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Publisher: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Mathew Brady's National Portrait Gallery: A Virtual Tour 
 This site is a virtual tour of all of Matthew Brady's photographs in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, taken throughout the 1800s. Also provides his Carte de Visite Album ; the Making of a Photograph ; a Brady biography; a Technical Glossary , with explanations of a daguerreotype, ambrotype, and other aspects of photography; and an Index of Sitters , each with a short biography. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/gallery.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photography, Technology Last updated Feb 20, 2003 Le Tumulte Noir: Paul Colin's Jazz Age Portfolio
Website companion to a 1997 exhibit of a 1929 "portfolio of vividly colored lithographs titled 'Le Tumulte Noir' ('The Black Craze') which captured the exuberant jazz music and dance that dazzled Paris" when Josephine Baker and her troupe, La Revue Négre, performed in Paris in the mid-1920s. Includes historical background and images of 14 lithographs, which are a "marvelous achievement of Art Deco graphic design." From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/noir/ Topics: Schools of Art Last updated Mar 2, 2006 Josephine Baker: Image and Icon
"In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Baker’s birth [in 1906], the exhibition explores the development of her image, first as an exotic phenomenon in a mid-1920s Paris that was infatuated with African-American culture, then as a glamorous cabaret star and finally as a Civil Rights advocate." This slideshow features images of Baker accompanied by audio of the "Jubilee Stomp" by Duke Ellington. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/baker/slideshow/slideshow.html Topics: Black Resources, Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 5, 2007 Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
This exhibit approaches "hip hop culture through the lens of portraiture," presenting photography, painting, graffiti art, film, poetry, and installation art. Features images from the 2008 physical exhibit, audio of interviews with the artists and of the making of the graffiti mural in the exhibit, and a place for users to submit their own hip hop portraits. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/recognize/ Topics: Musical Genres Last updated Feb 20, 2008 Edward Steichen Portraits
Companion to an exhibit of photos by Edward Steichen, "the man Vanity Fair called [in 1923] 'the greatest of living portrait photographers.'" Features selected images from the exhibit including annotated photos of John Pierpont Morgan, John Barrymore, Charlie Chaplin, George Gershwin, Willa Cather, Fred Astaire, and Paul Robeson. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/steichen/ Topics: Photography Last updated Sep 3, 2008 Four Indian Kings
Online companion to a 2008-2009 exhibit in honor of "the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolution. To commemorate this event, the National Portrait Gallery is showing the earliest surviving full-length oil portraits of North American Native people painted from life." Includes an introductory essay and small slide show. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://npg.si.edu/exhibit/kings/slideshow/kings.htm Topics: Government, Notable People, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Dec 16, 2008 One Life: The Mask of Lincoln
Companion to a 2008/09 exhibition that "concentrates on presidential portraits to show the changing face that Abraham Lincoln presented to the world as he led the fight for the Union." Includes photos, paintings, and prints of Lincoln before he became president and during the Civil War, and of selected Lincoln contemporaries. Also includes an interview with a historian on topics such as the Lincoln death masks. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/lincoln/ Topics: Presidents by Name Last updated Jan 29, 2009 Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers
Companion to a 2008/2009 exhibit about 19th century jewelry that incorporated photographic portraits. "The evocative portraits preserved in photographic jewelry are rarely attributable to specific makers. ... [M]any of the nineteenth-century's major photographic artists offered these pieces." View images of selected bracelets, earrings, and pendants, and background about photographers. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/jewels/ Topics: Fashion, Photography Last updated Jan 26, 2009 National Portrait Gallery: Face to Face
This blog reports news and events related to the National Portrait Gallery. Topics include the gallery's January 2008 acquisition of "the portrait that came to symbolize the historic campaign of President-elect Barack Obama . ... [which was] created by Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey," links to photos of Elvis Presley (for his January 8 birthday), and photos of Abraham Lincoln. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/ Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject Last updated Jan 12, 2009 |
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