Solomons’ treasure
Arts & Culture Solomons’ treasure From “The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond,” a detail of Three Male Heads from “The Capitulation of Madrid,” Dec. 4, 1808. Antoine-Jean Gros (Paris 1771-1835 Meudon).Photos by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer July 8, 2025 6 min read Cambridge couple’s art collection now shines in Harvard Art Museums For decades, scores of paintings by 20th-century masters shared shelf space with family photos, books, and knickknacks in the Cambridge home of Arthur and Marny Solomon. Works by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Paul Cézanne hung on their walls. And in a carriage house turned gallery in the backyard, more contemporary works by abstractionists such as Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitzky, and Larry Poons shone. Now, those works are on display for the public to enjoy in Harvard Art Museums’ exhibition “The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond.” “We are deeply grateful to Arthur and Marny Solomon for their careful stewardship...