a large full-length painting of George Washington (1732-1799), the first president of the United States, at the end of the Battle of Princeton (1777), had been welcoming guests to the American ...

Before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, exhibitions and events in many states offer a ...

Last month, the Richmond museum opened its exhibition, “Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation,” with an array ...

George Washington, who presently surveys the Oval Office from his position above the mantel in an 18th-century portrait by Charles Willson Peale ... Museum of Art. Where previous leaders have ...

Abolitionist, friend to George Washington and Thomas ... A Charles Willson Peale portrait of Lafayette on loan from Washington and Lee University. “This is just an iconic must-see kind of ...

KATE: We learn how art became such a passion for Alice ... to a portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale. As well as contemporary works by Norman Rockwell, Georgia O'Keeffe, Mark ...

Selected artists will receive awards of up to $200,000 per statue, which must be made of marble, granite, bronze, copper, or ...

Bienvenue Lafayette welcomes him back, recounting his remarkable life story, and his time in New Orleans with important paintings and rare artifacts ... in their fight for liberty. He earned George ...