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Sir Jacob Epstein

On May 4, 2026 - 20th Century, American, november 10

Sir Jacob Epstein, American and British artist, November 10, 1880 - August 21, 1959

George Charles Beresford, 1921
Jacob Epstein

Bromide print

National Portrait Gallery, London

Madonna and Child, 1927

Bronze

Riverside Church, Morningside Heights, New York

Portrait of Paul Robeson, 1927

Bronze

York Art Gallery, UK

Jacob and the Angel, 1940 - 41,

Alabaster

Tate Britain, London

Trades Union Congress War Memorial, 1955

London

The Rush of Green or The Pan Statue, 1959

Edinburgh Gate in Hyde Park, London

Kathlene

Bronze

City Art Gallery, Bristol, UK

A Russian Girl Student, lllustration from The Spirit of the Ghetto; Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York, 1902

Library of Congress, Washington DC

A Type of a Laboring Man, Illustration from The Spirit of the Ghetto; Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York, 1902

Library of Congress, Washington DC

"Submerged scholars," Illustration from The Spirit of the Ghetto; Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York, 1902

Library of Congress, Washington DC

Sir Jacob Epstein, The Push-Carts of Hester Street and Their Guard at Night, lllustration from The Spirit of the Ghetto; Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York, 1902 Library of Congress, Washington DC

The Push-Carts of Hester Street and Their Guard at Night, lllustration from The Spirit of the Ghetto; Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York, 1902

Library of Congress, Washington DC

Sir Jacob Epstein, The Rabbi Can Tell Whether or Not It Is Kosher, Illustration from The Spirit of the Ghetto; Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York, 1902 Library of Congress, Washington DC

The Rabbi Can Tell Whether or Not It Is Kosher, Illustration from The Spirit of the Ghetto; Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York, 1902

Library of Congress, Washington DC

Untitled, lllustration from The Spirit of the Ghetto; Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York, 1902

Library of Congress, Washington DC

Untitled, lllustration from The Spirit of the Ghetto; Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York, 1902

Library of Congress, Washington DC

Cecilia Beaux

On May 3, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, may 1

Cecilia Beaux, American artist, May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942

Cecilia Beaux, 1888

A Little Girl by Cecilia Beaux, 1887

Oil on canvas, 36 x 29 3/16 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

A Breton Woman and Other Studies, 1888

Oil on canvas, 15 x 10 5/8 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Twilight Confidences, 1888

Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 28 in //

Georgia Museum of Art, Athens

Landscape with Farm Building, Concarneau, France, 1888

Oil on canvas, 11 1/16 x 14 3/16 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Beach Haven, New Jersey, 1889 - 1890

Oil on canvas, 6 1/16 x 8 9/16 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Ernesta/Child with Nurse, 1894

Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 38 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

New England Woman, 1895

Oil on canvas, 43 x 24 1/4 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Dorothea and Francesca/The Dancing Lesson, 1898

Oil on canvas, 80.1 x 45.9 in //

Art Institute of Chicago

Sita and Sarita, 1896

Oil on canvas, 37 x 25 in //

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Mrs Robert Chapin and Daughter Christina, 1902

Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in //

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY

A Young Woman, 1909

Oil on canvas, 29 9/16 x 22 1/16 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Georges Clemenceau, 1920

Oil on canvas, 46 7⁄8 x 36 3⁄4 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

The Green Cloak, 1925

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

Romaine Brooks

On May 2, 2026 - 20th Century, American, may 1

Romaine Brooks, American painter, May 1, 1874 – December 7, 1970

The Charwoman, 1904

Oil on canvas, 30 3/8 x 40 1/2 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

The Green Silk Jacket, 1907

Oil on canvas, 63 7/8 x 45 1/8 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Lady in Mourning, c 1910

Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 24 1/8 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

White Azaleas, 1910

Oil on canvas, 59 1/2 x 107 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Gabriele d'Annunzio, the Poet in Exile, 1912

Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 37.4 in //

National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

Jean Cocteau at the time of the Ferris Wheel, 1912

Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 52.4 in //

National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

The Cross of France, 1914

Oil on canvas, 45 3⁄4 x 33 1⁄2 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

At the Seaside (Self-Portrait), 1914

Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 26.8 in //

National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

The White Goat (Portrait of Elsie de Wolfe, c 1915

Oil on canvas, 27.2 x 23.2 in //Romaine Brooks,

National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

Renata Borgatti, at the Piano, 1920

Oil on canvas, 55 7/8 x 74 1/4 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Self-Portrait, 1923

