She took that money and began buying early American paintings.

I collect American paintings from the period 1850 to 1930.

For a long time, American painting was the orphan of the art world.

They also are the single best exhibition of 20th-century American painting anywhere in town at present.

It then decided to form a collection that would trace American painting from the 1700's to the present.

"It's not at all unusual to spend $2.5 to $3 million for top American paintings now."

The museum also has a good collection of American paintings and prints.

She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting.

We talk about 19th-century American paintings as the romance of the wilderness.

If a special place hasn't yet been reserved for them in the story of postwar American painting, it should be.