Experience some of the most vital art in the world at the National Gallery of Art, a renowned, free art museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Fauvism is a style of painting and an art movement that emerged in France at the beginning of the 20th century. It was the style of les Fauves, a group of moder...
Uncover Washington DC's rich history at its top 20 cultural museums, offering immersive experiences and insights into diverse heritage.
Rembrandt Peale - Washington before Yorktown, 1824 at National Gallery of Art Washington DC
Vermeer at the National Gallery of Art
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Here's my guide to visiting the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. I give you an overview of the museum's history and extensive collections. I identify and analyze 30 of the top masterpieces you can't miss, from both the East Wing and the West Wing. I also give you must know tips for visiting the NGA. The NGA is the #1 attraction in Washington D.C., especially for art lovers.
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East Wing National Gallery of Art in Washington DC
The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC houses one of the finest collections of paintings and sculptures in the world.
See the powerful paintings of the women who went to Paris and refused to be silenced by the male-dominated art world.
Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet, which was organized by Klaus Ottmann and Dorothy Kosinki for The Phillips Collection, Washington DC. (February 9–May 23, 2013) and is currently at the Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, New York (July 21–October 27, 2013), is — for many reasons — both long overdue and a game changer. For one thing, it brings Alfonso Ossorio back into view.
Experience some of the most vital art in the world at the National Gallery of Art, a renowned, free art museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
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Frederic Bazille - Bazille's Studio or The Studio on the Rue La Condamine, 1870 (Detail) (Musee d'Orsay Paris France) at Frederic Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism exhibit at National Gallery of Art Washington DC (Exhibit Catalog)
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Experience some of the most vital art in the world at the National Gallery of Art, a renowned, free art museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
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Paul Cezanne - Montagne Saint-Victories from near Gardanne, 1887 at National Gallery of Art Washington DC
The most powerful outsider artworks in Outliers and American Vanguard Art at the National Gallery of Art evoke ideals about all artists: the belief, for example, that they are distinct from non-artists.
Gustave Caillebotte - Man on a Balcony Boulevard Haussmann, 1880 (detailed - Private Collection) viewed at The Painter's Eye Exhibit at National Gallery of Art Washington DC Taken from the exhibit catalog
We all know and love Pierre-Auguste Renoir as a preeminent painter of people, but often overlook his landscapes. This is a mistake for, as Renoir Landscapes: 1865-1883 illustrates, the artist originally developed his superbly innovative color palette and loose brushwork in the freedom of the outdoors.
Oil on canvas; 64.8 x 81 cm. Georges Braque was the son of a painting contractor who was also a Sunday painter. He had his first art lessons from his father. Braque then studied at the school of Fine Arts in Le Havre before going to Paris, where he studied with Bonnat and discovered African, Egyptian, and Greek sculpture at the Louvre. Braque was also influenced by the Impressionists and by his contemporaries, Matisse and Derain, whose Fauve movement he joined in about 1905. Even in this period, his works showed characteristics of his later styles, for he painted some works in monochrome, using angles as well as curves, with a flatter, more transparent pigment than that of his colleagues. By 1907, the architectural influence of Cezanne had asserted itself and Braque, with Picasso, founded the Cubist movement. He began to paint in muted colors and in the geometrical patterns, inverted perspective, and overlapping volumes associated with Cubism. Picasso and Braque worked closely together, until the outbreak of World War I, sometimes producing works so similar that the two artists themselves could not tell which one had painted. They also cooperated on both the analytical and synthetic stages of Cubism. Braque was mobilized into the French Army in 1914, and a head wound he received in 1915 made him temporarily blind so that he could not paint again until 1917. He began to develop a new and more personal style, using a brighter palette and freer manner that is less angular and more luminous. By 1931 he had found a marvelous balance between intelligence and sensitivity, technique and inspiration. Braque painted a world that combines harmonious shadings of color, sinuous line, and more rounded form, with the multiple points of view and inverted space of Cubism. The most ordinary dull colors became resonant on his canvases: white is translucent; black, full of light. The resulting landscapes, figure paintings, and still lives, display lucidity, intellectuality, and restrained emotion. These qualities prompted the French government to proclaim him the "most French of all French artists of his generation."
Edgar Degas - Girl in Red, 1866 National Gallery of Art Washington DC
