Dr. Luther W. Brady Collection

For more than a quarter of a century, Luther W. Brady, M.D., H’88 donated works of European and American art to Colgate University. A renowned radiation oncologist in Philadelphia, Brady was an active philanthropist and patron of the arts. His involvement with Colgate began with his gift of the sculpture Sunset by Eric Ryan. Brady donated that work — now permanently installed in the Eric Ryan Studio Center on campus — in memory of the artist, who was his friend and a beloved member of the Colgate Fine Arts faculty.

Ranging in scope from Baroque paintings to modern and contemporary prints and drawings, the Brady Collection is particularly strong in mid-century modernism — especially Abstract Expressionism and its successors.