Californian and American Art

The Crocker Art Museum houses one of the state's premier collections of Californian art, offering the most comprehensive collection of art from statehood to the present.

To read more about Californian and American Art, click on either “1848 to 1945” or “1946 to Present” below.

1848 to 1945 (133)

Ceramics (8), Decorative Arts (4), Drawings (2), Paintings (97), Photography (19), Sculpture (2), Watercolor (1)

1946 to Present (112)

Ceramics (15), Drawings (2), Mixed Media (1), Paintings (54), Photography (14), Prints (1), Sculpture (25)

Pandora's Box, 1992

George Herms (American, born 1935)

Pandora's Box, 1992

Mixed media assemblage

Classic Torso, 1979

Ruth Bernhard (American (born Germany), 1905-2006)

Classic Torso, 1979

Gelatin silver print

Palm Canyon, n.d.

Clarence K. Hinkle (American, 1880-1960)

Palm Canyon, n.d.

Oil on canvas

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1916

Colin Campbell Cooper (American, 1856-1937)

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1916

Oil on canvas

Pacific Ocean, 1984

Jennifer Bartlett (American, born 1941)

Pacific Ocean, 1984

Oil on canvas

Our house is built with the living room in the back, so in the evenings we sit out front of the garage and watch the traffic go by, 1962

Bill Owens (American, born 1938)

Our house is built with the living room in the back, so in the evenings we sit out front of the garage and watch the traffic go by, 1962

Gelatin silver print

Organic Cannibal, 1996

Enrique Chagoya (American (born Mexico), 1953)

Organic Cannibal, 1996

Monoprint on amatl paper

On the Seine, 1894

Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936)

On the Seine, 1894

Oil on canvas

Old Post Office, Lone Pine, California, 1919 board

Maynard Dixon (American, 1875-1946)

Old Post Office, Lone Pine, California, 1919

Oil on canvas

Oak Tree, Sunset City, 1962

Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Oak Tree, Sunset City, 1962

Gelatin silver print

Navigation without Numbers, 1957

Wynn Bullock (American, 1902-1975)

Navigation without Numbers, 1957

Gelatin silver print

Nature Morte Aux Tomates, 1921

Otis Oldfield (American, 1890-1969)

Nature Morte Aux Tomates, 1921

Oil on canvas

Music, ca. 1890s

Edwin Howland Blashfield (American, 1848-1936)

Music, ca. 1890s

Oil on canvas

Mount Tamalpais from Greenbrae, n.d.

Carl von Perbandt (American (born Germany), 1832-1911)

Mount Tamalpais from Greenbrae, n.d.

Oil on canvas

Mount Tamalpais, ca. 1871

William Keith (American (born Scotland), 1838-1911)

Mount Tamalpais, ca. 1871

Oil on canvas

Mount Shasta, 1865

Frederick A. Butman (American, 1820-1871)

Mount Shasta, 1865

Oil on canvas

Mother and Child, 1989

David Hollowell (American, born 1951)

Mother and Child, 1989

Pastel on paper

Monterey Bay, ca. 1915

Bruce Nelson (American, 1888-1971)

Monterey Bay, ca. 1915

Oil on canvas

Monrovia Canyon, n.d.

Elmer Wachtel (American, 1864-1929)

Monrovia Canyon, n.d.

Oil on canvas

Mon Brave, 1871

Ernest E. Narjot (American (born France), 1826-1898)

Mon Brave, 1871

Oil on canvas

Monolith: the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite, California, 1927 (printed 1979)

Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Monolith: the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite, California, 1927 (printed 1979)

Gelatin silver print

Molten Blue-Green Crater Bowl, 2005

James Lovera (American, born 1920)

Molten Blue-Green Crater Bowl, 2005

Porcelain with copper oxide crater glaze over black vitreous slip

Miss Brenda Putnam, 1918

Laura Gilpen (American, 1891-1979)

Miss Brenda Putnam, 1918

Platinum print

Mirror, n.d.

Arthur Frank Mathews (American, 1860-1945)

Mirror, n.d.

Mirror and painted wood frame

Miners in the Sierra, 1869

Norton Bush (American, 1834-1894)

Miners in the Sierra, 1869

Oil on canvas

Miner, ca. 1855

Photographer unknown (American, active mid-19th century)

Miner, ca. 1855

Ambrotype

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