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
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
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
National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 129, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
regional Mini-Institutes for Educators, hosted by partner museums in “Across the Nation
Art for the Nation no. 63 (Spring/Summer 2021): 24-25, fig. 22.
Salon des Independents, Paris, 24 March-30 April 1905, no. 30. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
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.
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together over 2,500 contemporary artworks that were distributed throughout the nation
Oldenburg, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1969, no. 108, repro. 1991 Art for the Nation
