Walton would state 'Wait. It will come to auction where we can get it at a better price,' and she was usually correct. He also stated that the museum ranks at least in the top half dozen of American art museums. The museum's "quality and its range and depth already place it among one of the very best." Headlines were generated after delays in construction and considerably higher costs for the museum than originally proposed to the city of Bentonville, Arkansas led to concerns about the favorable tax exemptions granted to the museum from the state in 2005 to secure its construction. Total tax losses to the state of Arkansas and the city of Bentonville are estimated at $17 million based on the financial disclosures given by the museum in the 2008 court case with Fisk University. The total amount of tax loss is estimated to have become considerably higher since then, but may never be disclosed due to the museum's guarded financial practices, including its decision not to disclose the amount spent since 2008 to secure collections, major art pieces, and lesser known works. However, the museum's IRS Form 990-PF notes acquisitions of $43.6 million during 2008, $81.9 million during 2007, $97.3 million in 2006. Through 2008, the total art acquisitions were at least $222.8 million. Don Bacigalupi was appointed director of the museum in August 2009. Previously, Robert G. Workman had served as director. In early May 2011, the museum announced three endowments by the Walton Family Foundation totaling $800 million. These endowments were established for operating expenses, acquisitions and capital improvements. The operating endowment, totaling $350 million, is being used to contribute to the museum's base annual operating expenses expected to total between $16–20 million per year. The acquisition endowment, totaling $325 million, will be used to fund additions to the museum's permanent collection. The remaining $125 million will be used as a capital improvement endowment to fund future improvements to and maintenance of the museum.

Collaboration with other museums and institutions

In 2006, the museum partnered with the National Gallery of Art in an attempt to purchase

Thomas Eakins Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (; July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists. For the length ...

' ''

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'' from

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. Under the terms of the agreement, the two museums agreed to pay a record $68 million, but the university gave Philadelphia 45 days to match the offer. The Philadelphia Museum of Art and

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agreed to collectively match the offer and the painting remained in

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. The purchase forced both museums to sell some of their best Eakins pieces including ''Cowboy Singing'' and ''The Cello Player''. In April 2007, Crystal Bridges acquired another Eakins belonging to Thomas Jefferson University entitled ''

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'' for an estimated $20 million. Walton held talks with

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in Lynchburg, Virginia in spring of 2007. The college was exploring selling part of the

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's collection, but voted instead to sell select items from the collection at Christie's. In 2006, Fisk University agreed to sell a 50% stake in a 101-piece Stieglitz collection to Crystal Bridges for $30 million. The collection was donated to the university by

Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist artist. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been called the "Mother of Ame ...

in 1949. This agreement became tied up in a legal battle between Fisk University and the

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in New Mexico, but the museum withdrew its lawsuit. The Tennessee Attorney General attempted unsuccessfully to stop the sale. In October 2010, a judge ruled that a 50% stake in the collection could be sold to Crystal Bridges if modifications to the contract were made so that Fisk University could not lose its interest in the collection, nor could the joint venture holding ownership of the collection between Fisk University and Crystal Bridges be based in Delaware (or outside Tennessee Courts). The modified agreement would allow the works to stay at Fisk University until 2013 and then begin a two-year rotation with Crystal Bridges. In April 2012, the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision to allow the sale to move forward. A few months later on August 2, the Davidson County Chancery Court approval a Final Agreed Order that established joint ownership between Fisk University and Crystal Bridges through the newly established Stieglitz Art Collection, LLC. The operating agreement required Fisk University to set aside $3.9 million of the $30 million sale proceeds to be used to establish a fund for the care and maintenance of the collection at the Carl Van Vechten Gallery at Fisk University. The court dispute cost Fisk University $5.8 million in legal fees. Since 2012, Crystal Bridges has participated in a four-year collaboration with the

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in Paris,

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in Atlanta, and the

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. The resulting exhibitions are called American Encounters and feature works from the collections of all four partners. Each year, for the length of the collaboration, the museums develop the exhibition around a theme, such as portraiture. American Encounters has been seen in Paris, Bentonville, and Atlanta.

