WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art, Washington, recently acquired American painter Thomas Moran’s Green River Cliffs, Wyoming, 1881, a gift of the Milligan and Thomson Families. It was ten years after his first trip west in 1871 that Moran co…
"Gauguin Maker of Myth" Sheds New Light on Artist and Career at National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- Paul Gauguin’s (1848–1903) sumptuous, colorful images of Brittany and the islands of the South Seas, some of the most beloved in modern art, are among 100 works by the artist in the first major exhibition of his career in the Unit…
Overview of Jasper Johns’ Career Opens at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art
VALENCIA.- Exhibitions devoted to Jasper Johns are rare in general and even less frequent in Europe. The show that the IVAM is now presenting, featuring about a hundred works, consists of pieces that range over fifty years of one of the most enthrallin…
One of the Oldest Surviving Gondolas Now on View at National Gallery of Art in Washington
WASHINGTON, DC.- One of the oldest surviving gondolas from Venice is now on view on the mezzanine of the East Building at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. It will complement the exhibition Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals, on view from February…
Two Masterpieces by Hendrick ter Brugghen to Be Together for First Time at the National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art welcomes the Allen Memorial Art Museum of Oberlin College’s Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene (1625) by Hendrick ter Brugghen. The painting will be the focal point of Larger Than Life: Ter Brugghen’s Saint Seb…
Two Masterpieces by Hendrick ter Brugghen to Be Together for First Time at the National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art welcomes the Allen Memorial Art Museum of Oberlin College’s Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene (1625) by Hendrick ter Brugghen. The painting will be the focal point of Larger Than Life: Ter Brugghen’s Saint Seb…
Frick Collection Announces an Exhibition of Developments in Picasso’s Drawings
NEW YORK, NY.- Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) is generally acknowledged to be the greatest draftsman of the twentieth century. The Frick Collection, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., have co-organized an exhibition for 2011&#…
"Charles Marville" Exhibition and New Discoveries Announced by National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The first exhibition in the United States and the very first scholarly catalogue on the renowned 19th-century French photographer Charles Marville will present recently discovered, groundbreaking scholarship informing his art, includin…
"Charles Marville" Exhibition and New Discoveries Announced by National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The first exhibition in the United States and the very first scholarly catalogue on the renowned 19th-century French photographer Charles Marville will present recently discovered, groundbreaking scholarship informing his art, includin…
Collection of American Furniture, Paintings and Works on Paper Acquired by the National Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC.- One of the largest and most refined collections of early American furniture in private hands, as well as major Dutch paintings, American paintings, and works on paper, including some 40 floral watercolors by Redouté, acquired with gre…