March 2007
In this Issue:

1. Eugene Boudin at the National Gallery of Art

2. States and Variations: Prints by Jasper Johns

3. "Less than an hour?" Building Tours

4. Lectures by Contemporary Artists Sean Scully and Mel Bochner

5. Additions to the Web Site Focus on Dutch Paintings

6. NGA Classroom: "Picturing France, 1830–1900"

7. March Calendar of Events

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1. Eugene Boudin at the National Gallery of Art

This special exhibition of 40 works by Eugene Boudin is presented in honor of Gallery benefactor Paul Mellon. The National Gallery's collection of paintings and drawings by Boudin, many acquired as gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Mellon, is one of the largest and most distinguished in this country. Among the works on display are pictures of tourists at fashionable resorts, views of the rural Brittany coast, and peasant laborers and port workers from Normandy.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/boudininfo.htm

2. States and Variations: Prints by Jasper Johns

The focus of this exhibition is 1st Etchings, 2nd State, a portfolio of 13 prints by Jasper Johns that was published in 1969. Also on view are prints and two sculpture reliefs, made before and after the 1969 portfolio, that present variations on the six featured motifs. In addition, annotated working proofs and trial proofs that the National Gallery has been acquiring from Johns' personal collection are incorporated throughout the show.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/jasperinfo.htm

3. "Less than an hour?" Building Tours

If you have only a short time to visit the National Gallery, two guides will help you find must-see works of art in the East Building or West Building in about an hour. Highlights in the East Building include works by Picasso, O'Keeffe, and Lichtenstein. Twelve of the most important works in the West Building range from Leonardo da Vinci's Ginevra de' Benci (c. 1474/1478) to Claude Monet's Rouen Cathedral, West Facade, Sunlight (1894).
http://www.nga.gov/collection/pdf/ebhighlights.pdf (East Building)
http://www.nga.gov/collection/pdf/wbhighlights.pdf (West Building)

4. Lectures by Contemporary Artists Sean Scully and Mel Bochner

The Elson Lecture for 2007, "Persistence and Style," will be given by Sean Scully, who imbues his paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs with the poetic potential of geometry, light, and color. For the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture, "'Theory of Boundaries': A Conversation with Mel Bochner," Jeffrey Weiss, curator and head of modern and contemporary art, will interview Mel Bochner. This discussion honors the Gallery's acquisition of Bochner's wall painting Theory of Boundaries (1969–1970).
http://www.nga.gov/programs/lecture.htm#mar08 (Scully)
http://www.nga.gov/programs/lecture.htm#mar11 (Bochner)

5. Additions to the Web Site Focus on Dutch Paintings

The National Gallery's Web site now features new images and texts for 17 Dutch paintings in the collection: including Jan de Bray, Head of Small Boy, Adriaen Coorte, Still Life with Asparagus and Red Currants, Nicolaes Maes, Portrait of a Lady, Frans Snyders, Still Life with Grapes and Game, Willem van de Velde the Younger, Ships in a Gale, Jacob van Walscapelle, Still Life with Fruit, and Emanuel de Witte, The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam.
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=92459+0+none (De Bray)
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=122377+0+none (Coorte)
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=118167+0+none (Maes)
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=131508+0+none (Snyders)
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=111836+0+none (Van de Velde)
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=116260+0+none (Van Walscapelle)
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=127783+0+none (De Witte)

6. NGA Classroom: "Picturing France, 1830–1900"

"Picturing France, 1830–1900" is a learning resource intended primarily for middle and upper grade levels. It takes a multifaceted look at 19th-century painting in France and at the culture that both produced and is reflected in that art. Organized by region, it provides a quick glance at the setting, history, and cultural life of the country, in addition to a more in-depth examination of more than 50 works of art.
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/france

7. March Calendar of Events

Plan your visit to the Gallery with the help of the March Calendar of Events. Schedules of films, lectures, gallery talks, family activities, and concerts are listed along with detailed information about each event.
http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/calendar.htm