Studio MGH
twentieth-Century American Art
We represent artist estates, manage private collections, and place museum-quality works with collectors, designers, and institutions nationwide.
About Studio MGH
Studio MGH was founded on a simple belief — that some of the most compelling American art of the 20th century is still waiting to be discovered.
Founded by Michele Hembree in 2015, Studio MGH is a dealer and curator specializing in rediscovered American art. With over 20 years of experience buying, selling, researching, and curating, and a background shaped by years living and working in San Francisco and New York, the focus has always been on the work that got left behind — paintings, drawings, and works on paper that spent decades in estates, attics, and private collections, unseen.
The mission is straightforward: find it, understand it, and bring it to the people who will value it.
Artists we represent
Studio MGH works with a focused group of rediscovered 20th-century American artists and artist’s estates— some long overlooked, some simply never seen. We document, represent, and place these collections with the care they always deserved.
Jack Scott
Monumental charcoal drawings on raw canvas, unseen since the 1980s. Featured in Artforum, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the LA Times. NEA Fellowship recipient.
Bill Shields
Large-scale abstract oil paintings and intimate pastel landscapes by a celebrated American illustrator whose clients included the New York Stock Exchange, Neiman Marcus, and NASA — with work featured in Architectural Digest.
Sylvia Rutkoff
Mid-century figurative and abstract paintings, rediscovered and placed in collections across the country. A trailblazer of her generation.
Myril Adler
Eight decades of work across painting, printmaking, and mixed media — by one of American art's great teachers.
What we DO
We work with collectors, families, designers, and institutions to place work where it belongs.
Estate Representation
We represent artist estates and place significant bodies of work with collectors, designers, and institutions who value both aesthetic quality and historical importance.
Art Collection Guidance
Inherited a collection or outgrown your space? We provide step-by-step guidance to help you understand what you have and explore your options with clarity and confidence.
Private Sales
We place works directly with collectors and designers, facilitating thoughtful transactions that prioritize fit, context, and long-term value over quick turnover.
Design Trade Services
We work closely with interior designers and architects to source historically significant artwork for residential and commercial projects, offering trade pricing and white-glove service.
Featured Service
Curated Exhibitions & Collections
Street gallery in SOHO, NYC during the lockdowns p/c: Claudine Williams
We develop cohesive exhibitions and collections for homes, corporate spaces, galleries, and special projects. Our curatorial approach balances aesthetic vision with historical context, ensuring artwork is intentionally integrated and beautifully placed. We collaborate closely with interior designers, architects, and institutions to create environments where the work resonates — whether that's a residential collection, a corporate installation, or a curated gallery show.
Installations
Work from our collections living in homes, galleries, and design projects — placed with care by Studio MGH and the collectors and designers we work with.
Installing various Jack Scott drawings