Saida by Kees van Dongen https://www.nga.gov/artworks/106381-saida
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 44, repro. 1998 Gifts to the Nation
Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Nation
Our History | National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/about-us/our-history
museum on behalf of his father to President Roosevelt, who accepted the gift for the nation
Vertical Constellation with Bomb by Alexander Calder https://www.nga.gov/artworks/92729-vertical-constellation-bomb
Alexander Calder’s interest in astronomy and the cosmos led him to create a series of delicate works he called Constellations. This is the most complex one.
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1998, no. 177, color repro. 2000 Art for the Nation
My Family by George Bellows https://www.nga.gov/artworks/61353-my-family
During the summer of 1916 George Bellows and his family vacationed in Camden, Maine, and Bellows began to experiment with plein air portraiture in which he attempted to integrate the human figure with the outdoors. He produced two nearly identical versions of a monumental portrait of his wife and two daughters that summer:
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, 1984, fig. 15. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Reclining Female Nude by Elizabeth Catlett https://www.nga.gov/artworks/195245-reclining-female-nude
Art for the Nation no. 65 (Spring 2022): 7, Fig. 6.
Niagara, Frederic Edwin Church | National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/node/856156
Sara Capen of the Niagara Falls [National] Heritage Area and associate curator of American and British paintings Sarah Cash explore the hidden stories of freedom-seekers behind Church’s painting of a North American landmark.
he knew that Americans at this time viewed this place as the symbol of the new nation
Head Chief of the Iowas | National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/educational-resources/19th-century-america-art-literature/head-chief-iowas
Mounds and remains of which are all plain to be seen . . . the existence of which no Nation
Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet https://www.nga.gov/artworks/61379-woman-parasol-madame-monet-and-her-son
The artist’s wife Camille stands on a hill with their son Jean behind her. Monet worked quickly to record this moment.
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs.
Boy in a Red Waistcoat by Paul Cezanne https://www.nga.gov/artworks/93044-boy-red-waistcoat
This painting evokes the art of the past only to break boldly with its conventions. The boy is posed like an aristocrat in a 16th-century Italian portrait.
Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, no.24, repro. 1991 Art for the Nation
The Fall of Man by Hendrick Goltzius https://www.nga.gov/artworks/95659-fall-man
In about 1600, Hendrick Goltzius, who was famous across Europe for his extraordinary abilities as a draftsman and printmaker, turned his talents to painting. In 1616 he painted this magnificent image of Adam and Eve reclining in the Garden of Eden like mythological lovers.
Exhibition History 2000 Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National