Spanish Dance by Edgar Degas https://www.nga.gov/artworks/110305-spanish-dance
Sculpture by Degas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1956. 1991 Art for the Nation
Sculpture by Degas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1956. 1991 Art for the Nation
Art for the Nation no. 68 (Spring 2024): 19, repro. 18.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
Gifts to the Nation from Mr. and Mrs.
Great America (1994) by Kerry James Marshall is the Gallery’s first painting by this major midcareer artist. A devoted student of the human figure and the history of art, Marshall draws upon the experience of African Americans to create imposing, contemporary history paintings.
Art for the Nation no. 68 (Spring 2024): 3, fig. 1, 4, 6, 7, fig. 6, 12, repro.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
learned about a real-life hero/heroine who brought about change in their community or nation
National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 11, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
The Index is made up of 18,257 watercolor works by some 1,000 artists. A Federal Art Project dating to the Great Depression, it sought to identify and preserve a national, ancestral aesthetic for the United States. The watercolors depict American folk and decorative arts objects from the colonial period through 1900.
Across the Nation We’re sending art across America.
Roses was painted shortly before Van Gogh’s release from the asylum at Saint–Rémy. He felt he was coming to terms with his illness—and himself.
Washington, D.C., 1980, no. 77, color repro., as Still Life, Roses. 1991 Art for the Nation