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.

Contribute to Collection Restoration

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.

The Hanged Man

Leonard Baskin

woodcut

1955

Feeding Chickens

Margaret Law

aquatint etching

1917

Untitled (Angry Bird)

Helen DuPré Moseley

ink on paper

1945

Untitled (Seahorse Conversation)

Helen DuPré Moseley

ink on paper

1945

Portrait of Mary Jane Allen-Lock

August Cook

oil on canvas

1959 – 1963

Untitled (Organic Forms)

Helen DuPré Moseley

ink on paper

1945

Red October

Vadim Bora

oil on canvas board

2004

The Bride

Annette Giaco

ink on panel

2016

The Mouse

August Cook

woodcut

1960

Going Home

Leroy “Art” Marshall

mixed media

1985

Dimoongo Tree of Life I

Anonymous Makonde Carver

African blackwood carving

1958

Untitled (Ram with Bulging Eyes)

Helen DuPré Moseley

ink on paper

1945

Chain Gang

Margaret Law

oil on canvas

1931

Pinnacle

Thomas Downing

acrylic on canvas

1980

Untitled (The Gathering)

Helen DuPré Moseley

acrylic on canvas

1969

Portrait of Howard

Irma Howard Cook

watercolor

1936

Untitled (Ram with Two Legs)

Helen DuPré Moseley

ink on paper

1945

Mending the Nets

Josephine Sibley Couper

oil on canvas

1925

Culture Coat

Ainai Vang

embroidered textile

1998

Studio Still Life #87

Matt Overend

oil on canvas

Untitled (Three Figures)

Helen DuPré Moseley

acrylic on canvas

1965

Untitled (Six Figures)

Helen DuPré Moseley

acrylic on canvas

1965

Culture Purse

Ainai Vang

embroidered textile

1998

Untitled (Flower Garden)

Helen DuPré Moseley

oil on canvas

1966

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

Upstate Path

Thomas Marion Parham

acrylic on canvas

1995

Peach Orchard

Margaret Law

watercolor

Portrait of August Cook

Irma Howard Cook

oil on canvas

Vipera Caudisona

Mark Catesby

hand-colored etching

1743

The Jug Vendor

Josephine Sibley Couper

oil on canvas

1910

Nagasaki by Moonlight

Hiroaki (Shōtei) Takahashi

woodblock print

1936

Tree of Death

Currier + Ives

lithograph

1838

Young Boy

Lucie Butler Lucas

oil on canvas

Bird of Paradise

Mark Catesby

hand-colored etching

1743

The Disappearing Farmer

Jack Ketner

oil on canvas

1983

Ego Echo

Ruth Knight Laxson

lithograph print

1994

Rusty Tin Top House

Leroy “Art” Marshall

mixed media

1984

Ego-Go

Ruth Knight Laxson

lithograph print

1994

Self-Portrait

August Cook

oil on canvas

1955

The Girl With Red Hair

Robert (Cozad) Henri

oil on canvas

1905

Autumn Moon at Ishikawa

Hiroaki (Shōtei) Takahashi

woodblock print

1924

Dimoongo Tree of Life II

Anonymous Makonde Carver

African blackwood carving

1958

Outskirts of Spartanburg

Henry Martin Gasser

casein on paper

1940

Untitled Still Life

Frank Austin Coleman

watercolor

1973

Untitled (Five Figures)

Helen DuPré Moseley

oil on canvas

1960

Untitled (Two Figures and a Lady)

Helen DuPré Moseley

acrylic on canvas

1966

Four Room Log House

Leroy “Art” Marshall

mixed media

1987

Untitled (Fish with Hook)

Helen DuPré Moseley

ink on paper

1945

Untitled (Creature Conversations

Helen DuPré Moseley

acrylic on canvas

1956