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Adopt-a-Painting program works of art available for adoption
 
If you’re interested in helping restore and maintain our precious Wesleyan Treasures, numerous works of art are still available for adoption.The current status of our collection is listed below. To adopt a painting, contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at (478) 757-5187. Thank you to the many Adopt-A-Painting donors who have so generously supported this program.

 

Painting

Artist              

Title                           Collection         

Cost                

Status            
 
A. Bartley Bernard Pomegranates Campbell Collection $2000 Need
Maria Boveri Cantarella Still Life with Pumpkin and Magnolia Leaves Permanent Collection $1400 Need
Cowles Myles Collier Country Scene Collier Collection $2700 Need

Frame Restoration:
$2000
Cowles Myles Collier Sunset through Trees Collier Collection   Evaluation Needed
Cima da Conegliano Madonna and Child Samuel H. Kress Collection 8,500-10,000
Need
Walter L. Dean Seascape Collier Collection $3400 Urgent Need

Arthur Freedlander Manuelo at Work Campbell Collection $2800 Need
  Antonio Guarino Villa Torlonia Permanent Collection $2000 Urgent Need
  William Stanley Haseltine Laguna, Venice Campbell Collection  $3,000 Need
  Hugh Bolton Jones Near Stockbridge Donated by Mrs. Willene Castleberry $2700 Need
  Paul King Snowing Campbell Collection $2000 Need
  Priscilla Lobeck Old Things Permanent Collection $1400 Need
  L. R. McCoy Farm Building Permanent Collection  $850 Need
Charles Naegele Portrait of E. T. Comer Collier Collection $2800 Need
  Charles Naegele Portrait of John Fletcher Comer Collier Collection  $2800 Need
  Andy Warhol General George Armstrong Custer  

 Evaluation Needed

  Thomas H. Williams Olympic Woman on Balance Olympic Man on Rings Lowrance Collection    
  Andrew G. Winter Landscape with Snow Permanent Collection  $3,000 Need

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Wesleyan College appreciates and thanks the many Adopt-A-Painting donors who have so generously supported this program. The following paintings have been adopted and successfully restored:

 

 Painting

Artist Title Collection              Donor              Status
 
Louis F. Berneter Emily Campbell Collection Pending adoption by the Wesleyan Class of 1963 Need
  Rosa Bonheur Wild Horses in The Arena at Rome Cade Collection Adopted by
Lu Steed '58
Restored 2003

Frame Restored 2008
Antonio Guarino Church Permanent Collection Adopted by friends in honor of Lisa Sloben and in memory of John William Cooke, Jr.
Restored 2011
Josephine Paddock The Green Feather Campbell Collection Adopted in 2011 by Sally Moffett McKenna Restored 2011
Edward Bruce The Cherry Tree Permanent Collection Adopted by
Julia Munroe Woodward '34, Trustee
Restored 2003
  Helen E. Ogden Campbell Roses Campbell Collection Adopted by Ruth Austin Knox '75 Restored 2007
  Cowles Myles Collier Country Road
Collier Collection Adopted by Hannah L. Allen '80, Trustee Restored 2009
Cowles Myles Collier North Sea Coast with Boat and Church Collier Collection Adopted by Tom and Patricia Bass
in honor of May Walker '38
Restored 2007
Cowles Myles Collier On the Beach Collier Collection Adopted by
Polly Houghland '60
Restored
2005

Frame Restored 2007

  Cowles Myles Collier Harbor Scene, Sailing Vessel at the Wharf
Collier Collection Adopted by Kathi Hill Goddard ’77 and her mother, Kathleen Smith Hill ’53, in memory of Betty Ann Smith Griffin ’46.

Restored
2009

  Cowles Myles Collier Hillside by Lake
Collier Collection Adopted by
Hannah L. Allen '80, Trustee
Restored
2009
Cowles Myles Collier Houses at Evening Collier Collection Adopted by
the Wesleyan Alumnae Association in honor of Cathy Snow '71
Restored
2004

Frame Restored 2006
  Cowles Myles Collier Rocks Beside
the Sea
Collier Collection Adopted by
Maria and Natalia Collier in honor of their sister Caroline Collier
Restored
2009

Frame Restored 2006
Cowles Myles Collier Waiting for the Pilot Collier Collection Adopted by
Suzanne Spradling Martin '67
Restored 2006
Cowles Myles Collier Rowboat on a Dock Collier Collection Adopted by Joan Collier Philip Restored 2006
Cowles Myles Collier North Sea Shore Collier Collection Adopted by Polly Houghland '60 Restored 2005

Frame Restored
Cowles Myles Collier Sunset on the Waterfront Collier Collection Adopted by Mr. & Mrs. Bill  Matthews, Trustee Restored 2003
Cowles Myles Collier A Recent Arrival, North Sea Coast Collier Collection Adopted by Judy Woodward Gregory '63 in honor of Julia Munroe Woodward '34 Restored 2007
Cowles Myles Collier Overseas in Unfurled Field (Moonlight at Sea) Collier Collection Adopted by Kathy Travis Restored 2003

