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August Belmont and Isabel Perry by Wouterus Verschuur

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August Belmont and Isabel Perry by Wouterus Verschuur

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El artista holandés Wouterus Verschuur, especialista en pintura de caballos, retrató a Belmont en La Haya con su cuñada, Isabella Bolton Perry, practicando el deporte de enganche ecuestre. En otro carruaje van su esposa, Caroline Slidell Perry (hija del héroe naval Matthew Perry), y na niña pequeña.

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George Washington Carver by Betsy Graves Reyneau

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George Washington Carver by Betsy Graves Reyneau

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Nacido esclavo, George Washington Carver superó la falta de recursos y la discriminación racial para obtener una educación. Creía que "si puedes hacer las cosas ordinarias de la vida de manera extraordinaria, lograrás la atención del mundo".

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Las posturas pacifistas y socialistas de Einstein lo hicieron blanco de la vigilancia del gobierno de EE.UU. Por considerarlo un riesgo para la seguridad, no lo invitaron a participar en el Proyecto Manhattan (1942-45), iniciativa secreta que produjo la primera bomba atómica del mundo.

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Object Details

Artist

John La Farge, born New York City 1835-died Providence, RI 1910

Gallery Label

La Farge's stained-glass windows reflect the Gilded Age fascination with medieval art and craftsmanship. The industrial revolution had made inexpensive, mass-produced glass available to anyone, but art glass remained an emblem of wealth and good taste. These windows were commissioned by Frederick Lothrop Ames, a railroad magnate who had them installed in the vast, baronial hall of his Boston house.

The tail feathers of the peacocks are made of bits of glass in the "broken jewel" technique; each peony blossom is a single piece of glass molded to catch the light differently through the day. La Farge layered his colored glass as a painter would build glazes of colors to achieve the right shade. For the composition, he borrowed from many cultures: the central panels with the bird and flower motif evoke Chinese and Japanese screens; the lower panels emulate Pompeian architecture; and the transoms above recall the tympanum above the door to a Romanesque cathedral.

Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006

Publication Label

This pair of stained-glass windows by John La Farge reflects the Gilded Age's fascination with medieval art and craftsmanship. These windows were commissioned by Frederick Lothrop Ames, a railroad magnate who had them installed in the vast, opulent hall of his Boston home. For this composition, La Farge borrowed from many cultures: the central panels evoke Chinese and Japanese screens; the lower panels emulate Pompeian architecture; and the transoms recall the tympanum above the door of a Romanesque cathedral.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Commemorative Guide. Nashville, TN: Beckon Books, 2015.

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Henry A. La Farge

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Decorative Arts-Glass

Medium

stained glass window

Dimensions

frame: 112 x 51 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (284.5 x 130.3 x 16.5 cm)

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Department

Decorative Arts

On View

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, East Wing

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Animal\bird\peacock

Object\flower\peony

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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Peacocks and Peonies I | Smithsonian Institution

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Artist John La Farge, born New York City 1835-died Providence, RI 1910 Gallery Label La Farge's stained-glass windows reflect the Gilded Age fascination with medieval art and craftsmanship. The industrial revolution had made inexpensive, mass-produced glass available to anyone, but art glass remained an emblem of wealth and good taste.

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The Chinese Fishmonger by Theodore Wores

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The Chinese Fishmonger by Theodore Wores

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The Chinese Fishmonger | Smithsonian Institution

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Inspirada en la cultura tradicional de México, Frida Kahlo desarrolló un estilo visionario de autorretrato. Combinando fantasía y realismo, dio forma visual al sufrimiento que le causó una lesión traumática y una vida entera de salud precaria, a la vez que exploraba políticas de género, clase y raza desde su perspectiva de comunista ferviente.

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Object Details

Artist

Everett Shinn, born Woodstown, NJ 1876-died New York City 1953

Gallery Label

Everett Shinn and many of his contemporaries spent their early years as newspaper illustrators, learning, as he said, to "observe...and get the job done." For The White Ballet, he used his reportorial eye and the compositional devices of Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec to capture what he called "the uptown life." Cropped views of the orchestra pit and the stage collapse the distance between the spectators and the show, and dramatic lighting puts the viewer in the thick of the action. At the turn of the twentieth century, theatres of all kinds thrived in America's cities, providing public arenas where the rich and the wage-earners alike could see and be seen. Shinn embraced the spectacle of urban life, and once said that although he often looked to "night courts, dives, docks and dance halls" for his subjects, the lives of the well-to-do and the "sweep of furs and swish of wild boas" provided his most exciting themes.Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the American Art Forum and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

29 1/2 x 36 3/4 in. (74.9 x 93.3 cm)

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Department

Painting and Sculpture

On View

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, East Wing

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure group

Performing arts\dance\ballet

Architecture Interior\civic\theater

Recreation\theater\ballet

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72e0899ff-ad45-4723-930b-4d5aab755e54

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The White Ballet | Smithsonian Institution

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Artist Everett Shinn, born Woodstown, NJ 1876-died New York City 1953 Gallery Label Everett Shinn and many of his contemporaries spent their early years as newspaper illustrators, learning, as he said, to "observe...and get the job done." For The White Ballet, he used his reportorial eye and the compositional devices of Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec to capture what he called "the uptown life."

