Past Exhibitions

Learn about past exhibitions going back as far as 1941 when the National Gallery of Art first opened to the public.

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September 11 - October 2, 1946
American Etchings, Woodcuts, and Lithographs in Memory of Addie Burr Clark
August 4 - December 15, 1946
"Made in America"
June 18 - December 8, 1946
Music in Prints
June 4 - 16, 1946
I Remember That
May 26 - July 28, 1946
Audubon Prints, "Birds of America"
An ocean-blue bird with a long body and a flax-yellow beak and legs stands in a lush landscape in this vertical color print. The image is printed on cream-colored paper with a wide margin around the edges. The bird stands with its body in profile facing our left on a low dirt mound. Its head is turned completely around to our right with its beak tilted down and one amber-yellow eye looking our way. Its tall legs are dotted with brown, and a long blue and brown plume drapes down from its back. Long, plum-purple feathers adorn its throat, and white feathers line the underside of its neck and head. The bird stands next to a tall plant to the right. Bare tree trunks float in a pewter-gray river that begins in the lower left and widens as it reaches the center. The river divides the bird from a grove of palm trees, bushes, and reeds painted in muted tones of green, yellow, and gray that almost fills the left side. Another grove of palms in tones of gray fills the center distance with bare, contorted tree trunks in the water before it. The print is inscribed outside the image in all four corners and the bottom center. The upper left reads, “No. 44” and the upper right reads, “Plate CCXVII.” The lower left reads, “Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon. F.R.S. F.L.S.” and the lower right reads, “Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, 1834.” The center inscription reads, “Louisiana Heron” printed in script and continues, “ARDEA LUDOVICIANA. Wils Male adult.”
May 14 - June 2, 1946
Fine Arts Under Fire
May 14 - September 8, 1946
The Life of Christ as Depicted in the Etchings of Rembrandt
Printed with black lines and deep, velvety shading on tan-colored paper, a man, Jesus, stands at the center of a crowd of more than two dozen people, mostly adults and a few children, in this horizontal etching and drypoint. Jesus is left of center. He stands facing us, but he turns his head to look to our left. Rays of light emanate from behind his head against the towering cave opening that surrounds him. His curly hair falls long over his shoulders, and he holds both hands out. His eyes are lightly incised, giving them an almost blurred look. A crowd of people lie or kneel to our right. Some use crutches or walking sticks, and some are on carts. All the people appear to have pale skin except for one with darker-toned skin to the right in this gathering. That person has a rounded nose, full lips, and wears an earring that gleams brightly in the deep shadows. A camel stands at the far side of this group under an arched opening. The people standing and one person sitting close to Jesus to the left are fully shaded, and those farther left are lightly outlined and sparsely shaded so they appear to be much lighter on the white paper. Close to Jesus are a woman holding a baby, a seated, clean-shaven young man, and several bearded men. Most of those who are along the left edge of the sheet wear turbans or floppy caps.

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