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image: Joshua Johnson, The Westwood Children, (detail), c. 1807 image: Horace Pippin, Interior, (detail), 1944 image: Jacob Lawrence, Daybreak - A Time to Rest, (detail), 1967 image: Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Seine, (detail), c. 1902 image: Bob Thompson, Tree, (detail), 1962

Web Tour of the Week: Selected African American Artists

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Paintings
American
British
Dutch and Flemish 16th-17th centuries
French and Italian 17th century
French and Italian 18th century
French 19th century
Italian 13th-14th centuries
Italian 15th century
Italian 16th century
Northern European 15th-16th centuries
Spanish
Modern and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Sculpture
European 14th-19th centuries
West Building Sculpture Galleries
Works on Paper
Prints and Drawings
Index of American Design
Gemini G.E.L.: Online Catalogue Raisonne
Photographs
Photograph Collection
Decorative Arts
Furniture, Tapestries, and Ceramics
Architecture
West Building
East Building
Sculpture Garden
Streaming Slideshows
Winslow Homer: Right and Left
Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi: The Adoration

Learn more about the permanent collection installations at the Gallery. Plan your visit to the National Gallery with these maps of must-see works in What to See in an Hour? West Building (PDF), What to See in an Hour? West Building Sculpture (PDF), and What to See in an Hour? East Building (PDF).

Please note that some of these objects may not be on view when you visit the galleries. Object location information is available for works on public display. See the latest information on gallery, restaurant, and restroom closures due to renovations at the museum.