Past Exhibitions

Kenyans: Paintings by Lunda Hoyle Gill

Take in a series of paintings of the rural peoples of Kenya, whose varied dress and distinctive ornamentation reflect their diverse origins and separate development as well as the kinds of materials available to them.

January 6, 1976 – March 26, 1976

Emanuel Leutze, 1816-1868: Freedom is the Only King

See the first major Leutze exhibition held in this country, including 42 oils and drawings. Born a German, but raised as an American, his allegiance to the cause of freedom was constant and undivided.

January 16, 1976 – March 14, 1976

Art for Architecture: Washington, D.C., 1895-1925

Take in a display of some 50 photographs and drawings of murals to be found in buildings such as the Library of Congress, the Capitol, Georgetown University, Anderson House and St. Matthew's Cathedral.

April 4, 1975 – February 29, 1976

Bob Thompson: 1937-1966

View 22 oils and 5 works on paper by the black artist who achieved limited recognition during his lifetime, although his paintings are to be found in important American collections.

December 19, 1975 – February 22, 1976

Craft Multiples

Visit an exhibition representing the best of American production crafts -- those made in at least 10 of the same design.

July 4, 1975 – February 16, 1976

Renwick Gallery

The Sculpture and Drawings of Elie Nadelman

See a comprehensive exhibition of 102 sculptures and 41 drawings, including Nadelman's neo-classical works, portraits, decorative pieces, and a group entitled Ideal Heads.

December 18, 1975 – February 15, 1976

Hirshhorn Museum

Peggy Bacon: Personalities and Places

The artist, now 80, exhibits regularly, but this is the most comprehensive exhibition of her work every held -- 131 pastels, prints, drawings, paintings and embroideries.

December 5, 1975 – February 8, 1976

Bust of Henry Wallace

View a recently presented bust of Henry Wallace marking the 35th anniversary of his inauguration as Vice President.

January 1, 1976 – February 3, 1976

American Presidential China

See 115 pieces of official and personal china, with at least one example from each administration, including that of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

December 6, 1975 – January 11, 1976

American History Museum

Portrait Miniatures from Private Collections

Trace the evolution of the American portrait miniature from Colonial times to that of the Civil War in these 125 works.

June 25, 1976 – January 9, 1976

19th-Century American Landscape Paintings

See 18 paintings on loan from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, including 6 from the private collection of banker-philanthropist William Wilson Corcoran, the original benefactor of the Corcoran Gallery.

November 1975 – January 5, 1976

Smithsonian Castle

Christmas Seal Paintings 1975

Visit 54 holiday scenes by elementary school children from which the 1975 Christmas seals were selected.

November 14, 1975 – January 4, 1976

Portrait of Golda Meir

See a recently acquired portrait of Golda Meir.

December 1, 1975 – January 4, 1976

Anacostia Community Museum

Blacks in the Westward Movement

View historical and biographical materials that illustrate the role of Blacks as explorers, settlers, wranglers, trail bosses, soldiers, government agents, rustlers, and con men in the western expansion of the U.S.

September 14, 1975 – January 4, 1976

My Hat is in the Ring

A slogan from Theodore Roosevelt's presidential campaign is used as the title of this exhibition, which contains hats of well-known political figures as well as campaign memorabilia.

October 1, 1975 – December 31, 1975

American History Museum

Unseen Flowers of the Desert

See color photographs by R.I. Gilbreath, who uses sepcial lenses in his camera and the heads of pins in his photos to indicate the size of the desert blooms nearly invisible to the naked eye.

November 4, 1975 – December 31, 1975

Bicentennial Bust of George Washington

See a Bicentennial gift to the United States from the world-reknowned English firm of Wedgewood.

November 5, 1975 – December 31, 1975

Frederick A. Walpole, Plant Illustrator

Take a look at line drawings in ink, watercolor and pencil by Walpole, a botanical illustrator for Smithsonian publicatios at the turn of the last century.

November 4, 1975 – December 31, 1975

Thomas Wolfe

See a small exhibit of letters and photographs commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American novelist.

October 3, 1975 – December 7, 1975

American History Museum

Renderings from the Index of American Design

See watercolor representations of weathervanes, carrousel animals and cigar-store figures from the Index of American Design.

January 15, 1975 – November 30, 1975

Renwick Gallery

Sculpture: American Directions, 1945-1975

The rich variety of materials and techniques used by American artists during the past 30 years is demonstrated in this major exhibition of 63 pieces by 54 artists.

October 3, 1975 – November 30, 1975

Louis Lozowick (1892-1973)

See 60 drawings and lithographs executed between 1923 and 1973. Lozowick's works range from the bold, black constructivist drawings of machine forms of the 1920s to subtle, softly modulated lithographic studies of tabletop still lifes.

September 12, 1975 – November 23, 1975

Siberia Scientific

Visit Novosibersk, the science center of the U.S.S.R.,and talk to a number of young Russian scientists who explain aspects of the life, science and nature of Siberia.

October 29, 1975 – November 21, 1975

The Dye is Now Cast: The Road to American Independence 1774-1776

This is the second in a series of three Bicentennial exhibitions, dealing with the period beginning with military engagements at Lexington and Concord and ending with the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the First Continental Congress.

April 19, 1975 – November 16, 1975