Welcome to Vose Galleries

Since the founding of Vose Galleries in 1841, the Vose family has amassed over 300 years of experience in the art world, and has handled more than 37,000 American paintings, including over 25 artists' estates. Vose Galleries specializes in top quality 18th, 19th and early 20th century American realist paintings and works on paper. Passed down through six generations from father to son- now daughters, Vose is the oldest family-owned art gallery in America, and has established a reputation for expertise in the history, acquisition and valuation of American art. Vose paintings hang in over 150 museums nationwide.

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Vose's Historic Gallery Space

We invite you to visit our Newbury Street brownstone, where you will find the largest inventory of American realist paintings in New England. All five floors are devoted to the display of fine art, including living and dining rooms furnished with antiques to provide a home-like setting for viewing works of art.

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Current Exhibition
Annual Sale

Vose Galleries is pleased to present a wide variety of paintings, works on paper, and sculpture in our annual sale, with discounted prices ranging from 20 to 40% off! This is a wonderful opportunity to bring home a new work by Alvan Fisher (1792-1863), Marie Danforth Page (1869-1940), Elliot Offner (1931-2010), and many more American artists. 

Featured painting: Street Scene in Gloucester by James Jeffrey Grant (1883-1960)

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Current Exhibition
Changing Leaves

"And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.."

-Virginia Woolf, 'To The Lighthouse'

With autumn's arrival, we are greeted by a season of change that Virginia Woolf identifies as mirroring life's changing nature. This fall, we are pleased to present Changing Leaves, featuring American paintings that capture a moment of transition. 

Featured painting: Autumn on Main Street, Ipswich by Theodore Wendel (1857-1932)

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