What is considered American art—its styles, subject matter, and sources—shifts over time as the borders and peoples encompassed by this term change.  This gallery contains works of art from the Davis Museum’s permanent collection broadly termed American, which encompasses art of the area that is now the United States as well as Mexcio and South America. Some works of art on view predate the term, and contemporary objects reflect more recent global definitions of art. Together, these paintings and sculptures raise questions about the complex issues surrounding what it means to call an artwork—or, in turn, a person, place, or culture—American today.

Explore works of art in the American Art installation online:

Listen to the pocast series "Contemporary Voices," featuring artwork by Rosa Acle, George Inness, Ana Mendieta, Grandma Moses, Adrian Piper, Andy Warhol, and others.

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Learn more about John Frederick Kensett's painting Mount Washington from the Valley of Conway