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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Cézanne in Provence
Closed May 7, 2006
Renaissance to Rococo
Closed May 7, 2006
Nicholas Nixon
Closed February 20, 2006
Four women are standing on a beach. They are dressed in various casual outfits and are positioned closely together. The women's features and clothing are described against the backdrop of a clear beach with the sea in the background. The shadows of the women are visible on the sand behind them.
Audubon's Dream Realized
Closed March 26, 2006
Masterpieces in Miniature
Closed March 26, 2006
Pieter Claesz
Closed December 31, 2005
A jumble of pewter plates and a pitcher, glass goblets, a gold chalice, a brass candlestick, and other vessels along with lemons, olives, and the remains of a mince pie are arranged on a cream-white tablecloth bunched on a dark green tabletop in this square still life painting. The scene is painted almost entirely in shades of cool grays, gold, brown, and white against a deep beige background. The objects span width of the canvas across its center. At the left edge of the painting, a vibrant yellow lemon has been cut so its rind curls in a spiral that hangs over the front edge of the table. Behind the lemon, a scissor-like candle snuffer is propped against the wide ledge of the tall brass candlestick, its white candle nearly burned down. A few glistening olives sit in a small pewter plate, and one olive sits on the tabletop near the lemon and candlestick. A glass goblet with a wide stem with textured knubs rests upended on an elaborately chased, gold, footed vessel that has been tipped over so its wide shallow bowl faces away from us. The tall pewter pitcher behind this is dented on its rounded body. The lidded gold chalice next to the jug is the tallest object in the painting. Next to the chalice, along the right half of the painting, is a glass oil cruet with a long, curving spout, a tall, cylindrical vessel holding a small pile of salt, and a straight-sided, low glass holding beer. In front of these objects, an untouched bread roll and knife sit on a pewter plate at the center of the composition. The remains of the mince pie with its pastry crust sit on a large pewter plate to our right. In front of it is a smaller plate holding a broken goblet and a piece of black and white paper rolled into a cone. A few empty oyster shells sit on the table to the left and right, near the lemons and mince pie. The artist signed and dated the painting along the edge of the white cloth near the lower right corner: “HEDA 1635.”
Monumental Sculpture from Renaissance Florence
Closed February 26, 2006
The Origins of European Printmaking
Closed November 27, 2005
The Prints of Félix Buhot
Closed February 20, 2006
The image shows a landscape with a path leading to a body of water. Vegetation lines the path, and there are small human-made structures and boats in the distance. The sky is filled with detailed clouds, adding movement to the scene. The color scheme is brown and sepia tones.
Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art
Closed February 26, 2006
Asher B. Durand's "Kindred Spirits"
Closed January 1, 2007
Irving Penn
Closed October 2, 2005

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