Oil on canvas, 46 1/4 x 26 7/8 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Peter (A Young English Girl), 1923 - 1924

Oil on canvas, 36 1⁄8 x 24 1⁄2 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Duke Uberto Strozzi, 1961

Oil on canvas, 45 3/8 x 39 1/4 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Thomas Hart Benton

On April 13, 2026 - 20th Century, American, april 15

Thomas Hart Benton, American painter, April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975

Carl van Vechten Thomas Hart Benton, 1935

LONDON, from Europe After 8:15, 1914

VIENNA, from Europe After 8:15, 1914

Woman, c 1915-1920

Oil on canvas, 11.9 x 8.9 in //

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Self-Portrait with Rita, c 1924

Oil on canvas, 49 x 39.3 in //

National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC

Martha's Vineyard (Beetlebung Corner), 1920

Private collection

New York, Early 20s, 1920

Oil on canvas, 34 x 25 in

The Cliffs, 1921

Oil on canvas, 29 × 34.5 in //

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC

Chilmark Landscape, 1922

Oil on paper mounted on fiberboard, 15.3 x 22.8 in //

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC

Boy from Georgia, 1928

Private collection

Prodigal Son, 1939

Lithograph on wove paper, 10 x 13.25 in //

Private collection

Loading Corn, 1945

Lithograph on paper, 11 x 14.75 in //

Private collection

Poker Night (from A Streetcar Named Desire), 1948

Tempera and oil on linen mounted on composition board, 36 × 48 in //

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Persephone, 1938 - 1939

Tempera with oil glazes on canvas; mounted on panel, 72 1/8 x 56 1/16 in //

Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

William Morris Hunt

On March 29, 2026 - 19th Century, American, march 31

William Morris Hunt, American painter, March 31, 1824 – September 8, 1879

James Wallace Black

William Morris Hunt, 1879

Black and white photographic print

Archives of American Art

Self Portrait, 1866

Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 25.5 in //

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Horses of Anahita, or 'The Flight of Night,' 1848–1850

Bas relief sculpture

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

La Marguerite/Peasant Girl, 1852 – 1853

Oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Girl at the Fountain, 1852 - 1854

Oil on canvas, 46 x 35 1/2 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Spouting Whale, c 1870

Oil on canvas, 19.5 x 16.1 in

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

The Ball Players, 1871

Oil on canvas, 15.9 x 24 in //

Detroit Institute of Arts

Abigail Brooks Adams, 1872

Oil on Canvas

Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Massachusetts

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, c 1874-1875

Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 in. x 18 in //

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Charles Sumner, 1875

Oil on canvas, 22 x 27 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Bathers, 1877

Oil on canvas, 37.9 x 25 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

View of Gloucester Harbor, c 1877

Oil on canvas, 21.1 x 31.1 in //

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Niagara Falls, 1878

Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 99.2 in //

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts

John Frederick Kensett

On March 22, 2026 - 19th Century, American, march 22

John Frederick Kensett, American painter, March 22, 1816 – December 14, 1872

A. A. Turner, c 1866

John Frederick Kensett

Archives of American Art, New York and Washington DC

Trout Fisherman, 1852

Oil on canvas, 19.4 x 15.9 in //

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Bash-Bish Falls, Massachusetts, 1855 //

Oil on canvas, 29.8 x 24.1 in

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

View on the Upper Mississippi, 1855

Oil on canvas, 18 1/2 x 30 in //

Saint Louis Art Museum

View of the Beach At Beverly, Massachusetts, 1860

Oil on canvas, 14.2 x 24.2 in //

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Forty Steps, Newport, Rhode Island, 1860

Oil on canvas

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

Lake Erie, 1865

Oil on canvas, 10 x 18 in //

Private collection

Lake George, 1869

Oil on canvas, 44.1 x 66.3 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lake George, c 1870

Oil on academy board, 14 1/4 × 24 3/8 in //

Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey

Lake George, c 1870

Oil on canvas, 14 x 24 in

Brooklyn Museum, New York

The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut, 1872

Oil on canvas, 34.3 x 27.2 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Eaton's Neck, Long Island, 1872

Oil on canvas, 17.9 x 35.9 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gathering Storm on Long Island Sound, 1872

Oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 27 1/4 in

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Twilight in the Cedars at Darien, Connecticut, 1872

Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 40.9 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

