In her tribute to the late George Morrison, Ojibwe artist Andrea Carlson asks, how can Indigenous artists be called back to the land?
many contemporary artists—including Jeffery Gibson (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Wyeth Lecture in American Art presented by Patricia Marroquin Norby (2021)
senior executive and assistant director of the National Museum of the American Indian
This Ming dynasty stem bowl—a shape used in Buddhist ritual—exemplifies the finest blue-and-white porcelains of the early fifteenth century. The design is painted in underglaze cobalt blue.
publication Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings, Persian and Indian
Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1966-Nov. 1981, Mar. 1982-1990. 1980 American Indian
officer in the British army, he achieved remarkably consistent results, despite the Indian
Discover works by Joseph Wright and learn about the artist
drypoint on laid paper · Accession ID 2002.98.121 Artwork The Widow of an Indian
Robert Henri was born Robert Henry Cozad in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 24, 1865, the son of a professional gambler and real estate developer. The family lived in Nebraska and Colorado, but fled east when the father shot and killed a rancher over a land dispute and was indicted for manslaughter.
1918 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 2014.136.101 Artwork Robert Henri, Indian
Named „The Flame“ by an unknown connoisseur, this porcelain vase has a simple but elegant form that highlights the jewellike red glaze as it moves over the contours. Such deep red monochrome ware, known as langyao in China and as oxblood or sang-de-boeuf in the West, is most prized when the surface sparkles with a rich variety of reds enhanced by tiny bubbles and a fine overall crackle, as in this example.
publication Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings, Persian and Indian
Discover works by Timothy H. O’Sullivan and learn about the artist
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran, 1886), 2014.136.381.1-50 Indian
A pioneering figure in the development of American modernist sculpture, John Storrs incorporated the lessons of cubism and futurism and the streamlined design elements of industrialism to create some of the first abstract sculptures in the United States. Storrs was born in Chicago in 1885 and studied art in Hamburg, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and Paris, under such noted sculptors as Arthur Bock and Auguste Rodin.
Secession, ancient Greek and Egyptian art, and Southwest and Pacific Northwest Indian
