Past Exhibition

American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a coastal scene with a perspective from the water. There are dark, billowing gray clouds above the horizon, and the sky is pale orange. Below, large sailboats are on the dark water, as well as some smaller rowboats and a few pieces of driftwood. The water reflects the ships and the colors of the sky. On the left is a low stone building on a bit of green land, and there is a green hill in the distance on the right, covered with houses and small buildings.
Thomas Chambers, Threatening Sky, Bay of New York, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1973.67.2

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    West Building, Central Gallery
This painting depicts a coastal scene with a perspective from the water. There are dark, billowing gray clouds above the horizon, and the sky is pale orange. Below, large sailboats are on the dark water, as well as some smaller rowboats and a few pieces of driftwood. The water reflects the ships and the colors of the sky. On the left is a low stone building on a bit of green land, and there is a green hill in the distance on the right, covered with houses and small buildings.
Thomas Chambers, Threatening Sky, Bay of New York, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1973.67.2

Overview: The 59 paintings on view were selected from the collection of naive American art given to the National Gallery by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.

Organization: Charles S. Moffett, senior curator and curator of modern painting, coordinated the exhibition.

Attendance: 232,959

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