William H Johnson

On March 16, 2026 - 20th Century, American, march 18

William H. Johnson, American artist, March 18, 1901 – April 13, 1970

William H Johnson

Art Class, c 1939-1940

Oil on plywood, 32 7⁄8 x 29 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Blind Singer, c 1939-1940

Serigraph on paper

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Breakdown, c 1940-1941

Screenprint on paper, 14 1/4 x 18 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Deep South, 1940 - 1941

Screenprint on paper, 17 1/8 x 14 1/8 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Ezekiel Saw the Wheel, 1944 - 1945

Screenprint on paper, 17 1/2 x 11 5/8 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Fright, c 1942

Serigraph on paperboard

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Off to War, c 1942

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Jitterbugs, II, 1939 - 1940

Screen print on paper, 24 x 15 3/8 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Jitterbugs V, c 1941 - 1942

Serigraph on paper

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Holcha Krake, 1930 - 1935

Hand colored woodcut on paper

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Harlem Street with Church, c 1939 - 1940

Hand-colored relief print

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Willie and Holcha, 1939 - 1940

Hand-colored woodcut on paper, 14 1/8 x 17 1/4 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

On February 23, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, march 1

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish and American sculptor, March 1, 1848 – August 3, 1907

De Witt Ward

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in his Studio, 1905

Hiawatha, 1872-1874

Marble

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAugustus Saint-Gaudens,

Farragut Statue, 1880

Bronze

Madison Square, New York

The Puritan, 1881

Bronze

Merrick Park, Springfiel, Massachusetts

Oliver Ames, Jr, 1883

Bronze relief

Ames Free Library, North Easton, Massachusetts

Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, 1884

Bronze

Boston Common

Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1887

Bronze relief

Honolulu Museum of Art

Statue of Abraham Lincoln, 1887

Bronze

Lincoln Park, Chicago

The Peace of God, also Known as the Adams Memorial or Grief, 1891

Bronze

Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C

Diana, 1892 - 93,

Bronze

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Amor Caritas, 1898

Bronze

Cleveland Museum of Art

William T. Sherman Monument, 1903

Bronze

Grand Army Plaza, 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, New Yorkrk.

US $20.00 Gold Piece, 1907

Winslow Homer

On February 15, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, february 24

Winslow Homer, American artist, February 24, 1836-September 29, 1910

Winslow Homer, about 1880

Indian Boy with Canoe, c 1895

Watercolor on paper, 16 1/2 x 24 in //

Denver Art Museum

Fox Hunt, 1893

Oil on canvas, 37.9 x 68.5 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Mink Pond, 1891

Watercolor over graphite pencil on wove paper, 13.8 x 20 in //

Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Adirondack Guide, 1894

Watercolor over graphite on paper, 15.1 x 21.4 in //

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Salt Kettle, Bermuda, 1899

Watercolor over graphite pencil on wove paper, 13.9 x 20.9 in //

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Driftwood, 1909

Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 28.5 in //

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Red Shirt, Homosassa, Florida, 1904

Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper, 13.9 x 19.7 in //

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Channel Bass, 1904

Watercolor and graphite pencil on wove paper, 11.2 x 19.3 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Eagle's Nest, 1902

Watercolor over graphite pencil on cream-colored wove paper, 21.5 x 13.5 in //

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

The West Wind, 1891

Oil on canvas, 30 x 44 in //

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

Summer Night, 1890

Oil on canvas, 30.1 x 40.1 in //

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

West Point, Prout's Neck, 1900

Oil on canvas, 30 x 48.1 in //

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Elie Nadelman

On February 10, 2026 - 20th Century, American, february 20

Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor, February 20, 1882 – December 28, 1946

Elie Nadelman, Unknown date

Ideal Female Head, 1908-11

Private collection

Woman's Head, before 1915

Bronze,

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Dancing Girl, 1916-1918

Gilded bronze and marble

Honolulu Museum of Art

Small Plastic in Bronze, 1914 or before

Standing Nude, c 1908

Gilded bronze

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Circus Women, 1930, David H. Koch Theater, NY

Ballerina, 1920

Art Institute of Chicago

Host, c 1920-23

Cherry wood gessoed and painted and wrought iron

Columbus Museum of Art

Fawn, c 1916–1917

Bronze

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Horse, c 1914

Bronze

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Resting Stag, c 1915

Bronze

Honolulu Museum of Art

Wounded Stag, c 1915

Bronze

Honolulu Museum of Art

Two Figures, c 1917

Drawing

Private collection

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