Click on the audio files below to listen to a comprehensive list of descriptions by the collector, Jack Warner himself, as he discusses some of his most esteemed works from his collection.
Introduction to the Collection
Audubon, John James. Great American Hen Turkey and Young, 1827.
Benton, Thomas Hart (1889-1975). Shipping Out, 1942. Oil on Canvas. 16 x 22 inches.
Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902). Donner Lake, c. 1871. Oil on Canvas. 13 x 30 inches.
Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902). Niagara Falls, c. 1969. Oil on Canvas. 12 x 20 inches.
Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902). Seal Rock, Farralon Islands, c. 1872. Oil on Canvas. 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches.
Bodmer, Karl (1809-1893). Buffalo Hunt, c. 1875. Oil on Canvas. 23 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches.
Bromley, Valentine (1848-1877). The Scalping, c. 1847. Oil on Canvas. 26 1/2 x 46 1/2 inches.
Brush, George DeForest (1855-1941). The Shield Maker or The Head Dress, c. 1845. Oil on Canvas. 40 7/8 x 36 inches (oval).
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926). Boy Standing in Tall Grasses, c. 1910. Oil on Canvas. 10 x 15 inches.
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926). Denise and her Child Holding a Mirror, c. 1890. Oil on Canvas. 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches.
Catlin, George (1796-1872). Interior of a Mandan Lodge, c. 1895. Oil on Canvas. 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches.
Catlin, George (1796-1872). Out of Sight of Land…., c. 1934. Oil on Canvas. 7 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches.
Chase, William Merritt (1849-1916). Copper Pitcher and Brass Bowl, c. 1822. Oil on Panel. 18 x 24 inches.
Chase, William Merritt (1849-1916). Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter – Dorothy, c. 1824. Oil on Canvas. 48 x 60 inches.
Chase, William Merritt (1849-1916). The Jester, c. 1856. Oil on Panel. 22 x 36 inches.
Chase, William Merritt (1849-1916). Young Girl on an Ocean Steamer, c. 1810. Pastel on Paper. 20 x 30 inches.
Church, Frederic E. (1826-1900). Above the Clouds at Sunrise, c. 1920. Oil on Canvas. 12 x 16 inches.
Cole, Thomas (1801-1848). Autumn Landscape (View of Mount Chocorua), c. 1837. Oil on Canvas. 29 x 47 inches.
Cole, Thomas (1801-1848). The Falls of Kaaterskill, 1826. Oil on Canvas. 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches.
Curry, John Steuart (1897-1946). The Return of Private Davis from Argonne, c. 1910. Oil on Canvas. 12 x 8 inches.
Dewing, Thomas W. (1851-1938). Jessica, c. 1910. Oil on Panel. 48 x 36 inches.
Durand, Asher B. (1796-1886). Progress, (The Advance of Civilization), c. 1895. Oil on Canvas. 43 3/4 x 34 1/2 inches.
Duveneck, Frank (1848-1919). Miss Blood, or Woman in a Satin Dress, c. 1824. Oil on Canvas. 35 1/2 x 26 5/8 inches.
Eakins, Thomas Cowperthwait (1844-1916). Study for Courtship, c. 1885. Oil on Canvas. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.
Eastman, Seth (1808-1875). Sioux in Council, c. 1897. Oil on Canvas. 5 x 7 inches.
Farny, Henry (1847-1916). A Return to Camp.
Fisher, Jonathan (1768-1847). View of Blue Hill, Maine, c. 1930. Oil on Canvas. 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches.
Freiseke, Frederick Carl (1874-1939). Sun Spots. Oil on Canvas. 27 x 40 inches.
Frye, William (1822-1872). The Martin Brothers. Oil on Canvas. 26 1/4 x 47 inches.
Garber, Daniel (1880-1958). Tanis, 1915. Oil on Canvas. 25 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches.
Gaul, Gilbert (1855-1919). Confederate Guerrillas. Oil on Canvas. 18 1/4 x 24 inches.
Gaul, Gilbert (1855-1919). In the Doorway, 1878. Oil on Canvas. 26½ x 47½ inches.
Gifford, Sanford (1823-1880). Shawangunk Mountains, 1854. Oil on Canvas. 8 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches.
Glackens, William J. (1870-1938). The Breakfast Porch. Oil on Canvas. 28 x 40 inches.
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935). Ten Pound Island, 1896. Oil on Canvas. 11 1/4 x 16 inches.
Heade, Martin Johnson (1819-1904). Two Hummingbirds by an Orchid. Oil on Panel. 15 1/2 x 20 inches.
Henri, Robert (1865-1929). Marjorie in a Yellow Shawl, 1909. Oil on Canvas. 77 x 38 inches.
Henry, Edward Lamson (1841-1919). Colonial Wedding, 1911. Oil on Canvas. 29 1/4 x 60 1/2 inches.
Henry, Edward Lamson (1841-1919). Study near Petersburg, Virginia. Oil on Canvas. 11 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches.
Hicks,Edward (1780-1849). The Peaceable Kingdom. Oil on Canvas. 17 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches.
Hicks, Edward (1780-1849). The Signing of the Declaration of Independence. Oil on Canvas. 47 1/2 x 74 inches.
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910). Picking Flowers. Watercolor, Gouache & Pencil. 10 x 16 1/2 inches.
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910). Sailboats Off the Coast of Ten Pound Island, 1880. Watercolor on Paper on Board. 9 3/8 x 13 3/8 inches.