This spring the Currier Museum of Art brings from its vault a magnificent collection of watercolor paintings as it presents From Homer to Hopper: American Watercolor Masterworks from the Currier Museum of Art, from March 6 through June 7, 2010.

The exhibition is a highlight of a year-long celebration of the museum’s 80th anniversary that focuses on the strength and diversity of the Currier’s collection. From Homer to Hopper is drawn from the impressive collection of watercolors that the museum has built over its 80-year history.

 

These extraordinary works – by such nationally known masters as Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, Childe Hassam, Rockwell Kent, Edward Hopper, Charles Burchfield, John Marin, Stuart Davis, and Andrew Wyeth – have not been exhibited as a group in almost twenty years. The exhibition also includes watercolors by Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and William Zorach, among others, borrowed from regional private collections.