National Gallery of Art

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At first glance, this painting by Mary Cassatt just looks a sweet moment between a mother and child. But it’s actually a quiet protest for women’s rights, hidden in plain sight. __ 🖼️ Mary Cassatt, “Woman with a Sunflower,” 1905, oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 29 in., Chester Dale Collection 📍 West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 86

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Friends, family, strangers on the street. Wherever Barkley L. Hendricks saw someone with style, he captured it. Now, his iconic work is on view as part of our exhibition, "Photography and the Black Arts Movement," in the West Building through January 2026. Swipe to read his story #ArtUncovered . . . . 🖼️ Barkley Leonnard Hendricks, "George Jules Taylor," 1972, oil on canvas, 91 7/16 x 60 1/4 in., William C. Whitney Foundation 🖼️ Barkley Leonnard Hendricks, "Lawdy Mama," 1969, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 53 3/4 x 36 1/4 in., Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Stuart Liebman, in memory of Joseph B. Liebman 🖼️ Barkley Leonnard Hendricks, "Sir Charles, Alias Willie Harris," 1972, oil and acrylic on canvas, 83 7/8 × 72 1/4 × 2 1/2 in., William C. Whitney Foundation 🖼️ Barkley L. Hendricks, "Dr. Kool, Philadelphia," 1972, gelatin silver print, 7 1/2 × 4 1/4 in., Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund 🖼️ Barkley L. Hendricks, "Dr. Kool," 1973, oil on canvas, 72-3/4 x 52-3/4 x 1-1/2 in., Anonymous Loan, © Estate of Barkley L. Hendricks, Courtesy of the artist’s estate and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York 🖼️ Barkley L. Hendricks, "APB's (Afro-Parisian Brothers)," 1978, oil and acrylic on canvas, 72 × 50 in., Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; Janet and Simeon Braguin Fund, © Barkley L. Hendricks, Courtesy of the Estate of Barkley L. Hendricks and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, The Frick Collection 🖼️ Barkley L. Hendricks, "Self-Portrait with Red Sweater" 1980, printed 2023, chromogenic print, 12 × 7 3/4 in., Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

This color was once worth more than gold. Now it's in your Crayola box 💙     🖼️ Johannes Vermeer, "Girl with a Pearl Earring," c. 1665. Oil on canvas. Mauritshuis, The Hague.   🖼️ Jan van Eyck, "The Annunciation," c. 1434/1436. Oil on canvas transferred from panel. Andrew W. Mellon Collection. 📍 On view: West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 39.   🖼️ Gerard ter Borch the Younger, "The Suitor's Visit," c. 1658. Oil on canvas. Andrew W. Mellon Collection.   🖼️ Studio of Johannes Vermeer, "Girl with a Flute," c. 1669/1675. Oil on panel. Widener Collection. 📍 On view: West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 50-A.   🖼️ Claude Monet, "Water Lilies," 1906. Oil on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection.   🖼️ Katharina Fritsch, "Hahn / Cock," 2013. Painted glass fiber-reinforced polyester resin on stainless steel armature. Gift of the Glenstone Foundation in honor of the resilience of the American people during the Covid-19 pandemic. 📍 On view: East Building Tower Level, Roof Terrace.

The late New York artist Frank Stella didn’t treat art like a secret club with rules, or something reserved for people with degrees. In fact, he once said: “People often assume my work is very serious, but honestly, you don’t make art for serious reasons. It’s almost like a pointless sport—but in a good way. It’s pretty straightforward. It’s there to be enjoyed.” In that spirit, we invite you to enjoy this view of his towering five-story outdoor sculpture, “Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Ein Schauspiel.” The title comes from a play (or “Schauspiel”) by Heinrich von Kleist, a Romantic writer from the early 19th century. The story centers on the Prince of Homburg, a soldier who helps win a military victory…but only by disobeying orders. Despite his success, he offers to accept a deadly punishment for his disobedience. Stella, inspired by the tension and emotion of the play, said the sculpture is “a piece that’s got the movement, the action, the confusion of actual combat. And there’s some confusion, too, in the combat of creativity.” __ 🖼️ Frank Stella, “Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Ein Schauspiel, 3X,” stainless steel, aluminum, painted fiberglass, and carbon fiber, 372 x 468 x 408 in., Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation 📍 East Building Lawn

