Extraordinary Gifts: Selected Paintings from The Procter and Gamble Collection at the Cincinnati Art Museum February 15, 2003 to September 12, 2004 Extraordinary Gifts: Selected Paintings from The Procter and Gamble Collection at the Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati Art Museum logo
A Word from P&G - Overview of Extraordinary Gifts: Selected Paintings from The Procter and Gamble Collection at the Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati Painters and the Big Picture - discusses how Cincinnati Artists fit into a larger art historical perspective The Works from The P&G Collection - themed galleries of the works in the show Index by Artist Name - a list of all the artists represented in the show and the works they completed Go back to the Cincinnati Art Museum Home page
   Although the names of painters Frank Duveneck and Henry Farny are commonplace in Cincinnati households, few realize the city’s significance to the history of American art as a whole. In assembling their so-called Historic Cincinnati Collection and donating it to the Cincinnati Art Museum, The Procter & Gamble Company has called attention to this fact, so simple but too often overlooked.
   The Procter & Gamble Collection provides a picture not only of one hundred years of the art of Cincinnati, but a snapshot of a century of American art. The company recognized that Cincinnati painters made not only outstanding contributions to the quality of life in the Queen City but transported their experiences to other cities and towns, bringing pleasure and fulfillment to all those they touched. By merging this collection with that of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Procter & Gamble has bestowed upon visitors for generations to come a broad and deep vision of the value of creative expression to the life of the community.