The Macon and Joan Brock Assortment of American Artwork

Chrysler Museum of Artwork.

December 8, 2023 — March 10, 2024

That includes greater than 45 work, pastels, watercolors, and prints, this exhibition showcases one of the important collections of American artwork assembled within the twenty-first century.

Pastel artwork of woman lying on a bench reading a book — William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916), *At her Ease*, ca. 1889, Pastel on panel, Promised reward to the Chrysler Museum of Artwork from the Macon and Joan Brock Assortment of American Artwork

The Brock Assortment spans almost 100 years of American artwork, from simply after the Civil Battle to the mid-twentieth century. Works by a variety of artists from Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, John La Farge, Thomas Wilmer Dewing and John Singer Sargent, to Marsden Hartley, Max Weber, George Bellows, Charles Sheeler, and Milton Avery chart a broad historical past of American artwork.

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925), Olives at Corfu, 1909, Oil on canvas, Promised Present of the Macon and Joan Brock Assortment to the Chrysler Museum of Artwork

Artist:George Benjamin Luks (American, 1867-1933)

Date:ca. 1922

Medium:Oil on canvasPresent of the Macon and Joan Brock Assortment of American Artwork
Much less well-known figures like Mary Fairchild MacMonnies, Helen Corson Hovenden, and Sally Michel Avery bolster the wealthy depth of the gathering and suggest new contours to the form of American artwork historical past. Collectively the works included within the exhibition contribute a contemporary take a look at one of the very important and dynamic durations of American artwork.

Oil painting of young lady holding flowers — Charles Sprague Pearce (American, 1851–1914), *Younger Woman with Flowers*, ca. 1875-80, Oil on canvas, Promised reward to the Chrysler Museum of Artwork from the Macon and Joan Brock Assortment of American Artwork

Oil painting of city scape with trolley car — George Bellows (American, 1882–1925), *Higher Broadway*, 1907, Oil on board, Promised reward to the Chrysler Museum of Artwork from the Macon and Joan Brock Assortment of American Artwork

On the similar time, this presentation celebrates the generosity and imaginative and prescient of collectors Macon and Joan Brock whose reward of the Macon and Joan Brock Assortment of American Artwork to the Chrysler represents probably the most transformative addition to the establishment’s assortment since Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.’s foundational reward greater than 50 years in the past.

Oil painting of flowers in a blue vase — Marsden Hartley (American, 1887–1943), *Volupte*, 1919, Oil on canvas, Promised reward to the Chrysler Museum of Artwork from the Macon and Joan Brock Assortment of American Artwork

The Brocks exercised nice foresight within the building of a set for the general public’s profit and the reward of the gathering elevates the stature of the Chrysler’s American artwork holdings and applications, remodeling it right into a nationwide chief within the exhibition, examine, and appreciation of American artwork.

The exhibition is accompanied by a scholarly catalogue, that includes entries written by main historians of American artwork. Collectively the exhibition and catalogue construct upon a legacy of scholarship in American artwork on the Chrysler, one which has been tremendously enhanced by the generosity of Macon and Joan Brock.

A Shared Imaginative and prescient: The Macon and Joan Brock Assortment of American Artwork is organized by the Chrysler Museum of Artwork.