#national gallery of art
The Young St. John the Baptist, Antonio Rossellino, ca. 1470
Peter Paul Rubens - The Fall of Phaeton
1604
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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“Curator Harry Cooper tinkers with the layout of a brand new East Building installation.” (National Gallery of Art)
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Drawing is a lot like exercising in the sense that if you don’t do it regularly it’s easy to feel stiff and unsure of yourself. After the chaos of this summer I’m pretty out of shape. Now that it’s time to dive head first into grad school I’m trying to flex these muscles and just make things without letting the pressure to perform overwhelm me. Getting anything on the page feels kind of like a victory so today I’ll run with that.
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Jacopo Tintoretto, Portrait of a Man as Saint George, 1540-50, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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Frederic Edwin Church, The rivers of light, 1877, oil on canvas, 1,38 m x 2,14 m, Washington, National Gallery of Art
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The Nymph of the Spring, c. 1537 - Top left inscription: “I am the Nymph of the Sacred Spring. Do not disturb my sleep. I am resting.”
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CONTRAST IN THE CAPITAL
During your stay at Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square, venture through the National Gallery of Art’s light-filled tunnel by Leo Villareal. Titled ‘Multiverse,’ this immersive pathway is the artist’s largest and most complex creation.
This mesmerizing photo of the installation was captured by yaneth_chen_photography.
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Nonchaloir (Repose), 1911, oil on canvas, 63.8 x 76.2 cm. National Gallery of Art
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The woman in Repose is Sargent’s niece, Rose-Marie Ormond. In keeping with his newfound preference for informal figure studies, Sargent did not create a traditional portrait; rather, he depicted Rose-Marie as a languid, anonymous figure absorbed in poetic reverie. The reclining woman, casually posed in an atmosphere of elegiac calm and consummate luxury, seems the epitome of nonchalance, the painting’s original title. Read more
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Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845)
“A Painter’s Studio” (c. 1800)
Oil on canvas
Located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, United States
