the permanent collection
As of 2021, the Spartanburg Art Museum’s Permanent Collection consists of over 1100 objects, including drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures, rare books, and other artifacts.
Historically, the Spartanburg Art Museum’s Permanent Collection and archive collection were built by purchase, gift, and bequest, as well as by works allocated by the local government. The core of the Permanent Collection is comprised of such gifts, bequests, and purchases.
The current process is that the Permanent Art Collections Committee makes formal recommendations to the full Board of Directors whereupon they are submitted to a vote. Final decisions about all proposed acquisitions, loans, and de-accessions are made through this process.
The Spartanburg Art Museum’s Permanent Collection is endowed by the Palmetto Bank, in honor of Betty and Les McMillan.
Maintenance of, conservation of, research on, and supervision of the Permanent Collection is funded primarily by an endowment provided by the Palmetto Bank but is also supported by individuals and by funding groups established by the Museum.
Nagasaki by Moonlight
Hiroaki (Shōtei) Takahashi
woodblock print
1936
Culture Purse
Ainai Vang
embroidered textile
1998
Untitled (Five Figures)
Helen DuPré Moseley
oil on canvas
1960
Tree of Death
Currier + Ives
lithograph
1838
Red October
Vadim Bora
oil on canvas board
2004
Dimoongo Tree of Life II
Anonymous Makonde Carver
African blackwood carving
1958
Peach Orchard
Margaret Law
watercolor
Culture Coat
Ainai Vang
embroidered textile
1998
Untitled (Six Figures)
Helen DuPré Moseley
acrylic on canvas
1965
Bird of Paradise
Mark Catesby
hand-colored etching
1743
Rusty Tin Top House
Leroy “Art” Marshall
mixed media
1984
Feeding Chickens
Margaret Law
aquatint etching
1917
Young Boy
Lucie Butler Lucas
oil on canvas
Untitled (Organic Forms)
Helen DuPré Moseley
ink on paper
1945
Portrait of Mary Jane Allen-Lock
August Cook
oil on canvas
1959 – 1963
Ego Echo
Ruth Knight Laxson
lithograph print
1994
Untitled (Ram with Bulging Eyes)
Helen DuPré Moseley
ink on paper
1945
The Disappearing Farmer
Jack Ketner
oil on canvas
1983
Self-Portrait
August Cook
oil on canvas
1955
The Hanged Man
Leonard Baskin
woodcut
1955
Portrait of August Cook
Irma Howard Cook
oil on canvas
Portrait of Howard
Irma Howard Cook
watercolor
1936
Ego-Go
Ruth Knight Laxson
lithograph print
1994
Dimoongo Tree of Life I
Anonymous Makonde Carver
African blackwood carving
1958
Going Home
Leroy “Art” Marshall
mixed media
1985
Folded Nude II
Claire Miller Hopkins
pastel on paper
1994
Dualis D97
Jane Sangerman
acrylic paint, acrylic medium, and spray paint on Arches paper
2020
Untitled (The Gathering)
Helen DuPré Moseley
acrylic on canvas
1969
Untitled (Flower Garden)
Helen DuPré Moseley
oil on canvas
1966
Untitled (Ram with Two Legs)
Helen DuPré Moseley
ink on paper
1945
Pinnacle
Thomas Downing
acrylic on canvas
1980
Untitled (Two Figures and a Lady)
Helen DuPré Moseley
acrylic on canvas
1966
The Girl With Red Hair
Robert (Cozad) Henri
oil on canvas
1905
Vipera Caudisona
Mark Catesby
hand-colored etching
1743
Four Room Log House
Leroy “Art” Marshall
mixed media
1987
Untitled Still Life
Frank Austin Coleman
watercolor
1973
Untitled (Fish with Hook)
Helen DuPré Moseley
ink on paper
1945
Outskirts of Spartanburg
Henry Martin Gasser
casein on paper
1940
Studio Still Life #87
Matt Overend
oil on canvas
Autumn Moon at Ishikawa
Hiroaki (Shōtei) Takahashi
woodblock print
1924
The Bride
Annette Giaco
ink on panel
2016
Chain Gang
Margaret Law
oil on canvas
1931
Mending the Nets
Josephine Sibley Couper
oil on canvas
1925
Untitled (Three Figures)
Helen DuPré Moseley
acrylic on canvas
1965
Untitled (Angry Bird)
Helen DuPré Moseley
ink on paper
1945
The Jug Vendor
Josephine Sibley Couper
oil on canvas
1910
The Mouse
August Cook
woodcut
1960
Upstate Path
Thomas Marion Parham
acrylic on canvas
1995
Untitled (Seahorse Conversation)
Helen DuPré Moseley
ink on paper
1945
Untitled (Creature Conversations
Helen DuPré Moseley
acrylic on canvas
1956