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.