Art of the Americas: United States of America

The New Orleans Museum of Art's permanent collection includes noteworthy works by American artists from the 18th Century to the present day. John Singleton Copley was the most skilled artist practicing in the American colonies before the Revolution. Benjamin West, a trend-setter in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, forecast both the Neo-Classic and Romantic movements in his paintings. Renowned portrait artists Charles Willson Peale, Thomas Sully and Gilbert Stuart are also represented with important works. A highlight of the collection is John Singer Sargent's elegant Portrait of Mrs. Asher Wertheimer, painted in 1898.

   
NOMA's collection of 20th Century American art ranges from the Impressionism of Mary Cassatt to the modernism of Georgia O'Keeffe, from the Abstract Expressionism of Jackson Pollock to the dynamic and varied work of contemporary artists.