The Momentary

In early 2020, Crystal Bridges opened a satellite facility called The Momentary focused on visual and performing arts, culinary experiences, festivals, and artists-in-residence.

Permanent collection

The museum's permanent collection features American art from the Colonial era to the contemporary period. All of the featured artists are United States citizens, though some spent most of their art careers in Europe. Notable works include a

Charles Willson Peale Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American Painting, painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist. He is best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolu ...

portrait of George Washington as well as paintings by George Bellows,

Jasper Cropsey Jasper Francis Cropsey (February 18, 1823 – June 22, 1900) was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School. Early years Cropsey was born on his father Jacob Rezeau Cropsey's farm in Rossville on Staten Island, New ...

, Asher Durand,

Marsden Hartley Marsden Hartley (January 4, 1877 – September 2, 1943) was an American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist. Hartley developed his painting abilities by observing Cubist artists in Paris and Berlin. Early life and education Hartley was born ...

Winslow Homer Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in ...

Eastman Johnson Jonathan Eastman Johnson (July 29, 1824 – April 5, 1906) was an American painter and co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. He was best known for his genre paintings, paintings of ...

Charles Bird King Charles Bird King (September 26, 1785 – March 18, 1862) was an American portrait artist, best known for his portrayals of significant Native American leaders and tribesmen. His style incorporated Dutch influences, which can be seen most promi ...

John La Farge John La Farge (March 31, 1835 – November 14, 1910) was an American artist whose career spanned illustration, murals, interior design, painting, and popular books on his Asian travels and other art-related topics. La Farge is best known for ...

, Stuart Davis,

Romare Bearden Romare Bearden (September 2, 1911 – March 12, 1988) was an American artist, author, and songwriter. He worked with many types of media including cartoons, oils, and collages. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bearden grew up in New York City a ...

Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of Culture of the United States, the country's culture. Roc ...

, Mary McCleary, Agnes Pelton, and

Walton Ford Walton Ford (born 1960 in Larchmont, New York) is an American artist who makes paintings and prints in the style of naturalist illustrations, often depicting extinct species. Each of his paintings is a meticulous, realistic study in flora and fa ...

. Also included are works by

Chuck Close Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also created photo portraits using a very l ...

Jasper Johns Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art. He is well known for his depictions of the American flag and other US-related top ...

, Alfred Maurer,

Jackson Pollock Paul Jackson Pollock (; January 28, 1912August 11, 1956) was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was widely noticed for his " drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a hor ...

Tom Wesselmann Thomas K. Wesselmann (February 23, 1931 – December 17, 2004) was an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement who worked in painting, collage and sculpture. Early years Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati. From 1949 to 1951 he atte ...

and

Andrew Wyeth Andrew Newell Wyeth ( ; July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) was an American visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century. In his ...

. Two works,

Richard Caton Woodville Richard Caton Woodville (30 April 1825 – 13 August 1855) was an American artist from Baltimore who spent his professional career in Europe, after studying in Düsseldorf under the direction of Karl Ferdinand Sohn. He died of an overdose of mor ...

's ''War News from Mexico'' and

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (February 5, 1819April 28, 1905) was a British-American artist who is known mostly for his paintings of wildlife. During most of his career, he was associated with the New York City art scene. Life and career Tait was b ...

's ''The Life of a Hunter: A Tight Fix'' were included in ''American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915'', a traveling exhibition organized by the

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...

. The Woodville painting was deaccessioned by the

National Academy of Design The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the f ...

