We knew that there would come a period in the history of this nation when our strong
Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 47. 2000 Art for the Nation
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
Gerrit van Honthorst (1592–1656) has long been considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. After training in Utrecht, he traveled to Italy around 1615, where he embraced the radical stylistic and thematic ideas of Caravaggio.
Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 50 (Spring 2014): 2-19, repro. 2015 "Art for the Nation
Postdoctoral Fellow, September 2023–October 2024 Forms of Feeling: Collecting the Nation
Paris, 1925: 189. 1944 "Kress Makes Important Donation of French Painting 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.
1904-1912, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 1997, no. 18, repro. 1998 Gifts to the Nation
Meet the country’s leading painters who developed their own style of modern art.
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