Discover works by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and learn about the artist
2012.92.703 Artwork Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, The Kiss, 1930, woodcut on wove paper, Gift
Artwork Paul Gangolf, Tightrope Walker (Seiltänzer), lithograph on gray wove paper, Gift
Discover works by Will Barnet and learn about the artist
Artwork Will Barnet, The Bannister, 1981, color lithograph on Arches white paper, Gift
Discover works by William Klein and learn about the artist
William Klein, Store Window Madrid, 1956, printed 1981, gelatin silver print, Gift
Discover works by Doris Simmelink and learn about the artist
Simmelink/Sukimoto Editions, Woods, 1993, color aquatint on Somerset Satin wove paper, Gift
The Harlem, or New Negro, Renaissance was a period of artistic and cultural rebirth among African Americans between 1918 and the mid-1930s. Many Black artists experienced a freedom of artistic expression for the first time. They asserted pride in Black life and identity, called out inequality and discrimination, and responded to a rapidly changing modern world.
Bondage, 1936, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase and partial gift
. 31 recto], c. 1512/1515, pen and brown ink on laid paper, Woodner Collection, Gift
Sam Gilliam arrived in Washington, DC, in 1962, and immersed himself in the artistic community. Associated with the Washington Color School and inspired by color field painting, he developed the distinctive style of lyrical abstraction.
Untitled, 2004, cut and sewn color relief prints on wove paper, fabric, and felt, Gift
Discover works by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and learn about the artist
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Medal [obverse], 1905, bronze, Corcoran Collection (Gift
Discover works by Art Spiegelman and learn about the artist
Pipe Sunday #2 (recto), 1997, color lithograph on folded Rives BFK buff paper, Gift