, and was purchased in 1994 by Detroit collector Richard Manoogian. The piece was later purchased in 2004 by Crystal Bridges. In May 2005, the museum purchased a coveted

Asher B. Durand Asher Brown Durand (August 21, 1796, – September 17, 1886) was an American painter of the Hudson River School. Early life Durand was born in, and eventually died in, Maplewood, New Jersey (then called Jefferson Village). He was the eighth ...

landscape entitled '' Kindred Spirits'' from the New York Public Library for more than $35 million in a sealed auction. In September 2012, the museum announced the acquisition of a major 1960 painting by

Mark Rothko Mark Rothko (), born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz (russian: Ма́ркус Я́ковлевич Ротко́вич, link=no, lv, Markuss Rotkovičs, link=no; name not Anglicized until 1940; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was a Lat ...

entitled ''No. 210/No. 211 (Orange)''. The abstract expressionist painting had been in a private Swiss collection since the 1960s and had only been shown in public twice. Sculpture also figures prominently in the collection, on view in interior galleries and along outdoor sculpture trails. Sculptors represented in the permanent collection include

Vanessa German Vanessa German (born 1976) is an American sculptor, painter, writer, activist, performer, and poet based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her sculpture often includes assembled statues of female figures with their faces or heads painted black, and ...

Paul Manship Paul Howard Manship (December 24, 1885 – January 28, 1966) was an American sculptor. He consistently created mythological pieces in a classical style, and was a major force in the Art Deco movement. He is well known for his large public com ...

, Roxy Paine,

Mark di Suvero Marco Polo di Suvero (born September 18, 1933, in Shanghai, China), better known as Mark di Suvero, is an abstract expressionist sculptor and 2010 National Medal of Arts recipient. Biography Early life and education Marco Polo di Suvero was bor ...

, and

James Turrell James Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement. Much of Turrell's career has been devoted to a still-unfinished work, ''Roden Crater'', a natural cinder cone crater located outsid ...

. In January 2014 Crystal Bridges acquired the Bachman–Wilson House by architect

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

. The New Jersey house was dismantled and relocated to Bentonville. Select auction results by date for items in the collection (including buyer's premium) are: *''Green River, Wyoming'' by

Thomas Moran Thomas Moran (February 12, 1837 – August 25, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School in New York whose work often featured the Rocky Mountains. Moran and his family, wife Mary Nimmo Moran and daughter Ruth too ...

, purchased 5 December 2002 for $2.9245 million *''George Washington'' by

, purchased 18 May 2004 for $6.1675 million *''Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife'' by John Singer Sargent, purchased 19 May 2004 for $8.8 million *''Orca Bates'' by

Jamie Wyeth James Browning Wyeth (born July 6, 1946) is an American realist painter, son of Andrew Wyeth, and grandson of N.C. Wyeth. He was raised in Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, and is artistic heir to the Brandywine School tradition — painter ...

, purchased 19 May 2004 for $360,000. *''Portrait of Anne Page'' by Dennis Miller Bunker, purchased 1 December 2004 for $3.592 million *''A French Music Hall'' by

Everett Shinn Everett Shinn (November 6, 1876 – May 1, 1953) was an American painter and member of the urban realist Ashcan School. Shinn started as a newspaper illustrator in Philadelphia, demonstrating a rare facility for depicting animated movement, a ...

, purchased 1 December 2004 for $7.848 million *''The Indian and the Lily'' by

George de Forest Brush George de Forest Brush (September 28, 1855 – April 24, 1941) was an American painter and Georgist. In collaboration with his friend, the artist Abbott H. Thayer, he made contributions to military camouflage, as did his wife, aviator and artist ...

