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Past Exhibitions


Cultivating California: Founding Families of the San Marino RanchCultivating California: Founding Families of the San Marino Ranch
Feb. 16–May 13, 2013
Library, West Hall


Maurice Merlin and the American Scene, 1930–1947Maurice Merlin and the American Scene, 1930–1947
Jan. 19–April 15, 2013
Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, Susan and Stephen Chandler Wing


Leslie Vance & Ricky SwallowLesley Vance & Ricky Swallow
Nov. 10, 2012March 11, 2013
Huntington Art Gallery


Britain and the Sea: Maritime Drawings and Watercolors from The Huntington’s Art CollectionsBritain and the Sea: Maritime Drawings and Watercolors from The Huntington’s Art Collections

Nov. 3–Feb. 18, 2013
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room


A Strange and Fearful Interest: Death, Mourning, and Memory in the American Civil WarA Strange and Fearful Interest: Death, Mourning, and Memory in the American Civil War
Oct. 13, 2012–Jan. 14, 2013
MaryLou and George Boone Gallery

A Just Cause: Voices of the American Civil WarA Just Cause: Voices of the American Civil War

Sept. 22, 2012–Jan. 7, 2013  
Library, West Hall


Alpine Skeletons: Marsden Hartley Silverpoint DrawingsAlpine Skeletons: Marsden Hartley Silverpoint Drawings
Oct. 20, 2012–Jan. 7, 2013
Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing


Royals, Courtiers, and Confidants: Early English Portrait Drawings from The Huntington’s Art Collections Royals, Courtiers, and Confidants: Early English Portrait Drawings from The Huntington’s Art Collections
July 28Oct. 29, 2012
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room

Roger Medearis: His RegionalismRoger Medearis: His Regionalism

June 16–Sept. 17, 2012
Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing


Visions of Empire: The Quest for a Railroad Across America, 1840–1880Visions of Empire: The Quest for a Railroad Across America, 1840–1880
April 21–July 23, 2012
MaryLou and George Boone Gallery


frenchtrav_smFrench Travelers to the East: Jean de Thévenot and Cultural Exchange in the 16th and 17th Centuries
April 21–July 23, 2012
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room

Al Martinez: Bard of L.A.Al Martinez: Bard of L.A.
March 17–June 25, 2012
Library, West Hall

Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection - Open Nov. 12Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection

Nov. 12, 2011May 14, 2012
Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing


Whistler, Haden, and the Gentle Art of EtchingWhistler, Haden, and the Gentle Art of Etching
Jan. 14, 2012–April 16, 2012
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room

Water Began It AllWater Began It All
Weekends only, Nov. 19, 2011–Feb. 19, 2012
Botanical Center, Flora-Legium Gallery

The House that Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945–1985The House that Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945–1985
Sept. 24, 2011–Jan. 30, 2012
Boone Gallery

blueskyblogBlue Sky Metropolis: The Aerospace Century in Southern California
Oct. 8, 2011–Jan. 9, 2012
Library, West Hall

Dreams, Disasters, and Reality: Goya’s Prints from The Huntington’s CollectionsDreams, Disasters, and Reality: Goya’s Prints from The Huntington’s Collections
Oct. 1, 2011–Jan. 9, 2012
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room

Pre-Raphaelites and Their Followers: British and American Drawings from The Huntington's CollectionsPre-Raphaelites and Their Followers: British and American Drawings from The Huntington’s Collections

June 25, 2011Sept. 26, 2011
Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing


Out of the Shadows: Joshua Reynolds' Celebrity Portraiture and the Market for Mezzotints in 18th-Century Britain Out of the Shadows: Joshua Reynolds’ Celebrity Portraiture and the Market for Mezzotints in 18th-Century Britain
July 2, 2011–Sept. 26, 2011
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room

Revisiting the Regency: England, 1811-1820Revisiting the Regency: England, 1811–1820
April 23, 2011–Aug. 1, 2011
Library, West Hall

Three Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story by John FrameThree Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story by John Frame
March 12, 2011June 27, 2011
Boone Gallery

Born to Endless Night: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints by William Blake Selected by John FrameBorn to Endless Night: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints by William Blake Selected by John Frame
March 12, 2011June 27, 2011
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room

Taxing VisionsTaxing Visions: Financial Episodes in Late 19th-Century American Art

Jan. 29, 2011May 30, 2011
Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing


The Lure of Myth: British Drawings from The Huntington's Art Collections        More info>The Lure of Myth: British Drawings from The Huntington’s Art Collections
Nov. 6, 2010Mar. 7, 2011
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room

buk_smCharles Bukowski: Poet on the Edge
Oct. 9, 2010Feb. 14, 2011
Library, West Hall

bronze_smBeauty and Power: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Peter Marino Collection
Oct. 9, 2010Jan. 24, 2011
Boone Gallery

evolvingideasEvolving Ideas: Midcentury Printmakers Explore Process

Oct. 2, 2010Jan. 3, 2011
Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing


picturesque_smPicturesque to Pastoral: British Landscape Prints from The Huntington’s Art Collections
July 31, 2010Nov. 1, 2010
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room

rohlfschairThe Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
May 22, 2010Sept. 6, 2010
Boone Gallery

califlandscapeCalifornia Landscapes: Gifts to the Huntington’s Art Collections

May 15, 2010Sept. 6, 2010
Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing


clash2_smA Clash of Empires: The Seven Years' War and British America
Apr. 24, 2010July 26, 2010
Library, West Hall

