Fine and Folk Art and Crafts

Results of Twenty-Five Distinguished Years
The Noyes Museum’s permanent collection currently includes approximately 1,313 pieces of American art, ranging from painting and sculpture from the 19th to 21st century to an impressive variety of over 350 waterfowl decoys. Many of the paintings are non- representational images by artists active in the latter part of the twentieth century. A substantial number of paintings in the collection are by Museum founder, Fred W. Noyes, Jr. Many of the advent-grade works in the collection were donated by the Alternative Museum and Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper. Sculpture in the collection encompasses abstract works to outsider and folk art. Pictured from top Roswell Weidner, The Great Swamp, and Bennett Bean, Pair on Base.

Vintage Decoys

Particularly impressive is the unique and valuable collection of hand-carved wooden decoys. This collection was begun by Fred W. Noyes, Jr. and contains historical decoys, such as Gideon Lippincott’s Black Duck, as well as very life-like examples produced by Armon Carney and Thomas Carlock. Tony Rudisill’s Kingfisher is a fine example of highly carved wildlife art more closely related to forms produced in porcelain and ceramic. Pictured above David Rhodes, Unidentified trout lure, ca. 1995, cedar with metal fins. Noyes Museum Collection and below Daniel Horne, Merganser (drake), ca. 1870, painted wood, Noyes Museum Collection.