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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Richard Misrach
Closed September 1, 2008
Medieval to Modern
Closed November 2, 2008
Drawings of Town and Country
Closed November 1, 2008
Tools of the Trade
Closed June 7, 2008
Max Ernst
Closed September 6, 2008
In the Forest of Fontainebleau
Closed June 8, 2008
Impressed by Light
Closed May 4, 2008
Bronze and Boxwood
Closed May 4, 2008
Faces and Figures
Closed May 1, 2008
Five sketches in brown ink are spaced around a vertically oriented sheet of paper. In the top left quadrant, a bearded man faces our right in profile. He has short, curly hair, a deeply lined face, a pronounced underbite, and the tip of his long nose points down. Two independent, wrinkle-lined eyes are sketched in the top right quadrant of the page. Below are two drawings of women with their shoulders angled away from us to the right. Near the bottom left and smaller in scale, a woman looks over her shoulder at us with a slight smile on her lips. In the bottom right quadrant, a woman with her hair pulled back under a snood looks to our right in profile with her chin tipped up. The neckline of both women’s bodices dip across the shoulder blades in the back. The paper is speckled with faint brown stains and spots.
The Baroque Woodcut
Closed March 30, 2008
Let the World In
Closed March 30, 2008
The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson
Closed December 31, 2007

249 images by unknown photographers were shown in this survey of snapshots from the time the Kodak camera and roll film were introduced in 1888 through the 1970s. Works in the exhibition were selected from the collection of Robert E. Jackson and from his recent gifts to the National Gallery of Art.

The image is a collage of twelve circular photographs, each featuring different scenes from a picnic in 1889. In the top row, the first photograph displays an outdoor setting with a horse-drawn carriage and a group of people. The second and third photographs show individuals framed within a porch area; one is sitting upright while the other is lounging on a chair. Moving to the middle row, group scenes feature women and men in outdoor, grassy areas, with women wearing long white dresses and wide-brimmed hats, typical of late 19th-century fashion. The men are sporting hats and dark suits. The backgrounds depict open fields with clear skies. The bottom row includes people engaging in outdoor activities, such as riding a bicycle and climbing over a wooden fence. The countryside provides a serene backdrop for these activities.

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