, purchased 1 December 2004 for $4.824 million *''The Studio'' by George Bellows, purchased 1 December 2004 for $2.472 million *''Spring'' by

, purchased 1 December 2004 for $2.024 million *''Ottoe Half Chief, Husband of Eagle of Delight'' by

, purchased 1 December 2004 for $1.352 million *''Wai-Kee-Chai, Sanky Chief, Crouching Eagle'' by

, purchased 1 December 2004 for $792,000 *''Portrait of Carolus Duran'' by John Singer Sargent, purchased 2 December 2004 for $724,300 *''Sick Puppy'' by

, purchased 2 December 2004 for $511,500 *''George Washington'' (The Constable-Hamilton Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart, purchased 30 November 2005 for $8.136 million *''Mrs. Theodore Atkinson, Jr.'' by John Singleton Copley, purchased 30 November 2005 for $3.376 million *''

Marquis de Lafayette Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (, ), was a French aristocrat, freemason and military officer who fought in the American Revolutio ...

'' by

Samuel F. B. Morse Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph ...

, purchased 30 November 2005 for $1.36 million *''Winter Scene in Brooklyn'' by

Francis Guy Francis Guy (1760–1820) was an English-born American Colonial Era painter. Mostly remembered for his topographic views of Brooklyn, Guy is today highly regarded as one of America's earliest and most important landscape artists.http://dallasmu ...

, purchased 30 November 2005 for $1.024 million *''Rose Garden'' by Maria Oakey Dewing, purchased 24 May 2006 for $2.032 million *''The Lantern Bearers'' by

Maxfield Parrish Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 – March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th century. He is known for his distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. His career spann ...

, purchased 25 May 2006 for $4.272 million *''Dr. William Smith'' by Gilbert Stuart, purchased 23 May 2007 for $1.888 million *''Still Life with Stretcher, Mirror, Bowl of Fruit'' by Roy Lichtenstein, purchased 20 June 2007 for £4.052 million (US$8.055 million – based on 20 June 2007 exchange rates) *''Homage to the Square: Joy'' by

Josef Albers Josef Albers (; ; March 19, 1888March 25, 1976) was a German-born artist and educator. The first living artist to be given a solo show at MoMA and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College ...

, purchased 14 November 2007 for $1.497 million *''View of Mount Etna'' by

Thomas Cole Thomas Cole was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School art movement. Cole is widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter. He was known for his romantic landscape and history painti ...

, purchased 29 November 2007 for $541,000 *''Cupid and Psyche'' by

Benjamin West Benjamin West, (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was a British-American artist who painted famous historical scenes such as '' The Death of Nelson'', ''The Death of General Wolfe'', the '' Treaty of Paris'', and '' Benjamin Franklin Drawin ...

, purchased 28 January 2009 for $458,500 *''Our Town'' by

Kerry James Marshall Kerry James Marshall (born October 17, 1955) is an American artist and professor, known for his paintings of Black figures. He previously taught painting at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2017, Marshall ...

, purchased 13 May 2009 for $782,500 *''Supine Woman'' by

Wayne Thiebaud Morton Wayne Thiebaud ( ; November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021) was an American painter known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his la ...

, purchased 12 November 2009 for $1.818 million *''Portrait of a Girl and Her Dog in a Grape Arbor'' by Susan Catherine Moore Waters purchased 7 March 2010 for $41,475 *''Portrait of Martha Graham'' by

Marisol Escobar Marisol Escobar (May 22, 1930 – April 30, 2016), otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City. She became world-famous in the mid-1960s, but lapsed into relative obsc ...

, purchased 13 May 2010 for $116,500 *''Dolly Parton'' by

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the Art movement, visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore th ...

, purchased 14 May 2010 for $914,500 *''Standing Explosion (Red)'' by Roy Lichtenstein, purchased 14 May 2010 for $722,500 *''The Return of the Gleaner'' by

, purchased 19 May 2010 for $2.2105 million *''Trinity'' by

Adolph Gottlieb Adolph Gottlieb (March 14, 1903 – March 4, 1974) was an American abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and printmaker. Early life and education Adolph Gottlieb, one of the "first generation" of Abstract Expressionists, was born in New York ...

