The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Florida, is the recent recipient of a generous and substantial donation of works of art from the private collection of Dr. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., the esteemed historian of American art and foremost expert on Martin Johnson Heade, and his wife, Susan Stebbins, successful author and art historian. The Stebbins Collection consists of seventy American paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by fifty-three artists.
This incredible collection includes remarkable works by American masters ranging from Martin Johnson Heade and Thomas Eakins to Fidelia Bridges and John La Farge. Publication of the collection catalog not only highlight this significant private collection built over a lifetime by the Stebbins, but is a valuable contribution to the field of nineteenth and early-twentieth-century American art, and to the history of collections and collecting.
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Director’s Foreword: Dr. Laurence J. Ruggiero
• Acknowledgments: Dr. Regina Palm
• Essay that highlights the contributions that Dr. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Susan Stebbins have made to the field of art history and that also discusses their roles as collectors of American art. By Dr. Virginia Anderson
• Essay introducing the Morse Museum’s founder, Jeannette Genius Mc Kean, as well as the Stebbins Collection to a national audience while simultaneously shining a light on the ways in which the works of art from these two privately established collections blend seamlessly and build upon one another. By Regina Palm
• Entries on the individual works of art, 70 works by 53 artists
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