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"To found a portrait gallery in the 1960s," Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley said, was difficult because "American portraiture has already reached the zenith in price and the nadir in supply." [1] Ripley, whose leadership of the Smithsonian began in 1964, was a strong supporter of the new museum, however. He encouraged the museum's ...
This record is part of the Catalog of American Portraits, a research archive of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Permission to reproduce images (if available) must be obtained from the portrait owner. Unfortunately, the Catalog of American Portraits does not always have current ownership information.
The Archives of American Gardens (known colloquially as AAG) is an archive dedicated to preserving documentation and content related to gardens in the United States. Established in 1992, the Archives are located in Washington, D.C. , United States, and are maintained by Smithsonian Gardens , a unit of the Smithsonian Institution .
The American Art/Portrait Gallery branch of the Smithsonian Libraries is on the 2nd floor. Photo ID and pre-registration for the event are required. Organizers Wikimedia DC & the Smithsonian Institution. Contact Diane Shaw at ShawD (at) si.edu with questions. Hashtag #WLL
The National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum reopened on July 1, 2006. [34] [35] The total cost of the building's renovation was $283 million. In 2007, following its conclusion, Washington Post critic Philip Kennicott called the courtyard a "compelling and peaceful public space". Historic preservationists, he observed, were ...
The Black Fan: Portrait of Mrs. Talcott Williams (Sophia Wells Royce Williams), by Thomas Eakins (1891), Philadelphia Museum of Art. Sophia Wells Royce Williams (1850 – 1928) was an American civic activist, philanthropist, and photographer, who with her husband, Talcott Williams, donated a substantial collection of Moroccan ceramics and other materials to the Smithsonian Institution and the ...
Joel Chandler Harris, c. 1914, watercolor on ivory, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. In Atlanta, she lived across the street from Wren's Nest, [2] the home of author and journalist Joel Chandler Harris, who wrote the Uncle Remus stories and shared his stories with her and her sister, [3] [5] Willie Marion Stanton. [6]
Dana Tai Soon Burgess (born February 26, 1968) is an American choreographer and dancer. [1] In May 2016 Burgess was named the Smithsonian's first-ever choreographer in residence at the National Portrait Gallery.