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Florida Artists

Collecting and supporting Florida’s artists is important to the mission of the Appleton Museum of Art, with the generous support of donors and endowments, such as the Ina Gotler-Colen and Gladys Shafran Kashdin Endowed Acquisitions Fund for Florida Artists. Florida artists represented in the collection include Clyde Butcher, Charles Eady, Christopher Still, Mac Stone and […]

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Equine

The Appleton’s equine art collection spans over 3,000 years of history from around the world. As Ocala is heralded as the Horse Capital of the World, horses and equine art may also be understood to be part of the Appleton’s DNA. Mr. Appleton and his wife, the former Martha O’Driscoll, bought their Ocala property during […]

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European

Beloved by the public and museum founder Arthur I. Appleton, the European collection spans the 17th through 19th centuries and includes painting, sculpture and decorative arts from France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Great Britain and Germany. Artistic movements such as Romanticism, Post-Romanticism, Realism, Orientalism and the pre-Raphaelites are represented. Acclaimed artists in the collection include […]

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Pre-Columbian

The museum’s outstanding collection of pre-Columbian objects from throughout Mexico, Central, and South America has attracted international attention from noted researchers. The collection includes artworks from cultures such as the Maya, Wari, Moche, Veracruz and Chimú, and contains a broad selection of ceramics, bowls, gold and precious jade items.

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Asian

One of the largest collections at the Appleton, the Asian art holdings include works from China, India, Japan, Tibet and Southeast Asia. Buddhist art is represented by Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Tibetan, Thai and Burmese sculptures and textiles. The Chinese works feature a number of important ceramic pieces including Tang Dynasty horse and guardian figures, rare […]

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African

Much of the African collection was from the collection of the late Dr. Victor David DuBois. DuBois spent his career working for the United States government in Africa and built the collection over his many years of service. After DuBois died at the age of 51, Mr.

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Modern and Contemporary

The Modern & Contemporary collection includes paintings, sculptures, photography and drawings from around the world and spans from the 1950s to the present day.  Artists include Robert Gordy, Andy Warhol, Karel Appel, Alexander Calder, Takao Tanabe, Graham Peacock, Claes Oldenberg, Philip Pearlstein, Robert Rauschenberg, William Marder, Salvador Dali, Julie Blackmon, James Leo Sewell and Joe […]

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Maritime

Arthur I. Appleton served in the United States Navy during World War II and collected paintings and model ships featuring historic sailing ships. The works span the 19th and 20th centuries and feature British artists William Adolphus Knell, Captain Richard Brydges Beechey, Henry Scott and Montague Dawson.

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