National Gallery of Art, American Paintings, Washington, DC Photos

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, displays American paintings, many of which are famous.

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Jane Browne portrait by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Epes Sargent portrait by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Mrs. Samuel Alleyne Otis portrait by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Eleazer Tyng portrait by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Jane Browne portrait (1756) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Epes Sargent portrait (c1760) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Mrs. Samuel Alleyne Otis (Elizabeth Gray) portrait (c1764) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Eleazer Tyng portrait (1772) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Abigail Smith Babcock portrait by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The Copley Family portrait by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Watson & the Shark painting by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Detail of Watson & the Shark by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Abigail Smith Babcock portrait (c1774) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The Copley Family portrait (1776-7) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Watson & the Shark painting (1778) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Detail of Watson & the Shark (1778) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Detail of Watson & the Shark by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Detail of Watson & the Shark by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Col. William Fitch & His Sisters Sarah & Ann Fitch painting by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye painting by Benjamin West at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Detail of Watson & the Shark (1778) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Detail of Watson & the Shark (1778) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Col. William Fitch & His Sisters Sarah & Ann Fitch painting (1800-1) by John Singleton Copley at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill) painting (1776) by Benjamin West at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Patrick Tracy portrait by John Trumbull at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Alexander Hamilton portrait by John Trumbull at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.John Beale Bordley portrait by Charles Willson Peale at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Benjamin & Eleanor Ridgely Laming portrait by Charles Willson Peale at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Patrick Tracy portrait (1784-6) by John Trumbull at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Alexander Hamilton portrait (c1792) by John Trumbull at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.John Beale Bordley portrait (1770) by Charles Willson Peale at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Benjamin & Eleanor Ridgely Laming portrait (1788) by Charles Willson Peale at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Dessert painting by Raphaelle Peale at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Rubens Peale with a Geranium portrait by Rembrandt Peale at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.George Washington portrait by Rembrandt Peale at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The Washington Family painting by Edward Savage at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Dessert painting (1814) by Raphaelle Peale at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Rubens Peale with a Geranium portrait (1801) by Rembrandt Peale at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.George Washington portrait (1859) by Rembrandt Peale at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The Washington Family painting (c1790-96) by Edward Savage at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Gallery of paintings by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.John Adams portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Gallery of paintings by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.George Washington portrait (c1821) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.George Washington portrait (1795) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.John Adams portrait (c1821) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
John Adams portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Abigail Smith Adams portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Thomas Jefferson portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.James Madison portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
John Adams portrait (c1800-15) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Abigail Smith Adams portrait (c1800-15) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Thomas Jefferson portrait (c1821) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.James Madison portrait (c1821) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
James Monroe portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.John Jay portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The Skater by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Sir Joshua Reynolds portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
James Monroe portrait (c1817) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.John Jay portrait (1794) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The Skater (Portrait of William Grant) (1782) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Sir Joshua Reynolds portrait (1784) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Richard Yates portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Captain Joseph Anthony portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Mrs. Richard Yates (Catherine Bras Yates) portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Henrietta Marchant Liston portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Richard Yates portrait (1793-4) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Captain Joseph Anthony portrait (1794) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Mrs. Richard Yates (Catherine Bras(s) Yates) portrait (1793-4) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Henrietta Marchant Liston (Mrs. Robert Liston) portrait (1800) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Ann Barry portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Mary Barry portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Ann Calvert Stuart Robinson portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (Mrs. Lawrence Lewis) portrait (c1804) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Ann Barry portrait (1803-4) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Mary Barry portrait (1803-4) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Ann Calvert Stuart Robinson (Mrs. William Robinson) portrait (c1804) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Samuel Alleyne Otis portrait by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Captain Charles Stewart portrait by Thomas Sully at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Lady with Harp: Eliza Ridgely portrait by Thomas Sully at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Major Thomas Biddle portrait by Thomas Wilcocks Sully & Thomas Sully at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Samuel Alleyne Otis portrait (1811-3) by Gilbert Stuart at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Captain Charles Stewart portrait (1811-2) by Thomas Sully at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Lady with Harp: Eliza Ridgely portrait (1818) by Thomas Sully at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Major Thomas Biddle portrait (1832) by Thomas Wilcocks Sully & Thomas Sully at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Coleman Sisters portrait by Thomas Sully at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Andrew Jackson portrait by Thomas Sully at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Portrait of Lydia Coit Terry by Samuel F.B. Morse at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Array of paintings of native Americans by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Coleman Sisters portrait (1844) by Thomas Sully at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Andrew Jackson portrait (1845) by Thomas Sully at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Portrait of Lydia Coit Terry (Mrs. Eliphalet Terry) (c1824) by Samuel F.B. Morse at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Array of paintings of native Americans (1830-70) by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Female Eagle-Shawano portrait by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Boy Chief-Ojibwa portrait by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas portrait by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.See-non-ty-a an Iowa Medicine Man portrait by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Female Eagle-Shawano portrait (1830) by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Boy Chief-Ojibwa portrait (1843) by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas portrait (1844-5) by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.See-non-ty-a an Iowa Medicine Man portrait (1844-5) by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Buffalo Chase in the Snow Drifts - Ojibwa painting by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Catlin painting the portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Pawnee Indians painting by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Assiniboine Chief before & after Civilization painting by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Buffalo