Meet the country’s leading painters who developed their own style of modern art.
At that time, the nation struggled with the corrupt regime of Jean-Claude “Baby
1904-1912, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 1997, no. 18, repro. 1998 Gifts to the Nation
Edward Hopper painted Cape Cod Evening in 1939 in Truro, a small fishing village on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The artist stated:
Gifts to the Nation from Mr. and Mrs.
In 1899 an unknown photographer documented the interior of a cotton gin operation in Dahomey, Mississippi. The image reveals the challenging and stifling work of processing raw cotton in the humidity of the southern United States. In the foreground, African Americans pack and press cotton into a massive bale.
Resource Educational Resource: Civil War and Its Aftermath In a time when the nation
Commissioned from the celebrated American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens in the early 1880s and dedicated as a monument in 1897, The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial has been acclaimed as the greatest American sculpture of the 19th century. The memorial commemorates the valiant efforts of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the men of the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first Civil War regiments of African Americans enlisted in the North.
Art for the Nation no. 68 (Spring 2024): 5, repro.
In this Arcadian portrait, Anthony van Dyck pictures Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, standing before a shimmering green drapery against a rocky backdrop, while holding a shepherd’s houlette in the crook of his arm. His regal pose and his sumptuous attire with its rich golden-yellow, purple, and emerald tones convey both grace and elegance, while his gaze exudes self-confidence.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
. 120, repro. 1944 „Kress Makes Important Donation of French Painting to the Nation
Through the 1920s, Matisse stayed in Nice from late fall to early spring of each year, while his wife and family remained in Issy-les-Moulineaux outside Paris. Pianist and Checker Players is set in Matisse’s Nice apartment and shows the artist’s favorite model, Henriette Darricarère, and her two brothers.
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs.
Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Sandro Botticelli, a Florentine, painted several versions of the theme of the Adoration of the Magi. The Magi, or wise men, were particularly venerated in Florence, as one of the city’s leading religious confraternities was dedicated to them.
Mellon à la nation américaine.� Revue de l’arte ancien et moderne 71, no. 376
