Camille Pissarro, Statue d’Henri IV, matin, soleil d’hiver (Statue of Henri IV, Morning, Winter Sunlight), 1900. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Merle J. Trees. 1951-1-2.
William S. Carter, Savoy, ca. 1942. Oil on Masonite. Gift of M. Christine Schwartz Collection, 2023-10-1. © William S. Carter.
Macena Barton, The Lobster, 1946. OIl on canvas. Gift of M. Christine Schwartz Collection, 2023-10-2. © Macena Barton.
Anna Boberg, Fishing Boats, Lofoten, Norway, ca. 1925–1929. Oil on canvas. John N. Chester Fund, 2023-30-1.
Exhibition
On View
Aug 28, 2025–Dec 31, 2040
Trees Gallery, Bow Gallery

Featuring several exciting new acquisitions, artwork from the museum’s collection will be reinstalled in the Kinkead Pavilion after a year-long hiatus.

The Trees Gallery boasts an array of artwork from Europe and the United States from 1150 to the early 1900s, including paintings by François Clouet, Frans Hals, and David Teniers II, and encompasses objects made for both secular and sacred contexts. The gallery is named for Merle J. and Emily N. Trees, alumni benefactors who donated approximately 40 significant European and American paintings to the university in the 1930s. Their gift helped encourage Ellnora and Herman Krannert to provide funds to establish Krannert Art Museum, which opened in 1961.

The Bow Gallery features primarily European and American art from approximately 1750 to 1950, including painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts. There, you’ll find works from different periods and regions grouped together to highlight shared themes, exploring notions of portraiture, abstraction, labor, and other concepts.

 

Co-curated by Maureen Warren and Kathryn Koca Polite.