Marsden Hartley was born on January 4, l877, in Lewiston, Maine, to English immigrant parents. In 1893 he moved with his family to Ohio, where he studied at the Cleveland School of Art.
Marsden Hartley: Race, Region, and Nation.
Cambridge, Mass., 1936: 54, no. 201, pl. 36. 1937 "Mellon Offers Nation $19,000,000
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969-1970, no. 10, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Hirsch, Robert von Sotheby’s Mellon, Paul Exhibition History 1986 Gifts to the Nation
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.
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
(shown only in New York). 1991 Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th
