Art of the Americas and Europe
The museum’s deep collection of art of the Americas and Europe comprises more than 18,700 objects from a multitude of media and spans 5,000 years of art production from the Western hemisphere. It includes works from the ancient world through the modern era, with strengths in Italian Renaissance, French and American Impressionism, and 20th-century abstraction. Many well-documented names—including Mary Cassatt, James McNeil Whistler, Claude Monet, Diego Rivera, Henri Matisse, Vincent van Gogh, Francis Bacon, and Georgia O’Keeffe—join other important, but historically overlooked Indigenous, African American, or women artists whose contributions were minimized until recent decades, likely due to gender, cultural background, or sexual orientation. These pioneers include artists such as Maria Martinez, Faith Ringgold, Jacob Lawrence, Tadashi Sato, Virgil Ortiz, Lee Bontecou, Toshiko Takaezu, and Jean Charlot, among countless others.
Highlights from the collection
Le Tapis Vert (The Green Carpet)
Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963). 1929. Oil on canvas. Gift of the Friends of the Academy, 1941 (4952)
Two Nudes on a Tahitian Beach
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). 1891–1894. Oil on canvas. Gift of Anna Rice Cooke, 1933 (3901)
Arrangement in Black No. 5: Lady Meux
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). 1881. Oil on canvas. Purchase: Acquisition Fund, funds from public solicitation, Memorial Fund, and Robert Allerton Fund, 1967 (3490.1)
Water Lilies
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). 1917–1919. Oil on canvas. Purchased in memory of Robert Allerton, 1966 (3385.1)
Madonna and Child with Saints
Jacopo di Cione (Italian, c. 1325–c. 1398). 1391. Tempera, gilding on panel. Gift of Anna Rice Cooke, 1928 (2834)
Seated Nude
Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884–1920). c. 1918. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mrs. Carter Galt, 1960 (2895.1)
The Child’s Caress
Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926). c. 1891. Oil on canvas. Gift in memory of Wilhelmina Tenney by a group of her friends, 1953 (1845.1)
Wheat Field
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). 1888. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mrs. Richard A. Cooke and Family in memory of Richard A. Cooke, 1946 (377.1)
Annelies, White Tulips, and Anemones
Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954). 1944. Oil on canvas. Gift of the Friends of the Academy, 1946 (376.1)
The Long Rain
Yves Tanguy (French, 1900–1955). 1942. Oil on canvas. Gift of the Friends of the Academy, 1943 (262.1)
The Flower Seller
Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957). 1926. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Spalding, 1932 (49.1)
Winged Angel
Virgil Ortiz (American, born 1969). 2008. Hand-built, native clay and slips, wild spinach plant (black), burnished. Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and Collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, gift of The Contemporary Museum, 2011, purchase with funds from the Peter G. Drewliner Trust, 2008 (TCM.2008.19)
Plate with Bird and Feather Design
Maria Montoya Martinez (American, 1890–1980) Popovi Da (American, 1922–1971. 1964. Hand-built (mold and coil method), burnished, painted with slip, and pit-fired earthenware. Gift of Dr. Charman Akina, 1991 (6800.1)
The Andes of Ecuador
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900). 1855. Oil on canvas. Purchase, Robert Allerton and Prisanlee Funds and gifts of Mrs. Wallace Alexander and Renee Halbedl by exchange, 1987 (5622.1)
Three Studies for a Self-Portrait
Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992). 1983. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Clark, Jr., 1983 (5165.1)
The Blues
Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988). 1975. Collage, mixed media. Gift of Geraldine P. Clark, 1977 (4451.1)
The Children of the Duc de Bouillon
Pierre Mignard (French, 1612–1695). 1647. Oil on canvas. Purchase, Robert Allerton Fund, 1975 (4293.1)
Mrs. Thomas Lincoln Manson, Jr.
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925). 1891. Oil on canvas. Purchase, 1969 (3584.1)
A Musical Conversation
Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, 1629–1684). 1674. Oil on canvas. Purchase, 1971 (3798.1)
Dancing Girl
Elie Nadelman (American, born Poland, 1882–1946). 1916–1918. Gilded bronze and marble. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Dillingham, 1957 (3263.1
Isles of Shoals, Broad Cove
Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935). 1911. Oil on canvas. Purchase, Academy funds and gift of Mrs. Robert P. Griffing, Jr., and Renee Halbedl, 1964 (3194.1)
The Adoration of the Magi
Workshop of Goswijn van der Weyden (Flemish). early 16th century. Oil on wood panel. Purchase, Acquisition Fund, funds given in memory of Mrs. Richard A. Cooke, Alyce Hoogs, Wilhelmina Tenney, and Douglas Damon, the bequest of Alyce Hoogs, and contributions by the Charles M. and Anna C. Cooke Trust, Mrs. Robert P. Griffing, Jr., Robert Allerton, and John Gregg Allerton, 1963 (3103.1)
Family of Francis White
Jean Charlot (American, born France, 1898–1979), 1936. Oil on canvas. Gift of Clare Coleman Chen, 1996 (8478.1)