David Findlay Jr Fine Art

David Findlay Jr. Fine Art traces its roots to Kansas City, Missouri, where William Wadsworth Findlay opened a gallery in 1870. Among the artists of note, whose works were sold by his firm, were three of America’s greatest 19th century artists Frederic Remington, George Caleb Bingham and Charles Russell.

The Findlay Galleries prospered in Kansas City through two generations. In 1936 David Findlay Sr., one of the founder’s three grandsons, opened a New York City gallery. Many of the most important paintings now in the Amon Carter Museum were acquired from David Findlay Sr., including Remington’s great early work, ‘A Dash for the Timber’.

After working with his grandfather for ten years, David Findlay Jr opened his own gallery in 1982, in the Fuller Building, in order to specialize in American 19th and 20th century paintings and sculpture. In 1988 Lee Findlay Potter joined her father in operating the gallery. In recent years Louis Newman has assumed the role of gallery director in which capacity he has brought over three decades of experience representing both contemporary artists and estates of mid 20th century American artists.

With the arrival of the 21st century, David Findlay Jr. moved into larger quarters better to exhibit and represent its growing roster of major American artists. The gallery continues to explore the rich history of American art including artists of the Hudson River School, the American Impressionists, the Ash Can group, the Stieglitz group, the 1930s and 1940s American Modernists, the Indian Space painters, Abstract Expressionists, as well as many important contemporary artists.