Past Exhibition

American Naive Paintings from the Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch Collection

The painting features a scene showing men in a boat landing on a shore. The horizon is low, with larger sailing ships seen in the distance on the right, floating on the dark green water. The central boat has around eight men in it, all with tan skin and dark hair, dressed in bright garments in shades of red, blue, and gold. Many of them wear plumed helmets and have jewelry or badges adorning them. The boat is heading towards land on the left, and one man stands at the front of the boat, holding a white flag. The land on the left is green, with tall palm trees and a rocky gray mountain. People with dark skin can be seen in on the land in the distance, some climbing the mountain and others standing beneath trees. The sky is a gradient from pinkish-orange near the horizon to light blue at the top of the painting, with a few faint gray clouds.
Edward Hicks, The Landing of Columbus, c. 1837, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.13

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    West Building, Ground Floor Central Gallery
The painting features a scene showing men in a boat landing on a shore. The horizon is low, with larger sailing ships seen in the distance on the right, floating on the dark green water. The central boat has around eight men in it, all with tan skin and dark hair, dressed in bright garments in shades of red, blue, and gold. Many of them wear plumed helmets and have jewelry or badges adorning them. The boat is heading towards land on the left, and one man stands at the front of the boat, holding a white flag. The land on the left is green, with tall palm trees and a rocky gray mountain. People with dark skin can be seen in on the land in the distance, some climbing the mountain and others standing beneath trees. The sky is a gradient from pinkish-orange near the horizon to light blue at the top of the painting, with a few faint gray clouds.
Edward Hicks, The Landing of Columbus, c. 1837, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.13

Overview: Featuring 50 works from the Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch collection of the National Gallery of Art, this installation of 18th- and 19th-century American naive paintings included the work of artists who had little or no academic training in art. Featured were works by artists such as Erastus Salisbury Field, Edward Hicks, Joshua Johnson, Ammi Phillips, and William Matthew Prior. The paintings were temporarily de-installed during heating and ventilation maintenance in the West Building.

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