Edward Boccia Collections

Edward Boccia had a number of key collectors including Morton D. May, the leading American collector of German Expressionism and an avid collector of contemporary art. In addition to holdings in over 150 private collections, the artist’s work is also found in major museums and universities across the globe.

Select Public Collections & Institutions

 

  • Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York
  • Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
  • The Saint Louis Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
  • The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Alexander Soutsous Museum, Athens, Greece
  • Museu De Montserrat, Montserrat, Spain
  • The NSU Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • The Lowe Art Museum, The University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
  • The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
  • Wilbur D. May Museum, Reno, Nevada
  • The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
  • The Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
  • The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis
  • Art Students League of New York, New York
  • Pratt Institute, New York
  • Molloy University, Rockville Centre, New York
  • Calandra Institute, CUNY, New York
  • St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, New York
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
  • Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
  • Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kansas
  • Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Webster University, Webster Groves, Missouri
  • Florissant Valley Community College Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Webster University, Webster Groves, Missouri
  • Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
  • Drury College, Springfield, Missouri
  • Fontbonne University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • University of Texas, Austin, Texas
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri at Rolla, Missouri
  • Sheldon Concert Hall, Bellweather Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Catholic Student Center, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Metropolitan Church Federation, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Kirkwood United Methodist Church, St. Louis, Missouri
  • St. John Cantius Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Temple Israel, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Jewish Community Center Association, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Kol Rinah Synagogue, St. Louis, Missouri
  • The St. Louis University High School, St. Louis, Missouri
  • National Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (now Bank of America)
  • The Mercantile Library, University of Missouri at St. Louis
  • The State Historical Society of Missouri Art Gallery, Columbia, Missouri
  • The State Historical Society of Missouri, St. Louis

“I have been collecting Mr. Boccia’s work for 17 years. This includes literally hundreds of drawings and over 100 paintings. Among these are his triptychs which I consider to be his major contribution… Boccia’s dominant mood is that of an Expressionist with memories of the great artists of the past and the great earth themes that have occupied mankind’s dreams for centuries.” (Morton D. May in a letter to Ogden Pleissner, Director of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York)

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