The Virgin Annunciate by Giovanni di Domenico https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1471-virgin-annunciate
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Nation
Antony Valabrègue by Paul Cezanne https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52389-antony-valabregue
Working diligently to find his artistic voice in the first decade of his career, Cézanne often prevailed upon friends and relatives to act as models in his studio on the family estate in Aix-en-Provence. The poet and art historian Antony Valabrègue, who grew up with Cézanne in Aix, sat for the young artist several times in the 1860s.
Español de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, 1984, no. 3, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Miss Juliana Willoughby by George Romney https://www.nga.gov/artworks/111-miss-juliana-willoughby
Juliana Willoughby stands quietly but alertly, engaging the viewer with her direct, slightly questioning gaze. The blended harmonies of the pinks, whites, and creams of her skin tones, her dress, and her shining wisps of fine hair evoke not just Juliana, but the essence of all little girls of this age.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
Untitled by Donald Judd https://www.nga.gov/artworks/138771-untitled
Less a movement than a set of crucially new ideas about the nature of artistic practice, minimalism has profoundly influenced the most important art of the last four decades. Donald Judd was minimalism’s philosopher, defining its principles through his work and writing, while disparaging the term.
Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 37 (Fall 2007): 14-15, repro. 2015 "Art for the Nation
Niagara by Frederic Edwin Church https://www.nga.gov/artworks/166436-niagara
Niagara , located on the homeland of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), is among the greatest natural wonders of North America. Beginning in the late 17th century, the site became a popular but challenging subject for European artists.
he knew that Americans at this time viewed this place as the symbol of the new nation
The Marquesa de Pontejos by Francisco Goya https://www.nga.gov/artworks/92-marquesa-de-pontejos
Trees, grass, and shrubbery, simplified almost to abstraction, set off the fragile, wasp–waisted figure of MarÃa Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, the Marquesa de Pontejos. Splendidly attired, she typifies those ladies of the Spanish aristocracy who affected the „shepherdess“ style of Marie Antoinette, so popular in pre–revolutionary France.
"The Mellon Gift to the Nation." Art News 35 (9 January 1937): 13.
Still Life with Sleeping Woman by Henri Matisse https://www.nga.gov/artworks/66424-still-life-sleeping-woman
Hirsch, Robert von Sotheby’s Mellon, Paul Exhibition History 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Four Dancers by Edgar Degas https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46597-four-dancers
Degas is famous for his depictions of ballerinas. This painting is one of his most perplexing examples.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
Dishes with Oysters, Fruit, and Wine by Osias Beert the Elder https://www.nga.gov/artworks/91389-dishes-oysters-fruit-and-wine
Around the turn of the 17th century, a number of Flemish painters presented sumptuous tabletop still lifes to delight the viewer, and none surpassed Osias Beert. The carefully crafted objects and expensive delicacies that he depicted celebrate a world of abundance and beauty in a style that shows off Beert’s mastery of textural effects and realistic detail.
Amsterdam; The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999-2000, no. 8, repro. 2000 Art for the Nation
The Impact of Inventions | National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/educational-resources/19th-century-america-art-literature/impact-inventions
car pulled by a horse, about nine thousand miles of railroad track crossed the nation