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Renoir had his girlfriend Lise Tréhot pose as the ancient Roman goddess Diana. He chose a mythological subject and painted it at grand scale in hopes of getting this picture into the largest art show of the time, the Salon.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
Adriaen Brouwer was one of the most expressive artists of the 17th century. His great contribution to genre painting was to give a face to the peasant, to infuse his images of these lower-class individuals with recognizable and vividly expressed human emotions—anger, joy, pain, and pleasure.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 8, fig. 16. 2000 Art for the Nation
The Minnesota painter merged abstract expressionism with traditional Ojibwe values.Â
artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation
[3] This analogy was made by Marla Prather in Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor
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
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.
. 120, repro. 1944 "Kress Makes Important Donation of French Painting to the Nation
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.
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.
