In conjunction with the Manet and the Sea exhibition, the Department of American Art is highlighting marine paintings from its own collection and from the collections of H. Richard Dietrich, Jr., and the Dietrich American Foundation. On view in the Dorrance corridor and American galleries are ship portraits, naval battle scenes, whaling pictures, and seascapes by a wide range of American artists, including Thomas Birch, Edward Moran, William Trost Richards, Winslow Homer, and Childe Hassam.

Curators

Kathleen A. Foster • The Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Curator of American Art
Audrey Lewis • Research Associate

Locations

Dorrance Gallery entrance to the American Galleries, first floor
Galleries 111 and 116, first floor