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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

1934 Poplar Ave, Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. Paintings in the permanent collection include works by Italian Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, and 20th-century artists. The Brooks also has a fine collection of English portraits, including works by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Lawrence, and Romney. There are impressionist works by Camille Pissarro, Renoir, and many American impressionists: Winslow Homer, Thomas Hart Benton, Childe Hassam, and Robert Henri. The contemporary collection includes paintings by Kenneth Noland, Robert Motherwell, Nancy Graves and Carroll Cloar. 

Source: brooksmuseum.org