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Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees by Charles Bird King

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Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees by Charles Bird King

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Object Details

Artist

Charles Bird King, born Newport, RI 1785-died Washington, DC 1862

Sitter

Little Missouri

War Eagle

Young Omahaw

Gallery Label

These Plains Indian chiefs were among many who traveled to Washington to meet with the president to negotiate their territorial rights with the government. At the White House, the Capitol, and in private homes, policymakers employed bribery, dazzle, and intimidation to win the cooperation of these men. In his Seventh Street studio, Charles Bird King painted their portraits, creating a gallery of allies in the government's plan to settle the Indian question peacefully.

War Eagle wears a presidential peace medal, valued by Native Americans as a sign of status and worn on all formal occasions. The artist painted the chiefs with a war axe, blood-red face paint, and eagle feathers atop their heads, reinforcing the romantic image of Indians as savages. One Englishman, however, saw them differently. He described them as "men of large stature, very muscular, having fine open countenances, with the real noble Roman nose, dignified in their manners, and peaceful and quiet in their habits."

Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Miss Helen Barlow

Object number

1985.66.384,222

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

28 in. x 36 1/8 in. (71.1 x 91.8 cm)

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Department

Painting and Sculpture

On View

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, South Wing

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Indian\Pawnee

Object\weapon\spear

Portrait male\bust

Portrait male\bust

Portrait male\bust

Record ID

saam_1985.66.384_222

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk796a394d4-52cc-41b4-ab23-f5072e04b7e3

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Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees | Smithsonian Institution

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Artist Charles Bird King, born Newport, RI 1785-died Washington, DC 1862 Sitter Little Missouri War Eagle Young Omahaw Gallery Label These Plains Indian chiefs were among many who traveled to Washington to meet with the president to negotiate their territorial rights with the government.

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First Lady Michelle Obama by Everett Shinn

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First Lady Michelle Obama by Everett Shinn

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Artist

Amy Sherald, born 1973

Sitter

Michelle Obama, born 17 Jan 1964

Medium

Oil on linen

Dimensions

Frame: 192.6 × 162.1 × 12.4 cm, 125lb. (75 13/16 × 63 13/16 × 4 7/8")

Stretcher: 183.2 × 152.7 × 7 cm (72 1/8 × 60 1/8 × 2 3/4")

Topic

Costume\Jewelry\Earring

Costume\Jewelry\Ring

Michelle Obama: Female

Michelle Obama: Law and Crime\Lawyer

Michelle Obama: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US

Portrait

Place

United States\Maryland\Baltimore Independent City\Baltimore

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg; Judith Kern and Kent Whealy; Tommie L. Pegues and Donald A. Capoccia; Clarence, DeLoise, and Brenda Gaines; Jonathan and Nancy Lee Kemper; The Stoneridge Fund of Amy and Marc Meadows; Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker; Catherine and Michael Podell; Mark and Cindy Aron; Lyndon J. Barrois and Janine Sherman Barrois; The Honorable John and Louise Bryson; Paul and Rose Carter; Bob and Jane Clark; Lisa R. Davis; Shirley Ross Davis and Family; Alan and Lois Fern; Conrad and Constance Hipkins; Sharon and John Hoffman; Audrey M. Irmas; John Legend and Chrissy Teigen; Eileen Harris Norton; Helen Hilton Raiser; Philip and Elizabeth Ryan; Roselyne Chroman Swig; Josef Vascovitz and Lisa Goodman; Eileen Baird; Dennis and Joyce Black Family Charitable Foundation; Shelley Brazier; Aryn Drake-Lee; Andy and Teri Goodman; Randi Charno Levine and Jeffrey E. Levine; Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, The Shenson Foundation; Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago; Arthur Lewis and Hau Nguyen; Sara and John Schram; Alyssa Taubman and Robert Rothman

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© National Portrait Gallery

Object number

NPG.2018.15

Exhibition Label

Born Chicago, Illinois

Michelle Obama remembers growing up on the South Side of Chicago and thinking, "being smart is cooler than anything in the world." After earning degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, she joined Sidley Austin LLP, where she met Barack Obama in 1989. Guided by the desire to improve her community, she left the firm in the mid-1990s to begin a career in public service. She directed community and external affairs for the University of Chicago Medical Center prior to moving to Washington in 2009.

