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C O L L E C T I O N H I G H L I G H T S
Salmagundi Curatorial Committee is responsible for maintaining Salmagundi’s permanent art collection of approximately 1,800 works from the 1840s to today, including: paintings, sculpture, objects and works on paper by its past and present artist members.
Salmagundi collection covers a wide range of representational art including: American Tonalism, Golden Age of Illustration, American Impressionism, Woodstock & American landscape and Realism. Here are just a few of collection highlights.
American Tonalism, 1870s-1910s
Working within a limited color palette of closely related colors, Tonalists aspired to emulate musicality and inspire contemplation.
Hiram Peabody Flagg (1858-1937) [RA 1904-1937] : Portrait of William Marvin Evarts (1871-1953), 1889.
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Golden Age of Illustration, 1880s-1920s
The Golden Age of Illustration was a period of unprecedented excellence in book and magazine illustration before the widespread use of photography.
![(Charles) Dean “Dan” Cornwell (1892-1960) [RA 1926-1960] : Covered wagon, ca.1922.](https://salmagundi.org/wp-content/uploads/1922/01/06.141-1-1024x839.jpg)
![(Charles) Dean “Dan” Cornwell (1892-1960) [RA 1926-1960] : Morocco, ca.1920s.](https://salmagundi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dean-Cornwell-1mp-740x1024.jpg)
![Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924) [RA 1871-1924] : Shadow of the night, 1881.](https://salmagundi.org/wp-content/uploads/1881/01/FS-Church-mp-750x1024.jpg)
Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911) [H NRA 1884-1911] : Sunday morning in “Old Virginia”, 1879.
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American Impressionism, 1880s-1950s
American Impressionism was a style of painting related to European Impressionism. American Impressionism is a style of painting characterized by loose brushwork and vivid colors.
![John Fulton Folinsbee (1892-1972) [RA 1913-1972] : Bridge on the Cher, 1929.](https://salmagundi.org/wp-content/uploads/1900/01/IMG_6346-mp-1024x820.jpg)
Woodstock school, 1902-today & American Landscape, 1880s-today
American art colony known for their forest landscapes and winter scenes.
Realism, 1840s-today
Realism, in the arts, the accurate, detailed, unembellished depiction of nature or of contemporary life. Realism rejects imaginative idealization in favour of a close observation of outward appearances.
![Galena Pavlenko [NRA 2017] : Wheel of time, 2017.](https://salmagundi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5226-1mp-1024x758.jpg)
![James Edward Tennison [NRA 2010] : Portuguese church, late morning, 2012.](https://salmagundi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/James-Tennison-1960-Portuguese-church-late-morning-2012mp-1024x473.jpg)
![[unknown artist] : [unknown title], ca.2000s.](https://salmagundi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20201011_085827-mp-910x1024.jpg)
