Smithsonian American Art Museum: Edmonia Lewis

"The Land Through a Lens: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum," features 84 photographs from the early years of photography in the 1850s through the 20th century. Included in the collection are works by early, modern, and...

The Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum is made possible through a generous gift of the Henry Luce Foundation and presents thirty-five hundred art and craft objects from American Art to the public. This short...

From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a short biography and photographic portrait of the 19th-century miniature portrait artist Thomas Sully.

A stunning array of art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum depicting everyday life and work in America from American masters such as Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, and Paul Cadmus. Use the right navigation to click through over 60...

An historical site from the Smithsonian American Art Museum that shows the growth of America through art work by over 45 artists. This site by the Smithsonian Institute has fascinating images showing American artists depicting the...

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents this short biography and photographic portrait of William H. Johnson, the influential African-American painter participant in the Harlem...

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art in the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents this short biography and photographic portrait of the Jewish-American social realist painter Ben Shahn. A link to a Shahn piece on view and where...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum contains examples of works by many of the American Impressionists. With each work, there is a brief bit of information regarding the work. Click "Artworks" in the toolbar to view a slideshow of the...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum offers this introduction to American artist Abbott Handerson Thayer, who is known for his idealized and other-worldly depictions of women, angels, and nature. Read a brief biography of the artist, then...

The Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum is made possible through a generous gift from the Henry Luce Foundation and presents thirty-five hundred art and craft objects from American Art to the public. This page...