Collections

European Art

The Museum owns approximately fifty European works of art, dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries. The core of the collection are twenty-four works donated by the Eastman and Rogers families during the early years of the Museum's existence. These include important, internationally known works like Jean-Francois Millet's First Steps, an 1865 pastel which later inspired Vincent Van Gogh; Landscape Near Paris (c. 1885) by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, considered one of the first modernist painters; and other influential early 19th century painters.

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American Art

The American Collection, dating primarily from the 19th century to the present and emphasizing landscapes, figurative paintings and works on paper, contains approximately 450 works by artists of the Hudson River School, American Impressionism, The Ten, Ashcan School, American Regionalism and Early Modernism, as well as contemporary artists from Mississippi and elsewhere. Such artists as Thomas Moran, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, George Inness, Albert Bierstadt and Robert Henri are represented, as well as Grandma Moses, Romare Bearden and Fairfield Porter. Important Mississippi artists in the collection include Walter Anderson, Marie Hull, Theora Hamblett, Karl Wolfe and William Dunlap.

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Native American Baskets

The Catherine Marshall Gardiner Native American Basket Collection was LRMA's first collection. The baskets were collected and donated by Lauren Rogers's great-aunt from her extensive travels throughout the world, and they feature an astounding assortment of materials and techniques. One of most representative collections in the world, the LRMA basket collection includes more than 800 baskets, 500 from North America.

Japanese Woodblock Prints

This collection of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints consists of approximately 160 prints dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, including a full set of original woodblocks and a sequence of prints that helps the viewer understand the printmaking process. Artists represented include Ishikawa Toyonobu, Suzuki Harunobu and Ichiryusai Hiroshige, while themes reflected in the print collection include landscapes, kabuki theater, decorative images and beautiful women. LRMA displays approximately 15 of the works at a time, and the collection draws a large number of international visitors.

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