Collection of Museum of Fine Arts


The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts originally opened its doors to the public in 1876 in Copley Square with 5,600 pieces of artwork.  In 1909, the Museum moved to Huntington Avenue, its current location.  MFA is one of the largest museums in the United States and is now home to over 450,000 works of art.  The collection includes, Egyptian sculptures and jewelry, Japanese pottery, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, musical instruments, prints, drawings, photography and more.  The galleries are arranged chronologically starting with the earliest period, Pre-Columbian art, and going up to late twentieth century art on the top floors of the Museum.  Along with the finest group of Monets outside of Paris, the MFA also holds pieces by Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Renoir. 


1883 Girl with Pinafore, Half-Figure Drawing Girl-with-Pinafore,-Half-Figure
1883 Landscape with Bog-Oak Trunks Drawing Landscape-with-Bog-Oak-Trunks
1884 Weaver Facing Left with Spinning Wheel Painting Weaver-Facing-Left-with-Spinning-Wheel
1888 Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin Painting Portrait-of-the-Postman-Joseph-Roulin
1889 Field with Ploughman and Mill Painting Field-with-Ploughman-and-Mill
1889 Les Peiroulets Ravine Painting Les-Peiroulets-Ravine
1890 Houses in Auvers Painting Houses-in-Auvers





The Old Tower in the Fields Starry Night Over the Rhone The De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam Mountainous Landscape Behind Saint-Paul Hospital
The Old Tower in the Fields Starry Night Over the Rhone The De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam Mountainous Landscape Behind Saint-Paul Hospital
"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men."