Online Exhibitions / Exhibitions 13–24
Exhibited October 27, 1998 through February 7, 1999.
The exhibition explores the life of Roosevelt through paintings, photographs, political cartoons, and memorabilia describing the man in his many roles.
Exhibited April 10 through August 23, 1998.Between the world wars, a craze for portrait caricature swept America. Cleverly stylized likenesses of the stars of stage and screen, sports heroes, and colorful personalities both famous and infamous graced caf‚ walls and theater curtains and enlivened the pages of newspapers and "smart" magazines.
Exhibited November 7, 1997 through July 19, 1998.
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan, the National Portrait Gallery and the George C. Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia, have co-organized this exhibition on the life and career of American general and statesman George C. Marshall.
In 1848 the first convention on women's rights was convened in upstate New York. This exhibition examines the event.
Portraits of People and Places"
Exhibited September 26, 1997 through January 25, 1998.
Born into an atmosphere of of material luxury, Edith Wharton transformed her careful observations of the elite, cosmopolitan society in which she moved into such classics as the Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth.
Images as History, Photography as Art"
Exhibited September 26, 1997 through January 4, 1998.
Mathew Brady's work spans the history of photography in nineteenth-century America, from early daguerreotypes on silver plates, to majestic Imperial photographs, to the tiny cartes de visite that were made by the millions at the time of the Civil War. This is a comprehensive look at Brady's remarkable career.
African Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection"
Exhibited January 31 through September 14, 1997
In 1944, the Harmon Foundation mounted an exhibition of portraits of distinguished African Americans, which was intended to combat racial inequity. The Portrait Gallery exhibited twenty portraits from that tour for this return to the Harmon Foundation's remarkable endeavor.
Paul Colin's Jazz Age Portfolio"
Exhibited January 31 through September 14, 1997.In 1927, Josephine Baker's friend and advocate, the French poster artist Paul Conlin, captured Baker's explosive performing presence, and Paris's profound reaction to black culture during the 1920s. His portfolio of lithographs was titled Le Tumulte Noir ("The Black Craze".)
Exhibited October 25, 1996 through July 6, 1997.
The National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American History salute Broadway and Hollywood with this exhibition on the history of the American musical and the people who gave it life.
Exhibited July 26 through December 1, 1996.
Paintings, drawings, photographs, and related memorabilia combine to create a vivid portrait of the jazz giant who rose from poverty to prominence as one of the most important musicians of his time.
Exhibited April 12 through August 18, 1996.
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Smithsonian Institution, this exhibition describes the political, cultural, and social character of America in 1846, a year bustling with activity in communications, transportation, manufacturing, social reform, science and pseudoscience, art, and literature
Exhibited Through June 2, 1996.
This two-part exhibition examines the revolutions in painting and poetry that took place on the East and West Coasts following World War II.
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