Exhibitions
Grand Salon Installation—Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Grand Salon, 2nd floor, Renwick Gallery
June 6, 2009 — Permanent
Explore all seventy paintings in the Grand Salon installation on Flickr
Attend one of the What's New in the Grand Salon gallery talks
Frederick J. Waugh, The Knight of the Holy Grail, ca. 1912, oil on canvas, 94 7/8 x 125 3/4 in. (241.0 x 319.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans
A new installation of seventy paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection is on view indefinitely in the Grand Salon of the Museum's branch, the Renwick Gallery. The installation features landscapes, portraits, and allegorical works by fifty-one American artists from the 1840s to the 1930s. Many of these paintings have not been exhibited in a number of years. Artists whose works are on view include Edward Mitchell Bannister, Romaine Brooks, Elliott Daingerfield, Daniel Garber, William Morris Hunt, George Inness, Homer Dodge Martin, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Abbott Handerson Thayer, John Henry Twachtman, and Irving R. Wiles. The room is installed salon style, with paintings hung one-atop-another and side by side. A visitor guide, Looking at Pictures in the Grand Salon — A Guide to the Artists, is available only on site in the Grand Salon and includes short biographies of the artists and wonderful archival photographs.
Free Gallery Talks
Friday, July 10, 2009; Americans Abroad (Brooks, Shannon, Tanner, and Weeks) with Robert Johnston
Friday, August 21, 2009; A Few of The Ten Plus Some Others (Twachtman, Tarbell, Weir, and Ochtman) with Robert Johnston
Friday, September 11, 2009; Out of the Past (Cox, Ballin, Loeb, Macomber, and Walker) with Robert Johnston
Wednesday, October 21; The Problem of Frames with Martin Kotler
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