Haitian	Mexican Colonial	American	European

COLLECTIONS

The Figge Art Museum's permanent holdings include many nationally and internationally known objects and bear witness to more than seven decades of philanthropy and civic pride. The collections, organized in seven areas, offer a distinctive look at regional, national and international art from the 15th century to the present. A gift of 334 paintings from Charles August Ficke to the City of Davenport formed the nucleus of the Davenport Municipal Art Gallery's permanent collection when it was established in 1925.

Due to space limitations, not all works from the permanent collections are on display at any given time.  If you are interested in viewing a particular collection, please call ahead to confirm what will be on view at the time of your visit.

The American Collection includes works from the Colonial period to 1945, with particular strengths in the 19th century landscape traditions of the Hudson River School artists Asher B. Durand, John Kensett, Albert Bierstadt and others. C. A. Ficke's original gifts in this area have been enhanced by a number of generous donations including In the Wheatfield, by Winslow Homer, and In Gentle Slumber, by George Eastman.

The Midwest Regionalist Collection focuses on the works of Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry and other Midwestern artists who defined this style in the 1930s and 1940s. The Figge's Midwest Regionalist Collection boasts the only painted self-portrait of Grant Wood, whose enigmatic portrait of Midwesterners, American Gothic, is perhaps the most recognized painting in American art. A full-color catalogue featuring the work of Grant Wood and essays by the FAM curatorial staff is available through the Museum Shop.

The Mexican Colonial Collection documents the growth of painting in New Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries out of the traditions of European religious painting of the same period. Many of the DMA's holdings in this area are part of the original museum gift from C. A. Ficke and are perhaps the most distinguished in the country. A full-color catalog featuring these works is available in the Museum Shop.

The Haitian Collection documents the flowering of a rich artistic tradition within the island nation of Haiti since the 1940s. In 1967, the Davenport Museum of Art established one of the first collections of Haitian art in the United States. Donations made by Dr. Walter E. Neiswanger, a long-time museum patron and trustee, form the majority of the comprehensive collection which ranges from the first generation to the most recent developments.