Doris Patz Collection of Maryland Artists

Grace Hartigan
Venus Observed
1969
oil on canvas
74 x 74 inches
Doris Patz Collection of Maryland Artists
Gift of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff

Henry Cooper
Quarry Pool
1980
oil on canvas
28⅝ x 32¾ inches
Doris Patz Collection of Maryland Artists
Gift of the artist

Ralph Baney
Three Piece Form
1971
maple
24 x 24 x 15 inches
Doris Patz Collection of Maryland Artists
Gift of the artist

Nelson Stevens
Spirit Sister
2013
serigraph
18 x 18 inches
Doris Patz Collection of Maryland Artists
Gift of the artist

Delilah Pierce
Fishing Boats at Martha’s Vineyard
1951
watercolor on paper
12 x 16 inches
Doris Patz Collection of Maryland Artists
Gift of the artist

Richard Dempsey
Bleeker Street
c. 1940s
oil on Masonite board
14 x 18 inches
Doris Patz Collection of Maryland Artists
Gift of the artist

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Ann Schuler, Untitled (Portrait of Mrs. Doris Patz), 1967, oil on canvas, 36 x 28 inches, UMGC Permanent Collection, Doris Patz Collection of Maryland Artists, Gift of Barbara and Ellen Myers

For more than 30 years, the Doris Patz Collection of Maryland Artists has garnered recognition for many of the state’s talented artists and has provided a venue where the people of Maryland and visitors from around the world can enjoy these exceptional artworks.

The collection is named in honor of its founder and patron, Doris Patz (1913–2009). Patz, born Doris Engelman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was a musician and arts activist. She died on March 8, 2009, at the age of 96.

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