Most impressive are the 24 artworks from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, which includes the earliest documented painting by Pontormo, Cupid and Apollo, a very early Rosso Fiorentino, Madonna and Child, and works by Tintoretto, Veronese, Francesco Cossa, Agostino Tassi, Giampietrimo, and Andrea Sansovino.
Maurice Prendergast
Paintings by other historic artists include work by Eugene Boudin, Anthony van Dyck, George Inness, Clarence Johns, John Frederick Kensett, Johan Jongkind, Maurice Prendergast, among others.
Rembrandt
Historic Prints
Diverse and eclectic historic prints begin with a late 15th century Albrecht Durer. Other highlights include works by Jacque Callot , Honore Daumier, Albrecht Durer, Francisco Francisco Goya, William Hogarth, Hans Holbein the younger, Lucas Van Leyden, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Marcantonio Raimondi, Rembrandt van Rijn, James McNeil Whistler, and Hieronymous Wix.
James Gillray
James Gillray
The Gilford Collection of James Gillray (1756 – 1815) caricatures is a large group of fine prints from this renowned English caricaturist. As a master of political satire, Gillray caricatured figures including Napolean (Boney), King George III, and also on social satire.
Netsuke
The Andrew J. Sordoni Collection of Japanese art, a gift from the late Senator, consists over 500 objects, including many fine netsuke, okimono, and inro.
Gary Winogrand
Modern and Contemporary
Photography
This collection is comprised of work by 20th century primarily American photographers, including many portfolios. Oscar Baily, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Kristin Capp, Larry Clark , Lucien Clergue, Paul Componigro, Elliott Erwitt, Franco Fontana, Lee Friedlander, Ralph Gibson, Kenneth Josephson, Erica Lennard, Robert Mapplethorpe, Joel Meyerowitz, Helmut Newton, Elliot Porter Andres Serrano, and Gary Winogrand are some of the artists represented, usually with multiple images.
Charles Burchfield
Susumu Sakaguchi
Modern and contemporary holdings include work in all media, but weighted towards prints and multiples.
Modern
Selected modern artists include Thomas Hart Benton, Frank Brangwyn, Georges Braque, Charles Burchfied, Alexander Calder, John Steuart Curry, Salvador Dali, Adolph Dehn, Fritz Eichenberg, Kathe Kollwitz, Reginald Marsh, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Ben Shahn, John Sloan, Grant Wood.
Contemporary
Contemporary holdings include work by artists including Mac Adams, John Ahearn, Pierre Alechinsky, Natalie Alper, Jean-Philippe Antoine, Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Glen Baxter, Bernd & Hilla Bechers, Troy Brauntuch, Louise Bourgeois, Phyllis Bramson, Enrique Chagoya, Richard Cramer, Emilio Cruz, Jose Luis Cuevas, Bruce Conner, Gene Davis, Agnes Denes, Kate Ericson and Mel Zigler, Mike Glier, Leon Golub, Guerilla Girls, Jane Hammond, Jasper Johns, Komar and Melamid, Leonid Lamm, Sol Lewitt, Seymor Lipton, Melanie Manchot, Anne Messner, Nanne Meyer, Robert Morris, Max Neuhaus, Elizabeth Newman, Claes Oldenberg, Jules Olitski, Gabor Peterdi, Adrian Piper, Daniel Smajo Ramirez, Robert Rauschenburg, James Rosenquist, Tim Rollins + KOS, Susumu Sakaguchi, Juan Sanchez, Miriam Shapiro, Roger Shimomura, Shazia Sikander, Lorna Simpson, Tony Smith, Buzz Spector, Kunie Sugura, Michael Tracy, Neil Welliver, Randy Williams, and Ulfert Wilke.
Blanchard Gummo
Current and former faculty, former students, and other artists with strong connections to Bucknell are well represented in the collection. They include Neil Anderson, David Armstrong, Lynn Cazabon, Georgia Gerber, Blanchard Gummo, William Lasansky, Marvin Lowe, Bruce Mitchell, Rosalyn Richards, Xiaoze Xie, and Richard Zandler, among others.
The Samek collections are primarily the result of the generosity of our patrons. A few who have given discrete collections are named above. Other collections are more diverse and eclectic, and the works are listed within the above categories. We are most grateful to the many Samek Art Gallery patrons.
Information on the permanent collection is available online. To learn more about work in the collection, visit the collection database.
