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The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, United States, is an art museum that specialzes in American art of the 18th–20th centuries. Its permanent collection includes works by such artists as Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Thomas Eakins, Eastman Johnson, Fitz Henry Lane, Frank Benson, Childe Hassam, and Maurice Prendergast, as well as a significant collection of works by the 20th-century sculptor Louise Nevelson. Four galleries are devoted to contemporary art.

The Farnsworth also has one of the nation's largest collections of the paintings of the Wyeth family: N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth.

The museum's mission is to celebrate Maine's role in American art.

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-The '''Farnsworth Art Museum''' in [[Rockland, Maine]], [[United States]], offers a nationally recognized collection of American art in its elegantly appointed galleries. Such great names in 18th- and 19th-century American art history as [[Gilbert Stuart]], [[Thomas Sully]], [[Thomas Eakins]], [[Eastman Johnson]], [[Fitz Henry Lane]], [[Frank Benson]], [[Childe Hassam]], and [[Maurice Prendergast]] are represented in the museum's permanent collection.
+The '''Farnsworth Art Museum''' in [[Rockland, Maine]], [[United States]], is an [[art museum]] that specialzes in American art of the 18th–20th centuries. Its permanent collection includes works by such artists as [[Gilbert Stuart]], [[Thomas Sully]], [[Thomas Eakins]], [[Eastman Johnson]], [[Fitz Henry Lane]], [[Frank Benson]], [[Childe Hassam]], and [[Maurice Prendergast]], as well as a significant collection of works by the 20th-century sculptor [[Louise Nevelson]]. Four galleries are devoted to contemporary art.
-The museum also houses the nation's second-largest collection of works by premier 20th-century sculptor [[Louise Nevelson]] and has opened four new galleries to showcase contemporary art. The Farnsworth also has one of the nation's largest collections of the paintings of the Wyeth family: [[N.C. Wyeth]], [[Andrew Wyeth]], and [[Jamie Wyeth]].
+The Farnsworth also has one of the nation's largest collections of the paintings of the Wyeth family: [[N.C. Wyeth]], [[Andrew Wyeth]], and [[Jamie Wyeth]].
 The museum's mission is to celebrate [[Maine]]'s role in American art.