The first retrospective of Lucio Fontana in the United States in more than four decades will include sculptures, paintings, ceramics, drawings, and environments made between 1929 and 1968, in a reassessment of the artist’s legacy.
—Washington Post ". . . unexpectedly contemporary . . ."
The Kamakura and Nanbokucho eras were remarkable for the shift that occurred in the Japanese aesthetic. The highly refined sensibilities of the superceded aristocracy did not interest the new patrons.
Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1988.
Illustrator: Jacob Lawrence (American, Atlantic City, New Jersey 1917–2000 Seattle, Washington
Kahn, and Roger Wolfe Kahn , New York (until 1949; donated to MMA) Washington, DC
Join curators Sylvia Yount, Medill Higgins Harvey, Adrienne Spinozzi, Amelia Peck, Alyce Perry Englund, Stephanie L. Herdrich, Thayer Tolles, Patricia Marroquin Norby, and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen along with Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and CEO as the American Wing celebrates its 100th anniversary with a reinstallation of its extensive collection of art and design.
George Washington (begun 1795). Oil on canvas.
One of the most visually striking period rooms in the American Wing, the Richmond Room offers a curated suggestion of the grandeur of early-nineteenth-Âcentury domestic life for wealthy Americans.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Reclaiming Ancient Egypt in the Neighborhood’s Transit System
Left: George Washington Carver (American, ca. 1864–1943). Dr.
Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2010, pp. 47-69.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
American Studies, and Assistant Professor of History, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington
Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High speaks with author Kathryn Calley Galitz about her new book, a landmark survey of The Met’s painting collection.
masterpieces without including such immensely popular works as Emanuel Leutze’s Washington