Frame Restored 2003
Gaspare Diziani Adoration of the Magi Samuel H. Kress Collection Adopted by Mr. & Mrs. C. Brown Edwards in honor of Mary Lane Hartshorn '49 & in memory of Emily Brown Edwards Rumble '26 Restored 2009
Gaspare Diziani Adoration of the Shepherds Samuel H. Kress Collection Adopted by Mr. & Mrs. C. Brown Edwards in memory of Mildred Taylor Stevens '23
Restored 2009
Ruger Donoho Landscape with Two Trees Permanent Collection Adopted by Wesleyan President Ruth A. Knox '75
Restored
2005

Frame Restored 2005
C.M. Donzel Country Scene Cade Collection Adopted by
Billy & Carolyn Anderson in memory of Mary Knox McNeill
Restored
2004;
Frame restored 2005 by Ruth A. Knox '75
Edward Dufner The Pink Lady Campbell Collection Adopted by Frances & Dennie McCrary, Trustee
Restored 2003
  Edwin Gunn Maine Farm Campbell Collection Adopted by Polly Houghland '60 Restored 2005
  Antonio Guarino La Chiesetta Bianca, Francavilla, Abruzzo Permanent Collection Adopted by Patrenice Guthrie Thomas '96 in Memory of Laurence Channing Thomas Restored in 2010.
  Antonio Guarino La Certosa Notturno Permanent Collection Adopted by Connie Flair in honor of Katie Flair Painting restored in 2010; frame restored in 2011.
 
Margaret Huntington Nantucket Houses Campbell Collection Adopted by Virginia Perkins '63 Restored 2003
Emil Holzhauer Houses and Towns
Permanent Collection Adopted by Susan Woodward Walker '70, Wesleyan College Alumnae Association President 2009-2012. Currently being restored.
Hattie Saussy Mountain Valley Permanent Collection Adopted by Virginia Perkins '63 Restored 2009
 
Francis C. Jones The Sisters Donated by Mrs. Chubb, sister of the Artisit Adopted by Wesleyan Class of 1960 Restored 2004
  Hugh Bolton Jones October in the Berkshires Donated by Mrs. Chubb, sister of the artist Adopted by Charlotte Battle Everbach '52
Restored 2005
  Susan Ricker Knox Mary and Yorkie Campbell Collection Adopted by Wesleyan President Ruth A. Knox '75 Restored 2003
 
Emma Fordyce MacRae Peggy Campbell Collection Adopted by the
Wesleyan Alumnae Association in honor of Cathy Snow '71
Restored 2004
Copy of Bartolomi Murillo by Luisa Ceccherini Madonna and Child Gift of Walter Douglas Lamar Adopted by Julia Munroe Woodward '34 in memory of Margaret Munroe Thrower '35 Restored 2009
Maud M. Mason The Blue Jar Campbell Collection Adopted by Patrenice Guthrie Thomas '96 Restored 2011
  Charles Naegele Portrait of Georgie Collier (Mrs. E.T) Comer Collier Collection Adopted by Mr. & Mrs. Percy Montague
Restored 2008
 
Jane Peterson Bowl of Zinnias Campbell Collection Adopted by Wesleyan President Ruth A. Knox '75 in honor of  Cynthia Wright '75 Restored 2004
N. Palmer Landscape Landscape Adopted by Clarice Pittman Elder '58 Currently being restored.
  George M. Reevs Portrait of Cowles Myles Collier Collier Collection Adopted by
the family of Barron Bevis Collier, the great-great grandchildren of C.M. Collier
Restored 2006
  L. F. Ryder Landscape with Figures Campbell Collection Adopted by Patrenice Guthrie Thomas '96 in Memory of Laurence Channing Thomas Restored in 2010. 
  Robert Knight Ryland The Yellow Teacup Campbell Collection Adopted by Stephanie Parker '81, Trustee Restored 2003
  Edward Shorter Eagle Scout Permanent Collection Adopted by
Virginia Perkins '63 in honor of her sons
Restored 2007
  Alexander Sideris The Artist's Wife Permanent Collection Adopted by the Wesleyan Class of 1980 Restored 2004
  Minna Walker Smith
Chrysanthemums
Permanent Collection Adopted by
Clarice Pittman Elder '58 and Truett L. Elder
Restored 2006
  Unknown Lady in a Red Dress Permanent Collection Adopted by the Wesleyan Class of 1958
Restored
2007
Charles Vezin City by the Waterfront   Adopted in honor of Stephen Reichert Currently being restored.
  Frederick J. Waugh Water Breaking on Large Rocks Permanent Collection Adopted by Bryndis Roberts '78, Trustee, Jennifer Jenkins '03 Restored
2003
 
William John Whittemore Lorraine Standing Campbell Collection Adopted by the Wesleyan Class of 1958 Restored 2008
  Gustave Wiegand Clinging Mists Campbell Collection Adopted by Polly Houghland '60 Restored 2005

Jan Wyck Landscape with Figures Permanent Collection Adopted by Polly Houghland '60 Restored 2011
  Jan Wyck Landscape with Figures Permanent Collection Adopted by Polly Houghland '60 Restored 2011

 
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