Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts


Founded in 1885, the Detroit Institute of Arts was originally located on Jefferson Avenue but due to expansion was moved to its current location on Woodward Avenue, in Midtown Detroit, Michigan’s Cultural Center Historic District in 1927.  The Museum includes over 100 galleries with over 65,000 works and is among the top six collections in the United States featuring pieces from prehistory through the twenty first century.  The diverse collection, valued at over $1 billion, includes American, European, Modern and Contemporary, and Graphic Art as well as works of Africa, Asian, Native American, Oceanic, Islamic, and Ancient art.  Notable works include pieces by Diego Rivera and Vincent Van Gogh. 


1886 Vase with Carnations Painting Vase-with-Carnations
1887 Self-Portrait with Straw Hat Painting Self-Portrait-with-Straw-Hat
1888 Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin Painting Portrait-of-the-Postman-Joseph-Roulin
1889 Two Diggers among Trees Painting Two-Diggers-among-Trees
1890 Bank of the Oise at Auvers Painting Bank-of-the-Oise-at-Auvers





Interior of a Restaurant in Arles Orchard with Blossoming Apricot Trees Outskirts of Paris near Montmartre View of The Hague with the New Church
Interior of a Restaurant in Arles Orchard with Blossoming Apricot Trees Outskirts of Paris near Montmartre View of The Hague with the New Church
"I can't work without a model. I won't say I turn my back on nature ruthlessly in order to turn a study into a picture, arranging the colors, enlarging and simplifying; but in the matter of form I am too afraid of departing from the possible and the true."