Freeman's | Hindman's American Art department specializes in paintings, drawings, and sculpture by artists working in America from the 19th century through the 1970s.
Auctions feature works of Modernism, American Impressionism, Hudson River School, Ashcan, Regionalism, plus other movements and genres. Freeman’s | Hindman sales have achieved exceptional results for renowned artists such as three generations of the celebrated Wyeth family (N.C. Wyeth, son Andrew and daughter Henriette, and grandson Jamie), Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, and Jasper Francis Cropsey; icons of American art and illustration like Norman Rockwell; graduates of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, such as Cecilia Beaux and Arthur B. Carles; and notable Philadelphia figures like William Glackens, Jessie Willcox Smith, and the Peale family (Charles Willson, Rembrandt, and Raphaelle).
The Freeman's | Hindman team of American Art specialists brings years of expertise to its auctions, resulting in standout sales. In recent years, the department won the consignment of several major American art collections, including The George D. Horst Collection of Fine Art ($4.4M), The Collection of Dorrance “Dodo” H. Hamilton ($6.1M), and The Ottenberg Collection—all white-glove sales that yielded impressive prices for works by American artists, from Frank Weston Benson and Jonas Lie to Childe Hassam, Martin Johnson Heade, and Martha Walter.