 Access NGA Classroom, an online compendium of electronic teaching resources where you will find dynamic in-depth studies of individual works, artists, and periods as well as online versions of teaching packets. We add new subjects regularly, so add NGA Classroom to your favorites. The online series "Art&" explores works of art from the National Gallery and incorporates national curriculum standards in English language arts, geography, history, mathematics, science, social studies, theater, and the visual arts. Visit these four "Art&" units: Art & Ecology, 19th-Century America in Art & Literature, Heroes & Heroines, and Greco-Roman Origin Myths.
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 Join area students on a field trip to the National Gallery of Art and discover the museum through their eyes and voices. This film was made to prepare students for a visit to the museum. Teachers of grades 2 through 6 are encouraged to view the film with their students prior to their visit.
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 In June 1867 Claude Monet went to Sainte-Adresse, a popular Normandy resort town, for an extended stay in his aunt's home. His visit lasted until nearly winter and proved to be a period of intense activity. "I have my work cut out for me," Monet wrote to his friend and fellow painter Frederic Bazille. "I have about 20 canvases well underway, some stunning seascapes and some figures and gardens, everything in short." Sainte-Adresse is one of the most striking paintings within this important group of works, and it is on view in the East Building, Ground Level.
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 Throughout his career Andrew Wyeth painted lonely rural landscapes, closely observed portraits, and crisp interior still lifes in a characteristically realistic style. Wyeth's close friends and neighbors, and their homes, were frequently the subjects of his intensely personal paintings. The Olsons and their farm were depicted repeatedly, particularly Christina Olson, shown in Christina's World, his most famous painting. Wind from the Sea is a scene from the top floor of the Olson house in Maine, overlooking the surrounding landscape. On view in the West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 71.
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 Using the rich collections of the National Gallery, this 10-session program introduces high school art students to the study of art history, art-making techniques, and museum careers. Participants learn about art and the museum by discussing original works in the galleries, researching themes of their choice, and interacting with other art students. Behind-the-scenes visits with museum professionals introduce career possibilities. Further information about this partnership between the National Gallery of Art and schools in the Washington metropolitan area is available online.
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 The Gallery offers a positive and welcoming learning environment for school groups. Our tours, led by skilled docents, emphasize careful observation and an open exchange of ideas and interpretations. Students are given the time and space to explore original objects in an informal learning setting that supports critical thinking and visual literacy skills. A variety of teaching strategies—such as sketching, creative writing, and group activities—meets the needs and interests of a range of learners. Docents consult with teachers to ensure that thematic tours enhance, support, and extend classroom learning and curriculum objectives. Program descriptions, pre-visit materials, and tour request forms are available online.
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 On our Web site children and parents may access issues of "Inside Scoop," printable PDF guides that take a closer look at objects in the Gallery's collection. These introductions examine a work from four different angles—offering context for the object and its artist, color images, questions and quotes for further contemplation and discussion, and activities. Each issue also includes the "book nook," which lists recommendations for further reading. The issues focus on objects from the Italian Renaissance to contemporary art, and from shields to canvases to fluorescent light sculptures.
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 "Food for Thought" is a seminar-style luncheon discussion of art history readings followed by a gallery tour of relevant art. This month's sessions (September 9 and 23) focus on Saint Mary Magdalen and her lore in The Golden Legend, a popular medieval collection of hagiographies by Jacobus de Voragine. Further information and registration are accessible online.
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 Plan your visit to the Gallery with the help of the September Calendar of Events. Schedules of films, lectures, gallery talks, family activities, and concerts provide details about each event. Please check back often for the most up-to-date information, as new events are regularly added.
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 In addition to our timeline of Gallery history, "Today in Gallery History," a daily posting, features a notable Gallery event from the last 80 years.
September 1
On September 1, 1963, the National Gallery of Art announced that The Bookseller's Wife by Spanish painter Francisco de Goya had been bequeathed to the museum by Mrs. P. H. B. Frelinghuysen of Morristown, New Jersey. The painting, which was immediately placed on display, had been purchased by Mrs. Frelinguysen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer of New York, at the end of the nineteenth century. |
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