The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT Photos

The New Britain Museum of American Art displays a fine collection of American art from the Colonial period to recent modern pieces. The museum (56 Lexington St.) occupies its original heritage house plus a new wing (2006) designed by Ann Beha Architects. It is in the western suburbs of Hartford, CT.

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See Also:	Hartford, CT Art Museum Index of Paintings & Sculpture


New Britain Museum of American Art (2006) (56 Lexington St.). New Britain, CT. Architect: Ann Beha Architects.	Sculptures surround building of New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Gardens of New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Tetra Tower sculpture (2005) by Howard Fromson outside New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Patio with sculpture at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Sculptures surround building of New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Landers House original core of New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Park setting of New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Glass corridor between buildings New Britain Museum of American Art with colored glass sculptures. New Britain, CT.	Lobby with four-sided bench at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Artwork in cafe at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Gallery New Britain Museum of American Art with Chihuly chandelier & Borglum sculptures. New Britain, CT.

Blue & Beyond Blue glass chandelier sculpture (2006) by Dale Chihuly at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Sculptures by Solon H. Borglum at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Sioux Indian Buffalo Dance sculpture (1902, cast 1967) by Solon H. Borglum at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Sioux Indian Buffalo Dance sculpture (1902, cast 1967) by Solon H. Borglum at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Pioneer in a Storm sculpture (1904, cast 1970s) by Solon H. Borglum at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	God's Command, Napoleon at Moscow sculpture (1910, cast 1969) by Solon H. Borglum at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Jacob Leisler portrait sculpture (1913, cast 1975) by Solon H. Borglum at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Indian Love Chase sculpture (1922, cast 1970) by Solon H. Borglum at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Indian Love Chase sculpture (1922, cast 1970) by Solon H. Borglum at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Gallery of early American art at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Portrait of Sir Richard Arkwright (1790) by Mather Brown at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Typical gallery at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Portrait of Lydia Lynde (c1762-64) by John Singleton Copley at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Gentleman with Negro Attendant painting (c1785-88) by Ralph Earl at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Morgan Family Portrait (c1790) by unknown artist at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Reverse painting on glass of George Washington (c1800-5) attrib. Foeiqua of China copied from Gilbert Stuart at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Thetis Bringing Armor to Achilles painting (1806 or 8) by Benjamin West at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	The Clove, Catskills painting (c1826) by Thomas Cole at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Waiting for the Stage Coach painting (1834) by Alvan Fisher at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Wilds of Lake Superior painting (1864) by Thomas Moran at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Lake Wawayanda, Sussex County, New Jersey painting (1870) by Jasper Francis Cropsey at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Seal Rock painting (c1872-87) by Albert Bierstadt at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	At the Well painting (1848) by William Sidney Mount at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Marble bust of Young Boy (1870-80) by Longworth Powers at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Portrait of Mrs. Samuel Appleton (Julia Webster daughter of Senator Daniel Webster) (c1840) by Chester Harding at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Butterfly Girl, Summer painting (1878) by Winslow Homer at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Portrait of Cornelia Rutgers Livingston (c1833) by Henry Inman at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Day of Grand Prix Paris painting (1887) by Frederick Childe Hassam was exhibited at World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893) at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Niagara Falls in Winter (c1893) by John Henry Twachtman at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Portrait of Madam T (artist's wife) (1888) by Edmund C. Tarbell at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Beach at Selsey Bill painting (c1881) by James Abbott McNeill Whistler at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Blue & Silver, Dieppe painting (c1880-5) by James Abbott McNeill Whistler at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Emigrant Model painting (1882) by Robert Blum at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Portrait of Young Girl (c1915) by William James Glackens at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Main Street, Gloucester painting (1917) by John Sloan at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	French Vaudeville painting (1937) by Everett Shinn at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Sentimental Ballad painting (1942) by Grant Wood at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Modern gallery with S-shaped bench at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Modern gallery with cantilevered bench at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Modern gallery with cantilevered bench at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Sectioned bench, part of bench collection at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Sunburst bench at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Bench with curved designs at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Bench with arched bridge support at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.

Bench in shape of bear at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.	Detail of bench in shape of bear at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.