Hunter Museum of American Art

Hunter Museum of American Art and its collection

The Hunter Museum of American Art is an art museum in Chattanooga , Tennessee . The museum's collections include works representing the Hudson River School , 19th century genre painting , American Impressionism , the Ashcan School , early modernism , regionalism , and post World War II modern and contemporary art . The building itself represents three distinct architectural stages: the original 1904 classical revival mansion designed by Abram Garfield , the son of president James A. Garfield, which has housed the museum since its opening in 1952, a brutalist addition built in 1975, and a 2005 addition designed by Randall Stout which now serves as the entrance to the museum.