The Terra Foundation for American Art Collection Online

Begun by Daniel J. Terra in 1971, the Terra Foundation for American Art's collection is comprised of approximately 725 paintings, works on paper, and sculpture by American artists, ranging in date from 1740 to 1950. The extensive online information about collection objects is drawn from the foundation's database. Each entry includes full "tombstone" data (title, date, medium, dimensions, and inscriptions) as well as provenance, exhibition history, and published references, when available. A brief biography is provided for each of the 235 artists represented in the collection. Finally, an interpretive essay for each artwork summarizes information located in the foundation's curatorial files, facilitating research for scholars and offering contextual information for the general user. Please address questions and comments to curator@terraamericanart.org.

Acknowledgments
The majority of the artists' biographies and interpretive essays for paintings, drawings, and sculpture were written by Wendy Greenhouse, PhD. The artists' biographies and interpretive essays for prints were written by Marilyn Symmes, Director of the Morse Research Center for Graphic Arts at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, with contributions by Wendy Greenhouse. Elizabeth Kennedy, PhD, former Terra Foundation Curator of Collection, oversaw the project from its inception and wrote the essays for monotypes by Maurice Prendergast. Annelise Madsen, PhD, wrote the interpretive essay for Frederic E. Church’s Our Banner in the Sky.

The following people have contributed in significant ways to the creation and ongoing maintenance of the Terra Foundation's online collection catalogue: staff members Katie Bourguignon, Peter John Brownlee, Lindsay Hightower, Laura Kalas, Annelise Madsen, Eleanore Neumann, Cathy Ricciardelli, Shelly Roman, Jennifer Siegenthaler, and Ariane Westin-McCaw; librarian Janice McNeill; consulting conservators Kimberly Nichols, Bonnie Rimer, and Véronica Roca; and interns Jessica Beck, Sara Jatcko, Bree Lehman, and Naomi Hood Slipp.

The Terra Foundation for American Art online collection is powered by a customized version of Gallery System's eMuseum, software available through Gallery Systems, Inc.