, purchased 11 May 2011 for $1.1425 million *''Hammer and Sickle'' by

, purchase 13 November 2012 for $3.4425 million *''Untitled, 1989 (Bernstein 89 24)'' by

Donald Judd Donald Clarence Judd (June 3, 1928February 12, 1994) was an American artist associated with minimalism (a term he nonetheless stridently disavowed).Tate Modern websit"Tate Modern Past Exhibitions Donald Judd" Retrieved on February 19, 2009. In ...

, purchased 14 November 2012 for $10.1625 million *''Blackwell's Island'' by

Edward Hopper Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. While he is widely known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Hopper created subdued drama ...

, purchased 23 May 2013 for $19.1638 million *''Coca-Cola ' by

, purchased 12 November 2013 for $57.3 million *''Flag'' by

, purchased 11 November 2014 for $36.005 million *''No. 210/211 (Orange)'' by

, purchased 11 November 2014 for $44.965 million *''Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1'' by

, purchased 20 November 2014 for $44.405 million

Selected works in the museum collection by chronological order

File:Stuart-george-washington-constable-1797.jpg, ''Portrait of George Washington (The Constable-Hamilton Portrait, 1797)'' by Gilbert Stuart File:Benjamin West - Cupid and Psyche - 2010.44 - Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.jpg, ''Cupid and Psyche'' (1808) by

File:The Village Politicians by John Lewis Krimmel, c. 1819.JPG, ''The Village Politicians'' (c. 1819) by John Lewis Krimmel File:Francis Guy - Winter Scene in Brooklyn.jpg, ''Winter Scene in Brooklyn'' (c.1817-1820) by

File:Samuel Beals Thomas and family.jpg, ''Samuel Beals Thomas, with His Wife, Sarah Kellogg Thomas, and Their Two Daughters, Abigail and Pauline'' (1830) by

Edward Dalton Marchant Edward Dalton Marchant (1806-1887), also known as Edward D. Marchant and E. D. Marchant, was an American artist. He was born in Edgartown, Massachusetts in 1806. Largely self-taught, Marchant began his career as a house painter, establishing a po ...

File:View of Mt. Edna Cole.jpg, ''View of Mount Etna'' (1843–44) by

File:War News from Mexico.jpg, ''War News from Mexico'' (1848) by

File:Thomas Cole The Good Sheperd.jpg, ''The Good Shepherd'' (1848) by

File:Asher Durand Kindred Spirits.jpg, '' Kindred Spirits'' (1849) by

File:Benjamin rand.jpg, ''Portrait of Professor Benjamin Rand'' (1874) by

File:Mary Cassatt The Reader 1877.jpg, ''The Reader'' (1877) by

Mary Cassatt Mary Stevenson Cassatt (; May 22, 1844June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh's North Side), but lived much of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar De ...

File:Bierstadt Albert Indian Encampment Late Afternoon.jpg, ''Indian Encampment, Late Afternoon'' (1878) by

Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes. He was not ...

File:Sargent - Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife.jpg, ''Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife'' (1885) by John Singer Sargent File:The-Art-Student-(or-Portrait-of-James-Wright)-large.jpg, ''The Art Student: Portrait of James Wright'' (circa 1890) by

File:Theodore Robinson - World's Columbian Exposition - 2010.73 - Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.jpg, ''World's Columbian Exposition'' (1894) by

Theodore Robinson Theodore Robinson (June 3, 1852April 2, 1896) was an American painter best known for his Impressionist landscapes. He was one of the first American artists to take up Impressionism in the late 1880s, visiting Giverny and developing a close frien ...

File:Maxfield Parrish The Lantern Bearers 1908.jpg, ''The Lantern Bearers'' (1908) by

File:GW Bellows Aushubarbeiten bei Nacht 1909.jpg, ''Excavation at Night'' (1908) by George Bellows

References

External links

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Architectural Record, ''Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Safdie Architects''
commentary, slide show, and drawings, January 2012

photos, 21 November 2011
Bridges Acquires New Work by Walton Ford
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'', 16 June 2011
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