The Huntington Art Collections

The Huntington Art Collections reside in two buildings on the Huntington estate: The Huntington Art Gallery, and the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art. The Huntington Art Gallery houses the European art collection and includes one of the most distinguished collections of 18th- and 19th-century British paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts outside London, including Thomas Gainsborough’s Blue Boy, Joshua Reynolds’ Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse, and John Constable’s View on the Stour near Dedham. Also part of the European collection, The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection contains Renaissance paintings and sculpture along with a collection of 18th-century French sculpture, tapestries, porcelain, and furniture.

On display in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, The Huntington’s American art collection includes works from the 1690s to the 1950s, including important paintings such as Mary Cassatt’s Breakfast in Bed, Frederic Edwin Church’s Chimborazo, and Edward Hopper’s The Long Leg.

The Huntington’s Prints and Drawings collection includes American and European works on paper. Highlights include one of the world’s most extensive collections of William Blake material; a comprehensive collection of British watercolors, old master prints by artists including Rembrandt and Albrecht Dürer; a large collection of works on paper by American artist John Sloan; and photographs including more than 500 by Edward Weston.

The Dorothy Collins Brown Wing of the Scott Galleries is devoted to the work of early 20th-century Pasadena architects Charles and Henry Greene. Permanent features include a recreation of the dining room from the Henry M. Robinson House and the reassembled staircase from the Libby House (demolished in 1968).