Published in conjunction with the October 1998 exhibition organized by the National Portrait Gallery. Color and b&w portraits, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, drawings, and photographs accompany an extensive description of Roosevelt's political and personal life, which spanned America's transition from a provincial society to a burgeoning world power. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Theodore Roosevelt, Icon of the American Century

Biographies & Memoirs

BARBER, James

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

United States National Park Service

Verone, Amy

Historical

Univ of Washington Pr

George Washington: A National Treasure celebrates our nationís permanent acquisition of Gilbert Stuartís magnificent "Landsdowne" portrait of George Washington. Commissioned for the Marquis of Lansdowne, a British supporter of American independence, the painting shows Washington in the last year of his presidency, 1796. Here is a George Washington for the ages, resolute in the face of the multiple crises of our nationís beginnings; grand in the tradition not of a king but of democracyís representative; civilian rather than military in his authority; and above all, the embodiment of a nation both stable and free. Today the painting provides a way to think about a time when Americaís success was by no means certain, about a man whose traits of character became bound up with his nationís fate, and about the expectation for our nationís highest office "the presidency" at the very moment of its creation. Filled with symbols of Washington himself and of the new republic, the painting speaks to Americans today as much as it did in the late eighteenth century. 
Lavishly illustrated in color with details of the Lansdowne portrait itself, with other portraits of Washington--contemporary and modern--and with portraits of Washingtonís colleagues, the book is a treasure in and of itself. Essays reflect on how this remarkable painting explains the nature of Washington and his importance in the national psyche, discuss how Washington came to sit for the Lansdowne painting and the workís ownership throuout the years, and consider Gilbert Stuartís portraits of George Washington, and their many copies. A chronology highlights Washingtonís life and times.

George Washington: A National Treasure

Brookhiser, Richard

Leaders & Notable People

An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery based on Daniel J. Boorstin's Pulitzer Prize winning book

Portraits from The Americans, the democratic experience: An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery based on Daniel J. Boorstin's Pulitzer Prize winning book

Random House]

When these men came together to sign the Declaration or to serve in Congress, they formed a unique concentration of intellect and talent drawn from thirteen scattered colonies at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, and from a population of only a little more than three million people. We wonder how they could have led the effort to fight a war against the mightiest nation on Earth, produce an exquisitely lucid constitution, and erect a government that balanced liberty and stability—all of which has gone into making the United States the world’s oldest continuous republic. While there is no absolute standard for determining who is a “Founding Father,” it is possible to designate a relatively small group whose courage, intelligence, and patriotism played a critical role in winning our independence and establishing our nation. We have gathered here that group of individuals for which the National Portrait Gallery possesses images. They are men who participated in at least one of these events: the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional Convention, the First or Second Federal Congress, and the Washington administration. These events, beginning with the Revolution and lasting through the Washington presidency, set our national course and remain today as pivotal events in our history. Pomegranate’s books of postcards contain up to thirty top-quality reproductions bound together in a handy, artful collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock, these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver. Postcards are oversized and may require additional postage.

Founding Fathers

Pomegranate

Arnold Newman's Americans

In recognition of the career and award-winning work of Arnold Newman, the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, will be exhibiting 100 of his portraits of individuals who have made a notable contribution to American culture and society. Included in the selection are classic portraits as varied as Igor Stravinsky, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Oppenheimer, Gypsy Rose Lee, Eugene O'Neill, J.F. Kennedy and Leonard Bernstein. Newman's innovative portraits were a radical step away from the traditional portraiture of the 1940s - capturing the subject in a setting reflective of his or her vocation and personal creativity. It is just this independent spirit that established him as a ground-breaking artist and made his work the subject of eight books and exhibitions the world over.

Arts & Photography

NEWMAN, Arnold

Fern, Alan Maxwell

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Bulfinch Pr

Photography & Video

Honoring Time magazine's seventy-fifth anniversary, this collection of seventy-five works of art commisioned for the magazine's covers features Andrew Wyeth's portrait of Eisenhower, Warhol's study of Michael Jackson, and other images by Ben Shahn, Roy Lichtenstein, and other artists. 22,500 first printing.

Faces of Time: 75 Years of Time Magazine Cover Portraits

A sumptuously illustrated commemorative volume marks a key turning point in American art.

Revisiting the White City: American Art at the 1893 World's Fair

Gurney, George

National Museum of American Art (U.S.)

History & Criticism

Smithsonian Inst Natl Museum of

Includes over 78 examples of portraiture collected from the National Portrait Gallery including Edgar Degas' "Mary Cassatt," Thomas Hart Benton's "Self-Portrait with Rita," and Henry Inman's "Sequoyah."

A Brush with History : Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery

Miles, Ellen Gross

Carr, Carolyn Kinder

Christman, Margaret C. S.

Univ Pr of New England

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