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The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a historic art museum in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans. Along with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the museum is housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building .
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, DC, has acquired the earliest known photograph of a US first lady. The quarter-plate daguerreotype of former First Lady Dolley ...
Madeline Halpert - BBC News, New York. July 9, 2024 at 11:24 AM. The Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery has purchased what is believed to be the earliest ever photo of a US first ...
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's largest and most inclusive collections of art, from the colonial period to the ...
Before that, a portrait was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution. Years following its initial unveiling, the artist of the portrait, Nelson Shanks , revealed he added a subtle shadow on the left-hand side of the painting to reference the Monica Lewinsky scandal and how it was, "a metaphor in that it ...
July 12, 2024 at 11:22 AM. WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery welcomes a new exhibition in honor of James Baldwin. "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and ...
First Lady Michelle Obama, initially titled Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, is a portrait of former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, painted by the artist Amy Sherald. Unveiled in 2018, it hangs in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, D.C. The six-by-five-foot (1.8 by 1.5 m) oil-on-linen painting shows Obama ...
Oprah Winfrey is the latest icon to be honored with a painting in the National Portrait Gallery.. Joining the ranks of presidents, scientists, film stars and more, Winfrey's portrait in her honor ...