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"Edward Steichen: Portraits"
- 2008-04-10
Open at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery April 11--Sept. 1 WASHINGTON -- "Edward Steichen: Portraits" examines two distinct portrait styles of Edward Steichen (1879-1973): the soft-focus images from his early years in photography, and the bold, modern images from his time at Vanity Fair magazine. The exhibition is drawn...
Funding of portrait criticized
- 2008-01-05
WASHINGTON AP -- The recently retired director of the National Museum of the American Indian spent $48,500 in museum funds to commission a portrait of himself and selected a non-Indian artist to create it, a newspaper reported Friday. The portrait of W. Richard West Jr. by New York...
There's an art to not taking life for granted
- 2006-05-03
I was wandering through the Smithsonian the other day, taking in the world of Grant Wood, the painter who gave us American Gothic, the iconic portrait of an Iowa man and woman in front of their farmhouse, pitchfork in his hand. The exhibit, which is on display at the...
Quote of the Week
- 2006-05-01
"I'm surprised [the Smithsonian] did a portrait of Hillary. I thought maybe an ice sculpture would have been more appropriate." -Jay Lena, "The Tonight Show," April 26, 2006.
National Portrait Gallery to Unveil Clintons' Portraits April 24
- 2006-04-20
News Advisory: WHAT: Unveiling of Clintons portraits -- National Portrait GalleryWHEN: Monday, April 24 Press to arrive at 6:30 p.m. Program begins at 7 p.m. MEDIA PLEASE NOTE: The throw for cameras at the event will be 60 feet away from the stage. Please bring appropriate equipment and lenses. A...
Old West vivid in artist's work
- 2005-08-21
NEW YORK -- George Catlin's lurid painting of Mandan Indians undergoing an excruciating ritual caused a sensation among 19th- century audiences eager for news about the Wild West. The youths in loincloths are depicted hanging by cords attached to wooden splints that pierce their shoulders and chests, their...
OKC Events December 4, 2003
- 2003-12-04
George Washington not only served his country as a soldier in the French and Indian War but also served as the first president of the United States, starting in 1789 and ending his service in 1797. He was considered the person most responsible in the war for independence. As...
Catlin and the Indians.(George Catllin)
- 2002-12-01
George Catlin visited American Indian tribes of the Great Plains during the 1830s to capture in paint images of the people and their way of life before it was too late. Now his monumental Indian Gallery can again be seen. The year 1828 was...
Getting Out & About.(SunBurst)
- 2002-10-25
An exhibit from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington features 50 portraits of renowned Americans by equally famous artists. It is showing through Jan. 5 at the Elmhurst Art Museum. In honor of the exhibit, "Eye Contact: Modern American Drawings from the National...
Into the wild: for the first time in more than a century, the Smithsonian Institution will share artist George Catlin's enduring portrait of America in the 1830s, comprising his many captivating paintings of Indian tribes and landscapes of the untamed Wes
- 2002-09-30
The year 1826 was a big one in the life of 30-year-old George Catlin. Three years earlier he had sold his law books and abandoned a promising career in law to devote himself to art. He painted portraits, often in miniature, in Philadelphia. Sometimes he portrayed the great: Catlin's portrait...
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