Robert A. Sengstacke was born in Chicago to the family that founded the influential African American newspaper, the Chicago Defender.
In 1966 he worked as a photographer for Muhammad Speaks, the newspaper of the Nation
; Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 1999-2001, 505. 2000 Art for the Nation
to the public in 1941, the 121 old master paintings that Mellon had given to the nation
Art for the Nation no. 67 (Fall 2023): 26-27, repro.
Watch as Liz Collins invites us all into the “rich and limitless� creative space of textile art.
She created Knitting Nation in 2005 to engage in collective artmaking with others
1949 John Dowell Artist, American, born 1941 Kay WalkingStick Artist, Cherokee Nation
Bazille spent a month working in Aigues-Mortes, a fortified medieval town in Southern France. This painting, one of three he produced there, is awash in color.
Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1973-1978, unnumbered checklist. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Cezanne was deeply attached to Provence, the region in southern France where he was born and raised. He often painted its sundrenched terrain.
with permanent collection, Munch Museum, Oslo, 1981-1982. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Childe Hassam was a regular visitor to the Isles of Shoals, nine small, rocky, treeless islands off the New Hampshire coast. His acquaintance with the islands was due to his poet friend Celia Thaxter, whose house on Appledore Island was a summer mecca for writers, painters, illustrators, musicians, and other artistic visitors.
Kelly, published in the National Gallery of Art exhibition catalogue, Art for the Nation
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