After school buses were abandoned in Puerto Rico, artist Miguel Luciano set out to transform that loss into hope. The result is Shields/Escudos, a powerful installation crafted from the buses' remnants. You can now see it on view in our East Building. __ 📷 Miguel Luciano, “Shields/Escudos,” 2020, sheet metal from decommissioned school buses in Puerto Rico, acrylic on wood, Patron’s Permanent Fund 📍 East Building, Upper Level, West Terrace

When I say, "I need a little self-care this weekend," this is what I mean. . . . . 🖼️ Edouard Manet, "The Dead Toreador," probably 1864, oil on canvas, 29 × 60 in., Widener Collection 🖼️ Antoine Watteau, "Ceres (Summer)," 1717/1718, oil on canvas, 55 x 45 in., Samuel H. Kress Collection 🖼️ Grace Hartigan, "Essex and Hester (Red)," 1958, oil on canvas, 53 x 83 in, Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection 🖼️ Mark Rothko, "No. 1," 1961, pigmented hide glue and oil on canvas, 101 x 89 in., Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. 🖼️ Jacques-Louis David, "The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries," 1812, oil on canvas, 80 × 49 in., Samuel H. Kress Collection

“They said it was impossible for a woman to do it.” Despite getting snubbed in her early career, Anna Hyatt Huntington went on to become one of the great American sculptors of animals. Swipe to read her story #ArtUncovered __ 📷 “Portrait of Anna Vaughn Hyatt,” 1910, Gelatin silver print, Gift of A. Hyatt Mayor, 1958, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 🖼️ Anna Hyatt Huntington, “Joan of Arc,” 1915, bronze equestrian statue on a granite base, Manhattan, New York City, on Riverside Drive and 93rd Street. Exhibited at "Joan of Arc", Knights of Columbus Museum, New Haven, CT, May-August, 2007 🖼️ Anna Hyatt Huntington, “Joan of Arc,” 1915, bronze equestrian statue on a granite base, Manhattan, New York City, on Riverside Drive and 93rd Street 🖼️ Anna Hyatt Huntington, “Colt, Six Months,” bronze, 13 1/4 × 12 × 3 5/8 in., Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist) 🖼️ Anna Hyatt Huntington, “Fawns Playing,” 1936, bronze, 42 × 31 × 20 1/2 in., Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist) 📷 Anna Hyatt Huntington, working on a statue of Jose Marti, Cuban hero, astride a high-spitited horse, c. 1950, National Archives at College Park

This painting by Claude Monet captures a moment so perfect, he wanted to hold onto it forever. “Woman with a Parasol”, created in 1875, shows an interruption of a casual family stroll. Monet looked up toward his beloved wife, Camille, and their son, Jean, and captured them just as the wind picked up—Camille’s skirt blowing, the grass swaying, the sky alive with movement. Monet sketched the sky in chaotic strokes of blue and gray, leaving splotches of canvas exposed in his haste. His loose brushwork pulls you further into the moment. Monet’s wife, Camille, appeared in many of his early paintings. Their life together wasn’t easy—they faced family disapproval, poverty, and illness—but they stayed by each other’s side despite it all. Camille died young, at just 32, after battling uterine cancer. Monet was shattered. In the spirited brushstrokes of “Woman with a Parasol,” their love lives on today. __ 🖼 Claude Monet, “Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son,” 1875, oil on canvas, 39 x 31 in., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon 📍 West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 85 🎥 Animation designed by Andrey Zakirzyanov