▁Fig ur ative ; ▁and ▁Contempor ary . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁permanent ▁collection ▁is ▁national ▁in ▁scope , ▁art ▁made ▁in ▁California ▁from ▁the ▁Gold ▁R ush ▁era ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁day ▁is ▁also ▁on ▁display ▁in ▁the ▁de ▁Young . ▁Import ant ▁California ▁collections ▁with ▁national ▁significance ▁include ▁examples ▁of ▁Spanish ▁colonial , ▁Arts ▁and ▁C raft s , ▁and ▁Bay ▁Area ▁Fig ur ative ▁and ▁Ass emb lage ▁art . ▁Import ant ▁among ▁them ▁are ▁the ▁most ▁significant ▁museum ▁collections ▁of ▁works ▁by ▁Bay ▁Area ▁painter ▁Chi ura ▁Ob ata ▁and ▁sculpt or ▁Ruth ▁As awa . ▁ ▁The ▁permanent ▁collection ▁gall eries ▁integrate ▁decor ative ▁arts ▁objects ▁with ▁paint ings ▁and ▁sculpt ures , ▁emphas izing ▁the ▁art istic , ▁social , ▁and ▁political ▁context ▁for ▁the ▁works ▁on ▁display . ▁While ▁essentially ▁chron ological , ▁the ▁installation ▁also ▁ju xt ap oses ▁works ▁from ▁different ▁cult ures ▁and ▁time ▁periods ▁to ▁emphas ize ▁the ▁historical ▁connections ▁between ▁works ▁in ▁the ▁collection . ▁P ain ters ▁with ▁paint ings ▁in ▁this ▁art ▁museum ▁include ; ▁John ▁Sing leton ▁C ople y , ▁John ▁V ander lyn , ▁Thomas ▁Cole ▁( Prom ethe us ▁B ound ), ▁Thomas ▁Hill , ▁Thomas ▁Wood ▁( New sp aper ▁V endor ), ▁Samuel ▁Brook es , ▁John ▁Pet o , ▁Ch ilde ▁Hass am , ▁Edmund ▁C . ▁Tar bell ▁( The ▁Blue ▁Ve il ), ▁George ▁H itch cock , ▁May n ard ▁D ixon , ▁Ot is ▁Old field , ▁Gran ville