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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: Indefatigable Spirit: The American Work Ethic
We have chosen to focus this online exhibition on the American worker, including subjects from fishermen managing the day’s haul, to farmers toiling in their fields, to carpenters and to shoe-shiners. Each painting illustrates the hard work and can-do attitude on which Americans have prided themselves on for generations.
(Featured painting: The Mackerel Seine by Gordon Grant (1875-1962))
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The Carrig-Rohane Frame Shop
By the late 19th century the art of framing had been reduced to a mass-produced, uninspired style, so in 1903 Hermann Dudley Murphy created the Carrig-Rohane shop to produce the “finest possible hand-carved and gilded frames, custom designed for the paintings they were to enclose.” Fellow artists and expert carvers Charles Prendergast and Walfred Thulin joined the establishment, and so Murphy could focus on artistry, Robert C. Vose took over its management. Many beautiful "CR" frames, and the works within them, still pass through our doors, such as Murphy's Peonies and Gold Screen (left) and Zinnias (right).
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Recent Acquisitions
A wide variety of paintings and works on paper from the 19th century through today come through our doors every week. To see what's been added to our inventory since your last visit to the gallery browse our recent acquisitions online.
(Featured painting: The Blue Cliff, by Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940))
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Paintings of Boston
Boston has been Vose Galleries' home since 1896! We have over 20 paintings for sale that depict our beloved city, including sites like Faneuil Hall, the Public Garden, Copley Square, and Newbury Street.
(Featured painting: Looking Down Tremont Street, Boston, MA by Arthur Clifton Goodwin (1864-1929))
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News & Events
Indefatigable Spirit: The American Work Ethic
In our current exhibition we have chosen to focus on the American worker, including subjects from fishermen managing the day’s haul, to farmers toiling in their fields, to carpenters and to shoe-shiners. Each painting illustrates the hard work and can-do attitude on which Americans have prided themselves on for generations, capturing moments of daily life from different eras in American history.
Featured painting: George Pearse Ennis (1884-1936), Harbor Activity, Eastport, Maine
Home Visit Services
The process of selecting, hanging and lighting artwork can be overwhelming for new and seasoned collectors alike. Whether you are buying your first painting or adding to a collection, Vose Galleries can make the experience smoother. Our staff will conduct a survey of your home with you to determine how to display your artwork to best advantage within your budget. Please contact Carey L. Vose at [email protected] for further information.
Featured painting: Charles Hawthorne (1872-1930), The Story Book