Child's Play?Child's Play? Children's Book Illustration of 19th-Century Britain
Apr. 3, 2010July 26, 2010
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room

sloansatireDrawn to Satire: John Sloan’s Illustrations for the Novels of Charles Paul de Kock

Oct. 24, 2009March 29, 2010
Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing


dutch_206.jpgThe Golden Age in the Golden State: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from the Huntington and Crocker Collections
Dec. 5, 2009March 29, 2010
Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room

colorex_elephantThe Color Explosion: Nineteenth Century American Lithography from the Jay T. Last Collection
Oct. 17, 2009Feb. 22, 2010
Boone Gallery

centralave_smallCentral Avenue and Beyond: The Harlem Renaissance in Los Angeles
Oct. 24, 2009Feb. 8, 2010
Library, West Hall

britwatercolorsBritish Watercolors of the Eastern Mediterranean

July 18, 2009Nov. 30, 2009
Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing


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Downstream: Colorado River Photographs of Karen Halverson

May 30, 2009Sept. 28, 2009
Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing

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Samuel Johnson: Literary Giant of the Eighteenth Century
May 23, 2009Sept.21, 2009
Library, West Hall


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Treasures through Six Generations: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy from the Weng Collection
April 11, 2009July 13, 2009
Boone Gallery


lincolnThe Last Full Measure of Devotion: Collecting Abraham Lincoln
Feb. 7, 2009Apr. 27, 2009
Library, West Hall

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A "New and Native" Beauty: The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene
Oct. 18, 2008Jan. 26, 2009
Boone Gallery


darwinchildDarwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure
Oct. 4, 2008Jan. 5, 2009
Library, West Hall

highgrove2Watercolors from the Highgrove Florilegium
Nov. 8, 2008Jan. 4, 2009  (Saturdays and Sundays only)
Botanical Center

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This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs

June 14, 2008Sept. 15, 2008
Library West Hall and Boone Gallery

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Smith on Wry: Jack Smith, Columnist for our Times

Feb. 15, 2008May 12, 2008
Library, West Hall

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The Legacy of Wallace Neff

Feb. 9, 2008May 12, 2008
Virginia Steele Scott Gallery - Drawing Cabinet

 

 
 

La Rose Impériale

Feb. 9,2008April 28, 2008
Boone Gallery 
 

 
 

Impressions of the Artist: Nineteenth-Century American Etching

Aug. 18, 2007Jan. 21, 2008
Virginia Steele Scott Gallery
 

 
 

Jamestown at 400: Natives and Newcomers in Early Virginia

July 24, 2007Jan. 14, 2008
Library, West Hall
 

 

Pressed in Time: American Prints 1905 - 1950

Oct. 6, 2007Jan. 7, 2008
Boone Gallery
 

 

Legacy and Legend: Images of Indians from Four Centuries

June 9, 2007Sept. 2, 2007
Boone Gallery
 

 

Twelve Drawings from Robert Motherwell's Lyric Suite

June 9, 2007Aug. 12, 2007
Virginia Steele Scott Gallery




Linnaeus in the Garden  

April 28, 2007July 29, 2007
Botanical Center
 




First Freedoms: The Los Angeles Times and the Right to a Free Press, 1881-2006

Feb. 10, 2007
June 3, 2007
Library, West Hall



From Grauman’s to the Getty: Arnold Chanin’s Photographs of Los Angeles

March 3, 2007
June 3, 2007
Scott Drawing Cabinet



Constable’s Great Landscapes: The Six-Foot Paintings

Feb. 3, 2007
April 29, 2007
Boone Gallery



Eleven Collages by Joseph Cornell

Nov. 4, 2006
Feb. 7, 2007
Scott Drawing Cabinet 



Chrysanthemums on the Eastern Hedge: Gardens and Plants in Chinese Art

Aug 5, 2006
Jan. 7, 2007
Library, West Hall



Treasures from Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church

Oct. 14, 2006 - Jan. 3, 2007
Boone Gallery



From Pictorialism to Modernism: Photographs by Alma Lavenson

June 10, 2006 - Oct. 15, 2006
Scott Drawing Cabinet 




The Belle of San Marino: Introducing Arabella Huntington

May 6, 2006 – June 25, 2006
Library, West Hall



Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough’s Cottage Door

Feb. 11, 2006 - May 14, 2006
Boone Gallery



Orchids: A Natural Obsession

Oct. 15, 2005 -  Jan. 1, 2006

Boone Gallery




Celebrities, Friends, and Strangers: Portraits by Don Bachardy

Oct. 23 – Feb. 6, 2005

Library, West Hall



An Eye for Beauty: Collectors and the History of British Watercolor

Feb. 12 - May 15, 2005
Boone Gallery



The Bible and the People

Sept. 4, 2004 - Jan. 9, 2005
Boone Gallery



Christopher Isherwood: A Writer and His World

June 12 - Oct. 3, 2004
LIbrary, West Hall



Sugaring Off: The Maple Sugar Paintings of Eastman Johnson

May 8 - Aug. 1, 2004
Boone Gallery




The Noblest Conquest: the Sport of the Horse in Europe and America from the Edward Lasker Collection

Feb. 7- May 16, 2004
Library West Hall



The Beauty of Life: William Morris & the Art of Design

Nov. 8, 2003 - Apr. 4, 2004
Boone Gallery



Edward Weston: A Legacy

June 28 - Oct. 5, 2003
Boone Gallery



 
 
 
 


 

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