The Death of the Earl of Chatham by John Singleton Copley https://www.nga.gov/artworks/34047-death-earl-chatham
Miami, 1993-1994, no. 22, repro. 2000 The Revolutionary War: Founding the New Nation
Miami, 1993-1994, no. 22, repro. 2000 The Revolutionary War: Founding the New Nation
Art for the Nation no. 65 (Spring 2022): 30-31, repro.
(brochure). 1991 Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of
With this terra-cotta statue, slightly under life-size, we encounter figures that demonstrate the beginnings of the Italian Renaissance admiration for the human body. Earlier statues in the collection, like the Pisan Annunciation pair, The Archangel Gabriel and The Virgin Annunciate, present the figure as a relatively simple and static form, with drapery arranged in graceful, decorative patterns that tell little about the body it covers.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
In this series, chefs, farmers, historians, scholars, and other thinkers share their takes on food, consumption, cooking, and eating.
in publications such as the New York Times, the Atlantic, Smithsonian, and the Nation
The self-taught artist Horace Pippin turned to art after his right arm was disabled by a sniper’s bullet while serving in the African American regiment known as the “Harlem Hellfighters� during World War I. After the war, Pippin settled in his hometown of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and by the late 1930s his work had attracted the interest of such notables as the artist N.
River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1977, no. 39, repro. 1991 Art for the Nation
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
car pulled by a horse, about nine thousand miles of railroad track crossed the nation
Mellon, the museum’s founder, who gave the nation his art collection and funds
Portraits represent people, either real or imagined, attempting to capture their appearance or essence. Some artists explored the human form and emotions through portraits of loved ones. Others made a living depicting wealthy or important people. And artists like Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh frequently used themselves as models.
And in the early decades of the United States, many artists represented the new nation