Cincinnati Museum of Art – Cincinnati Local Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
The Cincinnati Art Museum houses a diverse global collection in scenic Eden Park. 1210
Cincinnati Art Museum: 953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Date Picture Taken: September 2025
The Cincinnati Art Museum, founded in 1881, is one of the oldest art museums in the United States. Located in Eden Park, it houses a collection of over 67,000 artworks spanning ancient civilizations, European masters, American art, Asian works, decorative arts, and modern and contemporary pieces, serving both education and public enjoyment.
Modern and Contemporary Art
This blog shows museum artworks created by artists who lived in Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Wing: The Story of Art in the Queen City
The Rise of an Art Center: 1788-1870
“A Remarkable Reality and Direcness”: Frank Dubeneck, 1848-1919
Frank Duveneck (1848–1919) was a prominent American painter and sculptor associated with Cincinnati.
Trained in Munich, he became known for bold, expressive portraits and teaching. Duveneck influenced a generation of American artists and played a key role in establishing Cincinnati as an important center for late-19th-century American art.
The “Bronzes” of Maria Longworth Nichols Storer
Cincinnati Ceramics – The Cradle of American Art Pottery
The Rookwood Pottery Company was a renowned American art pottery founded in Cincinnati in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols Storer.
Known for high-quality hand-crafted ceramics, innovative glazes, and artistic design, Rookwood became internationally famous and helped establish Cincinnati as a center of American decorative arts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Louis McLaughlin and Maria Longworth Nichols Storer were central figures in Cincinnati’s Rookwood Pottery.
Rethinking How Cincinnati Looked West
Early Twentieth-Century Cincinnati
Contemporary Art and Cincinnati
The Community of Cincinnati Artists
“Orientalism”
Cincinnati and Impressionsim
