American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection

American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection features more than 80 works of art by renowned American artists such as John Singer Sargent, Elizabeth Catlett, Mary Cassatt, Robert Henri, Sarah Miriam Peale, Thomas Cole, and Charles Alston, among others.

Drawn entirely from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection, the exhibition beautifully surveys the distinctive styles and thought-provoking art created by American artists over the past two centuries.

Though many objects from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection have been on view at other museums, ranging from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is the first exhibition to bring the best of the collection together in one location.

The exhibition begins with portraits by masters including Rembrandt Peale and Thomas Sully before moving on to highlight the development of mid-19th-century landscape painting with works by Asher B. Durand, John Frederick Kensett, and others.

Enticing images of fruits, flowers, and other delights by Severin Roesen, John Francis, Ferdinand Richardt, Elizabeth Williams, and Adelaide Coburne Palmer are featured alongside trompe l’oeil examples by William Michael Harnett, John Haberle, and John Peto.

Twentieth-century modernism and realism can be seen in works by artists ranging from Patrick Henry Bruce and Marsden Hartley to Paul Cadmus, Charmion von Wiegand, Suzy Frelinghuysen, Elizabeth Catlett, and Ernie Barnes.

The mission of the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation to “carefully research and obtain American masterpieces” is abundantly represented in American Made.

American Made was curated by Todd Herman, PhD, President and CEO of The Mint Museum; Kevin Sharp, Director of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens; and Jonathan Stuhlman, PhD, Senior Curator of American Art at The Mint Museum.

This exhibition is on view October 15, 2026-January 24, 2027, with an Opening Celebration on Saturday, October 10, and Member Preview Day Sunday, October 11.

Exhibition and educational support for the Taubman Museum of Art’s 75th Anniversary is generously supported in part by the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation, Helen S. and Charles G. Patterson, Jr., Charitable Foundation Trust, and the Richard and Caroline T. Gwathmey Memorial Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee.

This exhibition is supported in part by a grant from Virginia Humanities and the VA250 Commission in partnership with Virginia Humanities.