Chase in the Snow Drifts - Ojibwa painting (1861-9) by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Catlin painting the portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan (1861-9) by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Pawnee Indians painting (1861-9) by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Assiniboine Chief before & after Civilization painting (1861-9) by George Catlin at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Stranded Ship painting by Asher Brown Durand at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Jolly Flatboatmen painting by George Caleb Bingham at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Mississippi Boatman painting by George Caleb Bingham at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Lackawanna Valley painting by George Inness at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Stranded Ship painting (1844) by Asher Brown Durand at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Jolly Flatboatmen painting (1846) by George Caleb Bingham at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Mississippi Boatman painting (1850) by George Caleb Bingham at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Lackawanna Valley painting (1855) by George Inness at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Lake Lucerne painting by Albert Bierstadt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Return of Rip Van Winkle painting by John Quidor at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Green River Cliffs, Wyoming painting by Thomas Moran at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Dinner Horn painting by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Lake Lucerne painting (1858) by Albert Bierstadt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Return of Rip Van Winkle painting (c1849) by John Quidor at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Green River Cliffs, Wyoming painting (1881) by Thomas Moran at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Dinner Horn painting (1870) by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Red School House painting by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Breezing Up painting by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Autumn painting by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Sparrow Hall painting by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Red School House painting (1873) by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) painting (1876) by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Autumn painting (1877) by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Sparrow Hall painting (c1881-2) by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Hound & Hunter painting by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Right & Left painting by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Miss Mary Ellison portrait by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The Loge painting by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Hound & Hunter painting (1892) by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Right & Left painting (1909) by Winslow Homer at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Miss Mary Ellison portrait (c1880) by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The Loge painting (1882) by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Girl Arranging Her Hair painting by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Portrait of an Elderly Lady by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Woman with Red Zinnia painting by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Boating Party painting by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Girl Arranging Her Hair painting (1886) by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Portrait of an Elderly Lady (c1887) by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Woman with Red Zinnia painting (1891) by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Boating Party painting (1893-4) by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Mother & Child portrait by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Biglin Brothers Racing painting by Thomas Eakins at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Baby at Play painting by Thomas Eakins at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Dr. John H. Brinton portrait by Thomas Eakins at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Mother & Child portrait (c1905) by Mary Cassatt at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Biglin Brothers Racing painting (c1873) by Thomas Eakins at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Baby at Play painting (1876) by Thomas Eakins at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Dr. John H. Brinton portrait (1876) by Thomas Eakins at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Mrs. Louis Husson portrait by Thomas Eakins at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Dr. William Thomson portrait by Thomas Eakins at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Miss Beatrice Townsend portrait by John Singer Sargent at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Street in Venice painting by John Singer Sargent at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Mrs. Louis Husson portrait (c1905) by Thomas Eakins at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Dr. William Thomson portrait (1906) by Thomas Eakins at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Miss Beatrice Townsend portrait (1882) by John Singer Sargent at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Street in Venice painting (1882) by John Singer Sargent at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Mrs. Adrian Iselin portrait by John Singer Sargent at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott portrait by John Singer Sargent at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Repose painting by John Singer Sargent at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Wapping on Thames painting by James McNeill Whistler at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Mrs. Adrian Iselin portrait (1888) by John Singer Sargent at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott portrait (1901) by John Singer Sargent at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Repose painting (1911) by John Singer Sargent at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Wapping on Thames painting (1860-4) by James McNeill Whistler at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Grey & Silver: Chelsea Wharf painting by James McNeill Whistler at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The White Girl painting by James McNeill Whistler at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.George W. Vanderbilt portrait by James McNeill Whistler at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Brown & Gold: Self-Portrait by James McNeill Whistler at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Grey & Silver: Chelsea Wharf painting (1864-8) by James McNeill Whistler at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.The White Girl (Symphony in White No. 1) painting (1862) by James McNeill Whistler at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.George W. Vanderbilt portrait (1897-1902) by James McNeill Whistler at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Brown & Gold: Self-Portrait (c1900) by James McNeill Whistler at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Siegfried & Rhine Maidens painting by Albert Pinkham Ryder at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Shaw Memorial model by Augustus Saint-Gaudens shown at Paris Exposition Universelle at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Shaw Memorial detail by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Shaw Memorial component details by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Siegfried & Rhine Maidens painting (1888-91) by Albert Pinkham Ryder at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Shaw Memorial model (1900) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens shown at Paris Exposition Universelle at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Shaw Memorial detail (1900) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Shaw Memorial component details (1900) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Blue Morning painting by George Bellows at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Lone Tenement painting by George Bellows at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Bicycle Race painting by Lyonel Feininger at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Interior of the Fourth Dimension painting by Max Weber at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Blue Morning painting (1909) by George Bellows at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Lone Tenement painting (1909) by George Bellows at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Bicycle Race painting (1912) by Lyonel Feininger at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Interior of the Fourth Dimension painting (1913) by Max Weber at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Allies Day, May 1917 painting by Childe Hassam at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Multiple Views painting by Stuart Davis at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.City from Greenwich painting by John Sloan at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Allies Day, May 1917 painting (1917) by Childe Hassam at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Multiple Views painting (1918) by Stuart Davis at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.City from Greenwich painting (1922) by John Sloan at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
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