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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Kazimir Malevich 1878-1935
Closed November 8, 1990
George Caleb Bingham
Closed September 30, 1990
Sargent's Javanese Dancers
Closed September 30, 1990
The Sculpture of Indonesia
Closed November 4, 1990
Old Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Scotland
Closed September 23, 1990
Edvard Munch
Closed September 30, 1990
The image shows a person with only the upper part of their body visible. The individual is seated or standing upright, facing forward. Their facial features are lightly sketched, including dark eyes, a defined nose, and mouth, framed by dark hair. They wear a dark garment with a faint high collar, and a circular ornament or brooch at the neck. Vertical wood grain lines create a textured effect. To the left, there is a green-toned window with two panes, implying an interior setting. The background features dark tones, vertical striations, and scattered lines and dots in one corner.
Figures and Portraits from the Armand Hammer Collection
Closed November 11, 1990
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 Drawings of Jasper Johns
Closed July 29, 1990
The image shows a grid pattern with numbers ranging from 0 to 9 in each square.
Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Closed August 5, 1990
The Passionate Eye
Closed July 25, 1990
Gardens on Paper
Closed July 2, 1990
The image shows a park filled with people, viewed from slightly above. Trees, a building with a dome, and figures in warm earthy tones with hints of purple and pink are in the scene. Dynamic brushstrokes emphasize flowing lines. Closest to the viewer are people in elegant attire, some talking or walking. In the background, white sailboats are on a water body.
Matisse in Morocco
Closed June 3, 1990
Fields of elephant gray, coral orange, and turquoise surround a fan-like, abstracted palm frond near the center of this vertical, abstract painting. The fronds of the palm radiate like a starburst against unpainted, cream-white canvas. Three black, vertical bands spaced behind the palm suggest tree trunks, with the rightmost trunk dotted with spring green, perhaps representing moss or the leaves of a vine. The fields of gray to either side of the frond, the turquoise areas below the gray, and the coral at the bottom center are painted with visible brushstrokes, creating a mottled effect. Rounded turquoise forms above the gray are silhouetted against a field of pale blue, perhaps representing the sky along the top edge. A few pointed, oval leaves painted spring green with black outlines dip into the scene from the top of the composition. The artist signed the work in dark green paint in the lower right: “Henri-Matisse.”

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