The Dubuque Museum of Art’s permanent collection concentrates on 20th-century American art with an emphasis on American Regionalism. The Museum’s priority is to collect works by Regionalist artists and those connected to this area.
The permanent collection is composed of over 2,200 works, primarily paintings and works on paper. The collection includes significant works by noted Iowa Regionalist Grant Wood; the complete collection of Edward S. Curtis’ The North American Indian; and nationally recognized artists including John Steuart Curry, Adrian Dornbush, and Mauricio Lasansky. Local artists represented in the collection include Francesco Licciardi, Louise Halliburton, Joseph Walter, and Dorothy Bechtel Rossiter. The Museum is also home to the complete body of work from artist and author Arthur Geisert, currently consisting of more than 900 etchings.
Thomas Hart Benton, Huck Finn , 1936, lithograph on paper, 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Marian Powers - Needles and Belverd E. Needles, Jr
William Edward Lewis Bunn, Dubuque III (mural study), 1934, oil on Masonite, 24 1/4 x 20 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Purchase of Dubuque Art Association.
Charles Burchfield, Diamonds in the Snow, 1959, watercolor on paper, 18 x 21 3/4 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Cora Gordon Memorial Purchase, In memory of Mrs. Florence Graybeal.
Alfred Caldwell, Eagle Point Park: Plot Layout – City in a Garden , A.5, 1935, ink on rosin paper, 13 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of the Butler Fami ly Foundation and Anonymous Donor in memory of Alfred & Geda Caldwell in Dubuque.
Marvin Cone, Still Life with Fruits and Flower,ca. 1929-30, oil on canvas, 16 x 18 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Dr. Randall Lengeling.
John Steuart Curry, Elephants, 1936, lithograph on paper, 17 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Marijane Wallis in memory of J. Allen Wallis Jr. Curry
Edward Sheriff Curtis, Tonovige – Havasupai, 1907, photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper, 22 3/16 x 18 1/4 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Dubuque Cultural Preservation Committee, an Iowa general partnership, consisting of Dr. Darryl K. Mozena, Jeffrey P. Mozena, Mark Falb, Timothy J. Conlon, and Dr. Randy Lengeling.
Adrian Dornbush, January Twilight, September 1926, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Dorothy McDonald.
Bill Farrell, He Says, She Says, 1981, enamel paint and cre pas on ceramic, 31 x 18 x 10 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of the artist.
Rose Frantzen, (Hey, Hay) George and Dave, ca. 1995, oil on canvas, 32 x 36 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Jo and Madison Galbraith.
Arthur Geisert, The Ark, p. 26, 1988, copper plate etching on Rives BFK paper, 12 x 16 3/16 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. The Arthur Geisert Collection. Gift of Arthur Geisert and Bonnie Geisert, made possible by Jack & Mantea Schmid.
Criss Glasell, Portrait of Bendetta C. Giunta, 1949, pastel on paper, 25 x 19 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Bill and Barbara Giunta Baum.
Louise Herron Halliburton, An Ancient Occupation, n.d., watercolor, 14 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Bob Woodward.
John Himmelfarb, Normal Interaction (Meeting Series), 1978-79, oil on canvas, 44 x 60 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Bruce G. and Judith H. Clark.
Wolf Kahn, Toward Density, 1999, Pastel, 22 1/2 x 19 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of the artist and Jerald Melberg Gallery Inc.
Alda Kaufman, Untitled (winter scene), n.d., watercolor on paper, 19 x 15 inches (framed), Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art.
Sr. Helen Kerrigan, Marbles in Two Glass Jars, 1993, acrylic on canvas, 57 3/4 x 42 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of the Robert Cronin Family.
Robert Kipniss, Neighbors, 1987, oil on canvas, 41 x 41 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of the American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters.
Mary Kline-Misol, Rabbit Hole, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 70 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Sinesio and Mary Kline-Misol.
Diego Lasansky, Martin Luther in Red, 2016, 5 copper plate color intaglio, 24 x 20 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of the artist in honor of Jim Welu.
Leonardo Lasansky, Evenfall, 1978, hand-colored intaglio on paper, 15 5/8 x 15 ½ inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Rayburn.
Mauricio Lasansky, Lincoln, 1985, etching, 45 1/2 x 28 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Rayburn.
Francesco Licciardi, Mother with Child, n.d., oil and charcoal on Masonite, 48 x 36 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of C. Robert Justmann & Family.
Thomas Nakashima, Snow Blossom, ca. 1975, acrylic on canvas, 66 x 87 3/4 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of the Medical Associates.
Cynthia Nelms-Byrne, Quiet Places, ca. 2009, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 x 1 1/2 inches (framed), Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Ed Deckert, in memory of Tom Gifford.
Tim Olson, The Arrow Head Motel Triptych, 2017, oil on panel mounted in carved oak frame, 36 x 72 3/4 x 2 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. 2017 DUMA Biennial Purchase Award.
Dorothy Bechtel Rossiter, Handy Andy’s, 1940, oil on canvas, 25 x 29 x 1 3/4 inches (framed), Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Purchase of Dubuque Art Association.
Steve Sinner, Class of ’60 - Faded Memories, 2002, walnut wood turned vessel, silver leaf, ink, negative images, 23 1/4 x 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Purchase award from the 2003/04 Tri-State Tri-Annual Juried Invitational.
Charles Winstanley Thwaites, Indian Head, ca. 1955, oil on canvas, 23 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Presented to the Dubuque Art Association by Charles W. Thwaits.
Kate Keith Van Duzee, Milk Wagons: Grant Wood’s Stone City, n.d., watercolor, 19 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of Paul & Dorothy Rossiter.
Ellen Wagener, Tangled Oaks , 2016, pastel on paper, 40 x 60 inches each, On loan from the artist, Future museum purchase.
Joseph Walter, Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Dress, 1900, oil on canvas,32 x 24 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art.
Marcia Wegman, Route X40, 2014, pastel on paper, 20 x 20 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. 2015 DUMA Biennial Purchase Award.
Grant Wood, Victorian Survival, 1931, oil on composition board, 32 1/2 x 26 1/4 inches, Dubuque Museum of Art, on long-term loan from the Carnegie-Stout Public Library, acquired through the Lull Art Fund, LTL.99.09. © Figge Art Museum, successors to the Estate of Nan Wood Graham/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Zane York, Arrangement III, 2016, oil on canvas mounted on Dibond board, 18 x 16 inches, Collection of the Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of the artist.