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from Actualities, 1854, lithograph, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr.
from Actualities, 1854, lithograph, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr.
See how documentary photography transformed during the 1970s.
Mitch Epstein, Massachusetts Turnpike, 1973, printed 2005, chromogenic print, Gift
Discover works by Edward Hicks and learn about the artist
Explore Selected Works Artwork Edward Hicks, The Cornell Farm, 1848, oil on canvas, Gift
gouache over graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift
Artwork Corita Kent, Have You Still No Faith, 1955, color screenprint on wove paper, Gift
Washington, DC, has always been home to vibrant communities of artists. Photographers like Mathew B. Brady and Addison Scurlock documented political leaders and local life. The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design and Howard University cultivated generations of artists, including members of the abstract Washington Color School.
Thomas, Tiptoe Through the Tulips, 1969, acrylic on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift
The American painters known as abstract expressionists developed a new kind of painting during the 1940s and ’50s. Their works were characterized by abstract imagery and subject matter that was full of allusions. They created dramatic, often monumental compositions with sweeping brushwork and fields of color.Â
1959 Matsumi Kanemitsu, Border Shift, 1959, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift
Barbed Wire Series I and II, 2018, offset lithograph on two sheets of wove paper, Gift
and Two Gentlemen Lawyers, black chalk heightened with white on tan laid paper, Gift
Discover works by Georges Aubert and learn about the artist
Le Buddha, published 1938, lithograph on wove Arches paper, Woodner Collection, Gift