When you think about the US West, what images and stories come to mind?
with the Spanish or French, but precipitated conflict with the hundreds of Native nations
protect art and monuments in war areas; and safeguarding works of art on loan from nations
„The Nation’s Newest Old Masters.“
See their paintings, sculptures, installations, and more—all new additions to our collection.
Smith Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nations
The Minnesota artist’s humanist, ecological pottery contains operating instructions for our shared survival.
d get donations of wild rice hulls from the White Earth and Red Lake Indigenous nations
This portrait by Cecilia Beaux portrays the artist’s cousin, Sarah Allibone Leavitt, dressed in white with her black cat on her shoulder. Beaux was recognized not only for her bold painting technique, but also for her ability to imbue her female subjects with wit and intelligence, rendering them more than just mere objects of beauty.
This Week in the Nation’s Capital 20, no. 33 (9 August 1942): 6, repro.
„The Nation’s Newest Old Masters.“
According to legend, John the Evangelist was exiled by the emperor Domitian to the Greek island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Titian shows the saint as if on the peak of a mountain, reacting in awe and astonishment to the voice of God (“I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.
„The Nation’s Newest Old Masters.“
Vincenzo Cappello stands in full armor, grasping the baton of command, in this portrait designed to express the authority of a venerable military leader who had passed a lifetime in the faithful service of the Venetian state. Cappello was a member of a Venetian patrician family, several of whose members pursued distinguished careers in the navy.
„The Nation’s Newest Old Masters.“
