The painting collection includes works ranging in date from 1800 to the present day. These works are primarily landscapes and portraits by Missouri artists.
St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
George Caleb Bingham painted this copy after Gilbert Stuart's portrait of President George Washington, leaving it unfinished as Stuart had done; 30 inches high x 24 inches wide, gift of the artist.
George Caleb Bingham painted this copy after Gilbert Stuart's portrait of First Lady Martha Washington, leaving it unfinished as Stuart had done; 30 inches high x 24 inches wide, gift of the artist.
Landscape with river and bluffs, showing a group of Native Americans in the foreground, by Henry Lewis, 1865, oil on canvas, 19.5 inches high by 27.25 inches wide.
Panoramic watercolor painting depicts the aftermath of a fire that destroyed much of the St. Louis riverfront in 1849, showing burned out buildings, the wreckage of steamboats and damaged docks. Signed lower right "Lemasson" and inscribed lower margin "Locust St."
Portrait of Auguste Chouteau, one of the founders of the city of St. Louis, by Josef Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza, after 1784, oil on canvas, 35 inches by 27.5 inches
Landscape night scene of Native Americans removing rails from railroad track ahead of an oncoming train. Oil on canvas, 35 1/2 inches by 55 1/2 inches, 1867. Gift of James E. Yeatman. The scene is commonly interpreted as a commentary on the policy of Manifest Destiny and its devastating impact on Native Americans.