The Virginia Museum of Fine Art has received a gift of funding and artworks from longtime patrons James W. McGlothlin and Frances Gibson McGlothlin, the Associated Press reports.

Valued at nearly $60 million, the largest private gift in the museum’s expansion campaign includes a significant contribution to the museum’s expansion campaign and 15 paintings by prominent American artists such as Milton Avery, Albert Bierstadt, Frederick Carl Frieseke, Marsden Hartley, George Luks, Maurice Prendergast, Theodore Robinson, Norman Rockwell, John Singer Sargent, John Sloan, and Andrew Wyeth. In recognition of the gift, a second wing in the museum will be named after the donors. 

“[The gift] will help the museum tell a more nuanced and complete story of the nation’s artistic contributions and ensure that these works will continue to be accessible to all Virginians,” said VMFA director and CEO Alex Nyerges.

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