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)

The Young Potter, 1986

Allan Houser (American, 1914-1994)

The Young Potter, 1986

Bronze

The Fandango, 1873

Charles Christian Nahl (American (born Germany), 1818-1878)

The Fandango, 1873

Oil on canvas

Sunday Morning in the Mines, 1872

Charles Christian Nahl (American (born Germany), 1818-1878)

Sunday Morning in the Mines, 1872

Oil on canvas

Still life with

Paul Wonner (American, 1920-2008)

Still life with "Femme Au Coq" #2, 1952

Oil on canvas

Still Life (The Larder), 1862

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

Still Life (The Larder), 1862

Oil on canvas

Soda Springs, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1868

Norton Bush (American, 1834-1894)

Soda Springs, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1868

Oil on canvas

Shoemakers, 1999

Hung Liu (American (born China), 1948)

Shoemakers, 1999

Oil on canvas

Sacramento River, 1981

Gregory Kondos (American, born 1923)

Sacramento River , 1981

Oil on canvas

public eye-private me, 2003

Mildred Howard (American, born 1945)

public eye-private me, 2003

Powder-coated steel and laminated copper-plated mirrors

Progress II, 1974

Luis Jimenez (American, 1940-2006)

Progress II, 1974

Fiberglass, resin and acrylic paints

Portrait of Mary Blanche Hubbard, 1889

Mary Curtis Richardson (American, 1848-1931)

Portrait of Mary Blanche Hubbard, 1889

Oil on canvas

Overcooked, 1973

Robert Carston Arneson (American, 1930-1992)

Overcooked, 1973

Terra cotta

Neo Watcher V, 2002

Alan Rath (American, born 1959)

Neo Watcher V, 2002

Aluminum, Delrin®, PVC, nylon, rubber, software, electronics, and LCD's

Muse of Tragedy, 1894

Elihu Vedder (American, 1836-1923)

Muse of Tragedy, 1894

Oil on canvas

Mother and Child, 1968

Romare Howard Bearden (American, 1911-1988)

Mother and Child, 1968

Mixed media on board

Market Scene, Sansome Street, San Francisco, 1872

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

Market Scene, Sansome Street, San Francisco, 1872

Oil on canvas

Laughing Woman, 1950

Rufino Tamayo (Mexican (active New York), 1899-1991)

Laughing Woman, 1950

Oil on canvas

Joseph Fitzpatrick Was Our Teacher, 1991

Raymond Jennings Saunders (American, born 1934)

Joseph Fitzpatrick Was Our Teacher, 1991

Mixed media on canvas

Human in Nature # II, 1990

Fritz Scholder (American, 1937-2005)

Human in Nature # II, 1990

Oil on canvas

Hinge, 1992

William T. Wiley (American, born 1937)

Hinge, 1992

Acrylic, graphite and charcoal on canvas

Green Stele, 1973

Stephen De Staebler (American, born 1933)

Green Stele, 1973

Ceramic with oxide colorants

Great Canyon of the Sierra, Yosemite, 1871

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

Great Canyon of the Sierra, Yosemite, 1871

Oil on canvas

Fisherman's Family, ca. 1943

Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943)

Fisherman's Family, ca. 1943

Oil on canvas

Crossing the Isthmus, ca. 1858

Albertus Del Orient Browere (American, 1814-1887)

Crossing the Isthmus, ca. 1858

Oil on canvas

Columbus Rerouted #3, 1962

William T. Wiley (American, born 1937)

Columbus Rerouted #3, 1962

Oil on canvas

All Nations Have Their Moments of Foolishness, 2006

Richard Notkin (American, born 1948)

All Nations Have Their Moments of Foolishness, 2006

Earthenware tiles fired in sawdust-filled saggars with watercolor highlights

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