Collection of Wadsworth Atheneum


The Wadsworth Atheneum, located in Hartford, Connecticut, is the oldest public art museum in the United States.  Founded in 1842 by Daniel Wadsworth, the museum’s permanent collection consists of over 45,000 pieces with important holdings of French and American Impressionist paintings, Hudson River School landscapes, modernist masterpieces and contemporary works as well as priceless Meissen and Sevres porcelain, English silver and American furniture and decorative arts.  The collection includes notable works by European masters such as Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, and Vincent van Gogh. 


1886 Vase with Red Poppies Painting Vase-with-Red-Poppies
1887 Self-Portrait Painting Self-Portrait





Sheaves of Wheat in A Field Geranium in a Flowerpot Portrait of Old Man with Beard Portrait of a Woman with Red Ribbon Self Portrait with Dark Felt Hat
Sheaves of Wheat in A Field Geranium in a Flowerpot Portrait of Old Man with Beard Portrait of a Woman with Red Ribbon Self Portrait with Dark Felt Hat
"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men."