Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: 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‘

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.

Born in 1844 to a working-class family in Laval, France, Henri Rousseau worked briefly for a lawyer and served a stint in the military before taking a position at a French customs post in 1868; the nickname “ Le Douanier “ (the customs inspector) remained with him even after his retirement in 1893.
Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal, 1994, no. 42, repro. 1998 Gifts to the Nation

From a distance of ten feet or so, Monet’s brushstrokes blend to yield a convincing view of the Seine and the pleasure boats that drew tourists to Argenteuil. Up close, however, each dab of paint is distinct, and the scene dissolves into a mosaic of paint—brilliant, unblended tones of blue, red, green, yellow.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 83, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation

Oudry was the leading painter of still-life and hunting scenes in France during the first half of the eighteenth century. Much admired by Louis XV, he portrayed favorite royal hounds and painted scenes of the king riding to the hunt, which was the monarch’s sporting passion.
Conisbee, published in the National Gallery of Art exhibition catalogue, Art for the Nation

Associated Names Jeffrey Gibson Artist, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee Nation

America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.

Join award-winning poet María Fernanda for an in-gallery poetry writing workshop inspired by the exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985.
at the Brooklyn Museum’s American Art Galleries for the exhibition Soul of a Nation