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)

Day Dreams, 1918

John Hubbard Rich (American, 1876-1954)

Day Dreams, 1918

Oil on canvas

Dancers: New York, 1956

Roy DeCarava (American, 1919-2009)

Dancers: New York, 1956

Gelatin silver print

Cypress Trees Near Point Lobos, 1924

Percy Gray (American, 1869-1952)

Cypress Trees Near Point Lobos, 1924

Watercolor on artist's board

Spring Flowers (Poppies and Lupine, Goleta Point), n.d.

John Marshall Gamble (American, 1863-1957)

Spring Flowers (Poppies and Lupine, Goleta Point), n.d.

Oil on canvas

Stack of Cards with Two Books or Virgil Partch and Dick Shaw, 1985

Richard Shaw (American, born 1941)

Stack of Cards with Two Books or Virgil Partch and Dick Shaw, 1985

Porcelain with decal overglaze and painted wood

Still Life with Urn and Pineapple, n.d.

Samuel Marsden Brookes (American (born England), 1816-1892)

Still Life with Urn and Pineapple, n.d.

Oil on canvas

Studio Section 2002-2005: Marsyas/Myself: Marsyas, 2002-2005

Robert Cremean (American, born 1932)

Studio Section 2002-2005: Marsyas/Myself: Marsyas, 2002-2005

Wood panels, gesso, modelling paste and graphite

Study for Homage to Paul Apostle, 1970

Robert Cremean (American, born 1932)

Study for Homage to Paul Apostle, 1970

Marble

Standing Nude, n.d.

Richard Edward Miller (American, 1875-1943)

Standing Nude, n.d.

Oil on board

Sugar Loaf Peak, El Dorado County, 1865

Thomas Hill (American (born England), 1829-1908)

Sugar Loaf Peak, El Dorado County, 1865

Oil on canvas

California, ca. 1930

Thomas McGlynn (American, 1878-1966)

California, ca. 1930

Oil on canvas

Cactus Garden, Del Monte, ca. 1893-1894

M. Evelyn McCormick (American, 1862-1948)

Cactus Garden, Del Monte, ca. 1893-1894

Oil on canvas

California Coast, n.d.

Edgar Alwin Payne (American, 1883-1947)

California Coast, n.d.

Oil on canvas

Buns Robot, 2003

Clayton Bailey (American, born 1939)

Buns Robot, 2003

Aluminum and chrome with light

Bush #6 Arizona, 1977

Richard Misrach (American, born 1949)

Bush #6 Arizona, 1977

Split-toned gelatin silver print

Clearing by a Willow, San Rafael, 1893

Ernest Peixotto (American, 1869-1940)

Clearing by a Willow, San Rafael, 1893

Oil on canvas

Table, n.d.

Arthur Frank Mathews (American, 1860-1945)

Table, n.d.

Paint on turned and carved wood

Sunburst Charger, 2003

James Lovera (American, born 1920)

Sunburst Charger, 2003

Porcelain with red-orange flow glaze

Claytonium Bottle, 1991

Clayton Bailey (American, born 1939)

Claytonium Bottle, 1991

Stoneware with tobacco-spit glaze

Bowl, 1943

Natzler, Gertrud and Otto (American, 1908-1971, 1908-2007)

Bowl, 1943

Stoneware

Bowl with Figures, 1970

Eunice Prieto (American, born 1924)

Bowl with Figures, 1970

Stoneware

Bottle, mid-1950s

Antonio Prieto (American (born Spain), 1912-1967)

Bottle, mid-1950s

Stoneware, reduction fired with sgraffito decoration

Body Centered Cubic, ca. 1960

Claire Falkenstein (American, 1908-1997)

Body Centered Cubic, ca. 1960

Gold and iron wire and fused glass

Blue and Gold Lusterware with Band of Gold Figures, 1977

Beatrice Wood (American, 1893-1998)

Blue and Gold Lusterware with Band of Gold Figures, 1977

Earthenware with lustre glaze

Big Tree, Yosemite Valley, ca. 1860-1870

Carleton Emmons Watkins (American, 1829-1916)

Big Tree, Yosemite Valley, ca. 1860-1870

Albumen print

Beach, Monterey, ca. 1968-1974

S. C. Yuan (American (born China), 1911 - 1974)

Beach, Monterey, ca. 1968-1974

Oil on canvas

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