Sep 26, 2023
Broadway on a Rainy Evening, Everett Warner, 1901
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Broadway on a Rainy Evening, Everett Warner, 1901
Washington before Yorktown - 1824. Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860).
Richard Norris Brooke (1847-1920) “A Pastoral Visit” (1881) Oil on canvas Located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, United States The painting depicts a family welcoming their pastor to Sunday dinner, a frequent occurrence in both black and white rural parishes that could not afford parsonages. According to tradition, the pastor is served first and, following the meal, is presented with both the cigar box containing the congregation’s weekly contribution (duly protected by the family patriarch) and the cloth-wrapped fruit at right. The banjo, prominently placed at the center of the composition symbolizes its importance in African American culture, and may also indicate an after-dinner musical interlude. Brooke was one of many artists to depict African American life in the 1870s and 1880s, inspired by the dramatic social change during Reconstruction. Unlike many of his peers, he portrayed his subjects with a degree of humanity and dignity rare in contemporary depictions of African Americans. In his letter offering the painting to the Corcoran Gallery of Art for purchase, Brooke criticized such renderings as “works of flimsy treatment and vulgar exaggeration.”
Maria G. Pisano, Your ticket, Memory Press, 2009.
This miniature accordion/flag book is made up of raffle tickets, fortunes from fortune cookies, and lottery cards. The book explores how gambling and games of chance can allow us to dream of prosperity, but can also be addictive and impossible to control.
Amor Caritas - c 1905. Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907).
Corcoran Collection. National Gallery of Art.
Veiled Bust ("The Veiled Nun"), unknown Italian artist (possibly after a model by Giuseppe Croff), ca. 1863
Eve, Auguste Rodin (model ca. 1881; carved ca. 1890-91)
Poor Artist’s Cupboard, Charles Bird King, ca. 1815