Cats have long served as popular artists’ muses, taking center stage in paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures. They can appear fearsome, as in Peter Paul Rubens’s den of lions. Or they can be cute and funny, as in Cecilia Beaux’s pictures of dainty kitten Sita.Â
19th century John Crookshanks King, Cat on a Cushion, mid 19th century, marble, Gift
Discover works by Auguste Delâtre and learn about the artist
Fruit Bowl (Nature morte au compotier), 1908-1909, drypoint on laid Arches paper, Gift
Discover works by Charles Michael Daugherty and learn about the artist
Daugherty, Cat with Fish, 1960, lithograph, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift
Discover works by Jack Bush and learn about the artist
Works Artwork Jack Bush, Feathers, 1974, acrylic on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift
Discover works by Mr. John Dimick and learn about the artist
Artwork Anonymous Artist, Study of Birds and Monkeys, 1660/1670, oil on copper, Gift
Discover works by Mr. Edward Hyde Cox and learn about the artist
Artwork Andrew Wyeth, Morris Cove, c. 1941, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift
A prominent African American sculptor and printmaker, Elizabeth Catlett created art dedicated to aesthetic rigor, human dignity, and freedom for all. Born in 1915, in Washington, DC, she graduated from Howard University then earned a master of fine arts from the University of Iowa—the first student in the US to do so.
digital and photo-lithograph on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift
See more than 100 of Mark Rothko’s most compelling paintings on paper, many on view for the first time. They range from early figurative subjects and surrealist works to the soft-edged rectangular fields, often realized at monumental scale, for which Rothko is best known.
Untitled, 1969, acrylic and ink on wove paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift
Discover works by Jonathan Sturges and learn about the artist
Artwork John Frederick Kensett, Beach at Beverly, c. 1869/1872, oil on canvas, Gift
Discover works by Amelia E. White and learn about the artist
transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift
