Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Nation

to the public in 1941, the 121 old master paintings that Mellon had given to the nation

Ellsworth Kelly realized his first abstractions during his stay in France from 1948 to 1954. In these extremely productive years, he created a body of work whose refinement of line, form, and color remains the fundamental language of his art.
Donovan, published in the National Gallery of Art exhibition catalogue, Art for the Nation

In 1648 a contemporary writer noted that Willem Claesz Heda was a specialist in breakfast and banquet still lifes, painting „fruit, and all kinds of knick-knacks.“ At first sight, Heda’s largest known still-life painting appears to welcome the viewer to a sumptuous feast. Yet pewter plates teeter precariously over the table’s edge, while a translucent goblet and a silver tazza have toppled over, indicating that the feast has already been enjoyed.
Zwolle, 2004: 107, fig. 1. 2015 „Art for the Nation: The Story of the Patrons‘

Vuillard belonged to a quasi-mystical group of young artists that arose in about 1890 and called themselves the Nabi, a Hebrew word for prophet. The Nabi rejected impressionism and considered simple transcription of the appearance of the natural world unthinking and unartistic.
Vuillard, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1964. no. 26, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation

Among the most memorable characters in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s hugely popular novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) is Nydia, a blind flower seller. In love with the noble-born Glaucus, who is engaged to Ione, Nydia knows the hopelessness of her position and endures her suffering with quiet courage.
Kelly, published in the National Gallery of Art exhibition catalogue, Art for the Nation

Jan van Huysum’s lasting fame centers on his exuberant arrangements and technical virtuosity. More than any other artist before or after, he was able to capture the dynamic energy of a profuse array of flowers and fruit.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999, no. 19, fig. 60. 2000 Art for the Nation

regional Mini-Institutes for Educators, hosted by partner museums in “Across the Nation

Salon des Independents, Paris, 24 March-30 April 1905, no. 30. 1986 Gifts to the Nation

Art for the Nation no. 63 (Spring/Summer 2021): 24-25, fig. 22.

Spanish women artists of the 17th century worked anonymously. They were not publicly acknowledged, and today we rarely know their names.
Art for the Nation no. 66 (Fall 2022): 31-32, repro.