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Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
87 North Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
440.775.8665

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Tuesday — Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday Closed

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The Allen's collection is particularly strong in 17th century Dutch and Flemish painting, Japanese prints, early modern art, African art, and more.

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Collections

The Allen's collection is at your fingertips with a searchable database of more than 15,000 works.

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The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya House The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya House (mid-1790s), by Chonunsai Eishi. Mary A. Ainsworth Bequest, 1950.458

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Recent Acquisitions

The Allen actively acquires artworks through both purchase and donation. See some of the newest works to enter the Allen's permanent collection. Learn more by visiting our database entry for each work.

Portrait of Two Girls, ca. 1825–30

American
Oil on canvas
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Portrait of the Painter Higiemond, mid-17th century

Joachim von Sandrart (German, 1606–1688)
Red chalk on laid paper
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The Portrait, 2023

Zhang Xiaoli (Chinese, b. 1989)
Digital print on silk
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The Bible Lesson, ca. 1883

Lady Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (British, 1852–1909)
Oil on canvas
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Untitled, ca. 1796-98

Anne Allen (English, act. 1790s)
Colored etching
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self portrait as a trans woman soccer logo, 2024

Jay Lynn Gomez (American, b. 1986)
Acrylic on cardboard medication packaging
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Untitled, ca. 1958–59

Larry Rivers (American, 1923–2002)
Oil on linen
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Kawarazaki Gonjurō I as Samezaya Shiroza, 1865

Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周 (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Color woodblock print
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Highlights

Mask

Wee artist
Côte d’Ivoire or Liberia
19th to 20th century
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The Actor Iwai Kumetaro as the Kamuro Tayori from the Shimbara Di

Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773 — 1810)
1796
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Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene

Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch, 1588 — 1629)
1625
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Document Box

Japanese
Late 19th to early 20th century
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Chair and Owl

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, active in France, 1881 — 1973)
1947
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Technicolor II

Jim Dine (American, b. 1935)
1996
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View of Venice: The Ducal Palace, Dogana, and Part of San Giorgio

Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775 — 1851)
1841
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Lake with Dead Trees (Catskill)

Thomas Cole (American, b. England, 1801 — 1848)
1825
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The Journey

Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuban, B. 1942)
1988
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Viaduct at L'Estaque

Paul Cézanne (French, 1939 — 1906)
1882
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Harmonizing, 1944

Horace Pippin (American, 1888–1946)
Gift of Joseph and Enid Bissett, 1964.26
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All Collections

The Allen Memorial Art Museum has an outstanding collection of more than 15,000 works of art—paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, drawings and photographs—that provide a comprehensive overview of the history of art from many cultures.

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