Springfield, MA, 01103
URL : http://www.quadrangle.org/MFA.htm
overview : The Museum of Fine Arts features 14 galleries of paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Six galleries are devoted to American art from the 18th through the 20th centuries.
collections : Special highlights of this collection are Winslow Homer's The New Novel, Frederic Church's New England Scenery, and Erastus Salisbury Field's Historical Monument of the American Republic. Among the 20th-century American artists represented are Georgia O'Keeffe, Alexander Calder, Charles Sheeler and Helen Frankenthaler. - You'll also find European paintings from the 14th through the 20th centuries, including stunning works by Chardin, Tiepolo, Gericault, and Corot. The Impressionist Gallery boasts works by Degas, Pisarro, Gauguin and Monet. A fine Dutch and Flemish collection includes paintings by Ferdinand Bol and one of the earliest signed works by Jacob van Ruisdael.
