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The story of the coming of age of American art is filled with alliances and ruptures, expatriates and immigrants, transatlantic dialogues and the search for an authentic aesthetic rooted in America. An American Place examines the complexity of this national narrative, highlighting a century of American art from the post-Civil War decades through the Civil Rights era. The exhibition includes paintings, works on paper, and sculptures drawn from the recent bequest of collectors and philanthropists James and Barbara Palmer.Amassed over more than three decades, this remarkable collection features notable works by well-known nineteenth-century artists and boasts strengths in realist Ashcan portraits and gritty genre scenes.

It also includes experimental avant-garde canvases associated with the modernist circle of gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, whose 鈥淎n American Place鈥� gallery supported a core group of American artists for nearly two decades. The Palmers lovingly shared the works they acquired with friends and their community, essentially creating 鈥淎n American Place鈥� of their own for students of all ages. Their signature collection includes a broad array of mid-century voices鈥攎any of them once marginalized鈥攄emonstrating the discerning inclusivity of their vision and the diverse breadth of the story of American art.An American Place is organized in four thematic sections: Breaking Ties, Rootedness and the Flux of Modernity, America as Place, and Diverse Voices.