Collection Highlights
The Hudson River Museum’s permanent collection contains nearly 18,000 objects, including paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photographs, decorative arts, costumes, textiles, graphic design, historical objects, and ephemera. In addition, the Museum also has an extensive collection of documentary photography and archival materials.
Among the selection of 150 highlights below are works by Hudson River School artists James Renwick Brevoort, Samuel Colman, Jasper F. Cropsey, and Asher B. Durand, and such notable artists as Red Grooms, Hiram Powers, and Sylvia Sleigh. Recent acquisitions include works by Derrick Adams, Ebony Bolt, and Robert Zakanitch.
Paintings
Azalea (Portrait of Helen Abbe Howson)
Azalea (Portrait of Helen Abbe Howson)
1885
Works on Paper
The Century in the Highlands of the Hudson
The Century in the Highlands of the Hudson
ca. 1938
Sculptures
Model for Proposed Painting of Constellations on the Hudson River Museum Planetarium Dome
Model for Proposed Painting of Constellations on the Hudson River Museum Planetarium Dome
Late 1990s Currently on view
Decorative Arts, Costumes, & Textiles
Westchester Unity Quilt
Westchester Unity Quilt
1993–4
Photographs
Untitled (Peter Beard with dog) in Red Book #124
Untitled (Peter Beard with dog) in Red Book #124
1972
Swimming Pool at Tibbetts Brook Park [Yonkers]
Swimming Pool at Tibbetts Brook Park [Yonkers]
1991Aileen Allen (Left) and Another Woman with Surfboards
Aileen Allen (Left) and Another Woman with Surfboards
ca. 1925Duke Kahanamoku with His Redwood Surfboard
Duke Kahanamoku with His Redwood Surfboard
ca. 1925
Girls Sunbathing, from the Domestic Rituals series
Girls Sunbathing, from the Domestic Rituals series
1979–83
