Portrait of a Man by Hans Leonard Schäufelein https://www.nga.gov/artworks/73-portrait-man
Cambridge, Mass., 1936: 54, no. 201, pl. 36. 1937 "Mellon Offers Nation $19,000,000
Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Nation
The Corinthian Maid by Joseph Wright https://www.nga.gov/artworks/61396-corinthian-maid
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969-1970, no. 10, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Marsden Hartley | National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/artists/1375-marsden-hartley
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.
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
A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts | National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/research/center/programs/mellon-lectures
Mellon, the museum’s founder, who gave the nation his art collection and funds
Portraits | National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/artworks/portraits
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
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.
Classic Landscape by Charles Sheeler https://www.nga.gov/artworks/105596-classic-landscape
Charles Sheeler was a master of both painting and photography, and his work in one medium influenced and shaped his work in the other.[1] In 1927, he was commissioned to photograph the Ford Motor Company’s new River Rouge Plant near Detroit. Then the world’s largest industrial complex, employing more than 75,000 workers, the plant produced Ford’s Model A, successor to the famed Model T.
[1] This overview is adapted from text previously published in Art for the Nation