Muscatine Art Center

White Lotus, 1939                                               Prayer of Peace, 1987                                Le Cavalier, c1880

Georgia O'Keeffe                                             Allan Houser                                        Edgar Degas

The permanent collection provides visitors with a wide variety of experiences. Decorative arts, including paperweights, oriental carpets, American art pottery and furniture offer an exciting contrast to works of art by Grant Wood, Mauricio Lasansky, John Mix Stanley, Georgia O’Keeffe, Allan Houser and other noteworthy American artists.

Davenport and Rock Island City, 1855           Upper Mississippi River, 1855             View of the Upper Mississippi, 1865

Henry Lewis                                              Henry Lewis                                     Ferdinand Richardt

Of particular interest is the Art Center’s Great River Collection which contains paintings, drawings, prints and maps of historical and aesthetic importance illustrating the Mississippi River from its source in Lake Itasca south to New Orleans.

In 1992, the collections were significantly enriched by a gift of twenty-seven works of art by Matisse, Degas, Boudin, Chagall, Renoir, and other European artists. A gift from the estate of Mary Musser Gilmore in honor of her parents, Richard Drew Musser and Sarah Walker Musser, the Gilmore collection is on permanent view in the Musser Museum.