During her husband's two presidential campaigns, Mrs. Obama delivered poignant speeches that centered on her family's commitment to serving others and highlighted the importance of her role as a parent. As first lady, she focused on women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, children's health, and military families.

Mrs. Obama selected Amy Sherald, winner of the 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, to create her official portrait for the museum. The artist considers the former first lady to be someone "women can relate to-no matter what shape, size, race, or color. . . . We see our best selves in her." Here, she portrays Mrs. Obama as both confident and approachable, in a dress by Michelle Smith's label Milly.

Nacida en Chicago, Illinois

Michelle Obama recuerda que, de niña, en el South Side de Chicago, pensaba que ser estudiosa era "lo más cool del mundo". Tras graduarse de la Universidad de Princeton y la Escuela de Derecho de Harvard, se unió a la firma Sidley Austin LLP, donde conoció a Barack Obama en 1989. Con el anhelo de mejorar su comunidad, renunció a la firma en los años noventa para hacer carrera en el servicio público. Antes de irse a Washington en 2009, fue directora de asuntos externos y comunitarios del Centro Médico de la Universidad de Chicago.

En ambas campañas presidenciales de su esposo, la Sra. Obama pronunció emotivos discursos que destacaban la dedicación de su familia a servir a la sociedad y la importancia de su rol de madre. Como primera dama, trabajó por los derechos de la mujer y la comunidad LGBTQ+, la salud infantil y las familias de los militares.

La Sra. Obama seleccionó a Amy Sherald, ganadora del Certamen de Retratos Outwin Boochever 2016, para crear su retrato oficial para el museo. Según la artista, la ex primera dama es alguien "con quien pueden identificarse las mujeres, sin importar su figura, talla, raza o color [...]. En ella vemos lo mejor de nosotras". Aquí la presenta segura de sí misma y a la vez accesible, con un vestido de la línea Milly de Michelle Smith.

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Exhibition

20th Century Americans: 2000 to Present

On View

NPG, South Gallery 341

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Artist Amy Sherald, born 1973 Sitter Michelle Obama, born 17 Jan 1964 Medium Oil on linen Dimensions Frame: 192.6 × 162.1 × 12.4 cm, 125lb.

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Click here to see Parker share her story on the Ellen Show.

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Click here to see Parker share her story on the Ellen Show.

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Ellen Recreates Viral Photo with Young Michelle Obama Fan

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Painted Michelle Obama's Portrait

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Sherald, who was born in Columbus, Georgia, remembers being one of only a handful of Black students in the private school she attended. She identifies those early years negotiating issues of race and identity in the American south as major influence on her art.

She earned her bachelor's degree in 1997 at Clark-Atlanta University. Concurrent with her studies, Sherald apprenticed with artist-historian Dr. Arturo Lindsay of Spelman College. She also participated in Spelman College's International Artist-in-Residence program in Portobelo, Panama, in 1997. Two years later she helped organize and install international exhibitions in Central and South America.

Sherald soon relocated to Baltimore and went on to earn her MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she studied with Abstract Expressionist Grace Hartigan. Before Sherald moved to Baltimore, her art had a strongly autobiographical focus. Afterward, she shifted her attention to content that offered a critical view of African American cultural history and the representation of the African American body. In particular, she is known for using a grayscale to paint skin tones as a way of challenging the concept of color-as-race.

The well-traveled artist has done a private study residency with Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum and completed additional residencies in Beijing, China, and Oranjestad, Aruba. Sherald's works have been exhibited at Art Basel Miami and in group and one-person exhibitions in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Sherald received first prize in the 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Sherald painted the official portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama for the National Portrait Gallery in 2018. The artist also received the 2018 David C. Driskell Prize from the High Museum Art in Atlanta.

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Sherald, who was born in Columbus, Georgia, remembers being one of only a handful of Black students in the private school she attended. She identifies those early years negotiating issues of race and identity in the American south as major influence on her art. She earned her bachelor's degree in 1997 at Clark-Atlanta University.

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Michelle Obama: Young Portrait Explorers

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Learn how First Lady Michelle Obama helped her community. Then design a self-portrait that shows how you help your community. #NPGteach #NPGype #Michell...

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for showing me the possibilites when you do what you were born to do

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i just love how she plays

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Couse he is the best player in the world lebron

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Couse he is the best player in the world lebron

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I love that she is passionate about promoting literacy to all children. Especially those with little access to books.

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cause her arm was bit off by a shark but she kept surfing

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He is a very good soccer/football player that inspires me, I also like the way he plays- AM

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Her strength and dedication to her sport. I love how hard to works to reach her own goals.

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i love her in softball

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Oprah has overcome many obstacles in her life. From her childhood to her journey in becoming a journalist. I love that she has taken her career to continuously try to improve herself and others, especially since it is usually done through books :).

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her panting is amazing

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Juan Soto inspires me

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Taylor Swift, I always wanted to be famous, like her