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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Thomas Moran's Watercolors of Yellowstone
Closed January 27, 1985
John James Audubon
Closed March 10, 1985
This painting depicts several birds perched on ice with a mountainous backdrop. Different species of auk and guillemot birds are positioned on the icy shoreline, with a vast expanse of water and towering, snow-capped mountains in the background. The icy environment includes large chunks of ice on which the birds are resting or swimming nearby. Each bird has unique identifying features such as different body plumage patterns and beak shapes. The sky is a pale blue.
Index of American Design
Closed February 2, 1985
This painting depicts an angel in flight, facing the left and playing a trumpet. The angel's wings are spread out behind them, and their feet are extended out horizontally to the right. A small rod or post extends downward from the torso of the angel. The angel is entirely painted in shades of yellow, reddish-brown, and gray, reminiscent of weathered metal with patches of rust. Small rivets are visible at joints and edges of the angel, which appears to be comprised of small panels. The background of the painting is plain beige paper.
American Naïve Watercolors and Prints
Closed January 13, 1985
This painting depicts a landscape view from an elevated point, showing a village of white buildings with red and white roofs atop rolling green hills. The buildings are spread throughout the painting, with one white tower with a cross to the right of center. Thin brown paths and white fences crisscross the green land between the houses. The sky is overcast with light gray and hints of blue.
Renaissance Drawings from the Ambrosiana, 1370-1600
Closed October 27, 1984
The Orientalists: Delacroix to Matisse
Closed October 28, 1984
A woman wearing a sheer white blouse, short red and gold vest, and full-legged, patterned pants cinched below the knee lies back and looks at us with hooded eyes in this horizontal painting. Her shoulders lean back against an oversized white pillow, up along the right edge of the composition. Her body tips toward us, and her knees are bent so her feet are together in the lower left corner. Her right arm rests along the side of her body, and she props herself up with her other arm. That hand has a gold band on the ring finger. Her light skin is tinged with green on her face. Her head rolls slightly away from us so she looks down her cheeks at us with slitted, dark eyes through heavily lined lids. She has dark brows, and her rose-red lips are parted. The angle of her head creates a slight double chin. Gold hoops with dangling fringe or chains hang from her ears, and she wears three strands of dark beads around her neck. Her black hair is plaited in a thick braid that comes down over her left shoulder, closer to us. A cap made of gold-colored disks and red fringe sits on the far side of her head. The woman’s clothing is more loosely painted. We may see her breasts and pink nipples through her sheer, silver-gray tunic, which has long, voluminous sleeves. The short, bolero-style vest is strawberry red and gold, with narrow cap sleeves. A sea-blue sash around her waist is striped with overlapping burnt-orange and black lines. Her pants have flaring legs gathered with a button just below her knees. The pattern is of sage-green circles with swipes of rust-red in the center, suggesting flowers and vines against a black background. Her knees are spread open so her feet can barely be contained within the composition. Her teal-green slip-on shoes have the suggestion of flowers painted with dabs of yellow, black, and red, and a pompom atop each toe box. A red and gold cushion sits just beyond her feet. On it is a tray of oranges and an emerald-green jug. The pillow the woman leans on is propped against a short section of wall or piece of furniture painted with a border of roses. The room opens up beyond this, and has a turquoise and brown rug leading back to a cranberry-red sofa, on which a gray piece of fabric has been draped. The wall above is patterned with yellow and green diamonds and pink flowers against a laurel-green background. The artist signed the lower left, “A. Renoir. 70.”
Watteau: 1624-1721
Closed September 23, 1984
German Drawings from a Private Collection
Closed July 8, 1984
Mark Rothko
Closed August 5, 1984
Mark Tobey: City Paintings
Closed July 6, 1984
The Legacy of Correggio
Closed May 13, 1984
The image shows a drawing featuring five figures: three adults, a young child, and an infant. They are arranged in a composition around the infant, who lies centrally on a cloth. The infant is depicted nude and lying down with one hand slightly raised. An elderly man kneels close to the infant, while another elderly figure stands behind him with a staff. To the right, a woman is kneeling in a position of contemplation, and another woman is stooping over. The figures are wearing robes with soft, flowing lines, set against a plain background.
Caravaggio's Deposition from the Vatican
Closed April 29, 1984

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