The American Painting Collection September 18, 2009

The de Young houses one of the finest collections of American paintings in the United States. Strengthened by the acquisition of the Rockefeller Collection of American Art, the de Young's treasures include more than 1,000 paintings that represent a spectrum of American art from colonial times into the twenty-first century. Gems of the collection include George Caleb Bingham's 'Boatmen on the Missouri,' Frederic Edwin Church's 'Rainy Season in the Tropics,' Richard Diebenkorn's 'Ocean Park #116' and 20th-century treasures from artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper and Grant Wood.