Beginning with Anna C. Hoyt's generous donation of 105 Old Master and modern prints more than forty years ago, the collection has continued to flourish and increase the depth, diversity, and number of its holdings. Now totaling more than 5,000 works, it serves to illustrate the history of world art in its most creative and comprehensive aspects. This art historical collection is the only one of its kind in the area, serving the needs of students and the wider community.

The collection has grown to include strong works in East Asian art with the Harold P. Stern Collection and the Herman D. Doochin Collection; European Old Master paintings with the Kress Study Collection; paintings from the Barbizon school; and African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian art and artifacts from the Marjorie and Leon Marlowe Collection. In addition to gifts of important pieces from university supporters, objects have been acquired through corporate and special purchases made possible with funds from the Vanderbilt Art Association, the Ewers Gift for Fine Arts, and numerous private donors.

The works comprising the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Collection represent a tradition of fine craftsmanship and cultural values. With objects of such diversity, ranging from monumental sculpture to the decorative arts, the collection increasingly promises to enrich the university community and visitors for generations to come.

The Fine Arts Collection is used for the development of temporary exhibitions as well as for student study and research. Therefore the entire collection is not on view in its entirety at any given time. For current exhibition information please visit our exhibition schedule.

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