Mrs. Robert M. Littlejohn

In the 1950s, the new president of the Museum's Board of Trustees, Mrs. Robert M. Littlejohn, brought new life to the Parrish. She launched a major campaign to strengthen the Museum's holdings in American art.
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Upon Mrs. Littlejohn's death in 1961, the Parrish became the beneficiary of more than 300 paintings, drawings and watercolors from her personal collection.
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The distinguished Chase collection Mrs. Littlejohn assembled over the years - including Still Life with Cockatoo (ca. 1879), Prospect Park, Brooklyn (ca. 1887), and The Blue Kimono (ca. 1898) now form the nucleus of the Museum's extensive Chase holdings.