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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Wallpaper design with blue acanthus motifs set within a trellis of dark vines and small flowers on a peach ground.

Wallpaper

Paul Farkas, 1935/1942

Wall design with pale blue flowers, green leaves, orange ribbon bows and a white frieze band on a grey ground.

Wallpaper

Nicholas Acampora, 1935/1942

Horizontal wallpaper border design with repeating green leaves, dark berry shapes, and red and green bands on cream paper.

Wallpaper Border

Paul Farkas, c. 1939

Horizontal wallpaper border design in green with tan roses, a ribbon bow, teal leaves, and a beaded bottom band.

Wallpaper

Paul Farkas, c. 1939

Painted wallpaper border design with repeated gold and brown tassel motifs on a dark green field, framed by striped bands.

Wallpaper

Walter Doran, c. 1939

Candlestick

Philip Johnson, c. 1937

Painted study of a polished brass candlestick with a turned stem and stepped octagonal base on cream paper.

Candlestick

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Watercolor textile design with a central rose wreath, brown eagles, scattered multicolored stars, and floral garland borders.

Texile

George Loughridge, c. 1940

Frontal watercolor of a wooden mission bench with scalloped backrest, finials, open armrests and stretcher frame.

Mission Bench

Edward Jewett, 1935/1942

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a pale blue glass bowl with a flared rim and scalloped base on cream paper.

Bowl

John Dana, c. 1940

Watercolor drawing of a teal glass sugar bowl with a domed lid and garland swags on its body, signed P. Johnson.

Sugar Bowl

Philip Johnson, c. 1940

Painting of a red and blue toy fire engine pulled by a white horse, with small firefighter figures on the wagon.

Toy Fire Engine

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Watercolor and pencil study of wall painting borders with flowers, geometric meander, rosettes and handwritten color notes.

Wall Painting

Edward Jewett, c. 1939

Watercolor of a dark wrought iron foot scraper with curled scroll ends and a weathered cylindrical base on a cream background

Foot Scraper

John Wilkes, c. 1938

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with curly hair and a beaded necklace, one knee raised, against loose shaded strokes.

Seated Figure

Pen and brown ink drawing of a path winding through hilly terrain with trees and a distant cliff under a pale sky.

A Path through a Hilly Landscape

Carl Friedrich von Rumohr, 1831

Pencil drawing of wooden chalets beside a stone bridge, with trees and a steep mountain behind the village.

An Alpine Village in Summertime

Jean Antoine Linck

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated woman with curled hair and puffed sleeves in a high-backed chair.

Sketch of a Woman

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1828

Graphite drawing of Mont Blanc with glacier, fir trees, sheep and a village in the valley below.

Vue du Mont Blanc

Jean Antoine Linck

Graphite sketch of large boulders and shrubs on a steep slope, with a faint distant horizon on the left.

Glacial Boulders at the Edge of a Mountain

Jean Antoine Linck, 1800

Pencil and white chalk drawing of sunlit trees in the foreground with a wide landscape and distant mountains behind.

Sunlit Trees Before a Panoramic Landscape

Jean Antoine Linck, 1810

Pencil and chalk sketch of clouds above mountains and a sloping hillside, with handwritten French notes on tan paper.

Study of Clouds above the Mountains

Jean Antoine Linck, 1820

Graphite drawing of a landscape with trees, rolling hills, a small standing figure, and cloudy sky.

Sunset above a Mountain Lake

Jean Antoine Linck, 1820

Chalk drawing of a seated couple embracing in a wooded landscape beside a ruined stone wall, with a dog nearby.

Tête-à-tête

François Boucher, 1764

Brown chalk drawing of Aurora gazing down at the reclining Cephalus, with putti and a chariot in the clouds above.

Aurora and Cephalus

François Boucher, 1766

Drawing of a reclining nude woman seen from behind, arm raised, on rumpled silk, in chalk on tan paper.

Danae Receiving the Golden Shower

François Boucher, 1757

Chalk drawing of cattle and sheep crossing a stream, with a woman on a cart and a stone arch behind.

Return to the Fold

François Boucher, 1750

Oval pen and brown wash drawing of a seated woman with putti and a musical instrument among clouds.

Allegory of Music

François Boucher, 1764

Black and white chalk drawing of a standing nude male figure with arms outstretched, looking upward, on gray paper.

Apollo

François Boucher, 1752

Brown wash drawing of a woman making crêpes in a cluttered kitchen while children and a dog gather nearby.

Crêpes

François Boucher, 1761