New Acquisition
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART
The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, recently acquired a gift of six American impressionism and realism works from the collection of long-time museum supporters Priscilla Richman and the late John Richman. As part of this acquisition, the museum is currently holding an exhibition, The Priscilla and John Richman Gift of American Impressionism and Realism, running through March 15. A total of 11 paintings have been gifted to the Norton Museum by the Richmans.
Historic American art from the Richman gift include a portrait by Robert Henri, a landscape by Rockwell Kent and an oil by Abbott Fuller Graves depicting two women partaking in a leisurely day in a boat on a lake—all 20th-century works. “The six new paintings from the Richmans, when added to the five pictures they gave to the Norton in 2014, constitute one of the most significant gifts of American art ever made to the museum,” says Ellen E. Roberts, Harold and Anne Berkley Smith Curator of American Art. “The donation includes the institution’s first paintings by such major artists as Thomas Hart Benton, Frederick Frieseke and Rockwell Kent, as well as important works by Robert Henri and John Sloan.thanks to the Richmans’ generosity, the Norton will be able to present a more thorough history of American art for generations to come.”