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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Edvard Munch
Closed March 4, 1979
The image depicts abstract shapes, including two figures and various geometric elements, set against a backdrop of contrasting colors. On the left, there is a black figure and a red figure. The scene is set on a sandy ground with white and tan shapes. In the background, there is a curving green shape and a wavy blue line. To the right, there is a large yellow 'i'-shaped symbol with a dot above it.
The American Folk Art Tradition
Closed February 4, 1979
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Closed April 1, 1979
The Splendor of Dresden
Closed September 4, 1978
Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts
Closed August 13, 1978
This painting shows a tiger lying on the ground. The tiger's body is stretched out, facing the left. Its eyes are closed, and its head is resting on its paws. Its fur is painted in a rich orange with black stripes and areas of white on its face, chest, and legs. In the background, there are soft, gray-blue mountain ranges under a light blue sky. The ground the tiger lies on is an olive-green color, with sections of tan earth. The painting has fluid and loose brushstrokes.
Piranesi
Closed September 30, 1978
The image shows intricate lines and shapes creating elaborate arches and architectural structures. The drawing has a swirling and overlapping design that suggests chaotic motion within a grand structure. The abstract assembly resembles a grand cathedral or a palatial hall, with arches and columns akin to classical architecture. Figures and decorative flourishes are interspersed throughout, resembling statues or ornate carvings typical of an embellished building.
American Art at Mid-Century
Closed January 14, 1979
This iron, freestanding sculpture consists of two wheels connected by an upward curving axle, an abstract, carriage-like structure, and five wavy lines standing upright along the top. The wheels each have six spokes and thin rims. In this photograph, the upside-down, U-shaped axle is bolted to the left end of a horizontal strip of iron, which ends to the right with an oval loop. That end of the strip is supported by a tall, narrow, wedge-shaped piece of iron. Five thin iron strips are spaced evenly across the horizontal bar. The top edges are rounded, and they curve in shallow, angular S shapes. The sculpture stands on a pale pink, polished marble floor against a wall with textured gray marble blocks. The scale of the space shows that the sculpture is at least as tall as an average person.
Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art
Closed July 30, 1978
A jumble of abstracted objects, including a stringed instrument, tableware, and fruit, are gathered on a tabletop in this horizontal still life painting. The objects are made up of areas of mostly flat color in muted fawn brown, cream, bright white, fern green, slate gray, and black. Many forms are outlined in black, creating the impression that the some shapes are two-dimensional and assembled almost like a collage. To our left, a musical instrument, perhaps a lute, sits next to appears to be lined paper, perhaps abstracted sheet music, at the center of the composition. In front of the paper, two pieces of pale yellow fruit sit on a silver plate. A rolled up white napkin sits next to the plate in front of an urn and a jug. A steel-gray goblet sits to the left of the plate. The background behind the table is painted with zones of moss green, sky blue, and gray. The edges appear torn, as if the painting is done on a loose canvas or sheet of paper that was then affixed to a support. The surface of the painting is rough and appears scratched throughout, and looks as if paint had been applied when nearly dry. The artist signed and dated the painting in white near the lower left corner: “G Braque 28.”
The European Countryside
Closed March 19, 1978
Nineteenth-Century Toys
Closed March 19, 1978
The image shows a vintage toy train engine with a black body, red and blue front, red chimney, and green and blue cab with red detail. The wheels are brown. The color palette includes worn reds, blues, greens, blacks, and hints of gold due to oxidation. The train is positioned laterally, facing right. It displays the left side of its cab, main body, prominent rear wheels, and the smaller front part fading into the background.
French Prints by Twentieth-Century Masters
Closed November 20, 1977
Four people are depicted from the waist up, sitting closely together. Two younger individuals sit between two older figures, all wearing dark shawls and distinctively tied white caps with pink accents. The older individuals have prominent profiles with elongated noses, while the younger people have rounder faces. They have neutral expressions facing the sea. They are positioned against a backdrop that includes rustic stone huts with thatched roofs. On the left, there is a view of the sea behind some structures, and some green thistle-like plants are in the foreground.
Matisse
Closed October 24, 1977

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