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)

Beach Scene, ca. 1968-1974

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

Beach Scene, ca. 1968-1974

Oil on canvas

Ballerina, n.d.

Moses Soyer (American (born Russia), 1899-1974)

Ballerina, n.d.

Oil on canvas

Back of Nude, 1960

David Park (American, 1911-1960)

Back of Nude, 1960

Gouache on paper

Auto Ferry: San Francisco, 1934

John Gutmann (American (born Germany, now Poland), 1905-1998)

Auto Ferry: San Francisco, 1934

Gelatin silver print

Arch Beach Tavern, 1924

Karl Yens (American, born Germany, 1868-1945)

Arch Beach Tavern, 1924

Oil on canvas

April Skies, 1910

William Wendt (American, 1865-1946)

April Skies, 1910

Oil on canvas

American Signal Code: On the Nature of Pain, 1990

Deborah Oropallo (American, born 1954)

American Signal Code: On the Nature of Pain, 1990

Oil and encaustic on canvas with fabric and thread

An American Picnic, 1967

Roland Petersen (American (born Denmark), 1926)

An American Picnic, 1967

Oil on canvas

Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe Painting at An American Place, New York , 1944

Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe Painting at An American Place, New York , 1944

Gelatin silver print

After California Rain, ca. 1890s

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

After California Rain, ca. 1890s

Oil on canvas

AK-47, 1999

Charles Krafft (American, born 1947)

AK-47, 1999

Porcelain with hand-painted underglaze

Aleut, 1989

Robert Brady (American, born 1946)

Aleut, 1989

Painted wood

A Shepherd and his Flock in the Early Morning Mist, 1930

Granville Redmond (American, 1871-1935)

A Shepherd and his Flock in the Early Morning Mist, 1930

Oil on canvas

A Camping Party in Yosemite, ca. 1865-1866

Carleton Emmons Watkins (American, 1829-1916)

A Camping Party in Yosemite, ca. 1865-1866

Albumen print

Campo A #7, 1951

Robert Pearson McChesney (American, 1913-2008)

Campo A #7, 1951

Sand, oil and enamel on Masonite

Crests of the Sierra, 1909

Charles Dormon Robinson (American, 1847-1933)

Crests of the Sierra, 1909

Oil on canvas

Cottonwoods of El Dorado, 1924

Maynard Dixon (American, 1875-1946)

Cottonwoods of El Dorado, 1924

Charcoal and chalk on paper

Convalescence, 1873

William Hahn (American (born Germany), 1829-1887)

Convalescence, 1873

Oil on canvas

Testament of the Holy Spirit, 1971

Eduardo Carrillo (Mexican, 1937-1997)

Testament of the Holy Spirit, 1971

Oil on panel

Texas Drought Refugees in Cotton Camp Near Exeter, Ca, Nov. 1936

Dorothea Lange (American, 1895-1965)

Texas Drought Refugees in Cotton Camp Near Exeter, Ca, Nov. 1936

Gelatin silver print

The Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, ca. 1918

Franz A. Bischoff (American (born Austria), 1864-1929)

The Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, ca. 1918

Oil on canvas

The Atom, 1962

Mel Ramos (American, born 1935)

The Atom, 1962

Oil on canvas

The Bathers, n.d.

Xavier Martinez (American (born Mexico), 1869-1943)

The Bathers, n.d.

Oil on canvas

The Bells at Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca. 1928

Arthur Grover Rider (American, 1886-1975)

The Bells at Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca. 1928

Oil on canvas on board

The Capmaker, 1884

Henry Alexander (American, 1860-1894)

The Capmaker, 1884

Oil on canvas

The Garden of Generalife, Granada, Spain (Alhambra), 1939

Theodore Wores (American, 1859-1939)

The Garden of Generalife, Granada, Spain (Alhambra), 1939

Oil on canvas

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