Collection
The Everson houses roughly 11,000 pieces of art, including paintings, sculpture, ceramics, and video.
Paintings include one of Gilbert Stuart's portraits of George Washington, Edward Hicks's The Peaceable Kingdom, and works by Eastman Johnson, Charles Burchfield, Helen Frankenthaler, and others.
The Syracuse China Center for the Study of Ceramics is one of the largest ceramics collections in the nation, with pieces ranging from ancient sculpture and Ming dynasty porcelain up to contemporary works.
The museum established one of the first video art collections in the United States; its video collection is the largest in the world. Nam June Paik exhibited early works at the Everson, including his first United States retrospective in 1974. Bill Viola's first job was as a video technician at the Everson; his works are now in the collection.
The museum also has a collection of Arts and Crafts Movement furniture, featuring a number of works of Gustav Stickley.
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