Art - Overview
The National Museum of American History is not an art museum. But works of art fill its collections and testify to the vital place of art in everyday American life. The ceramics collections hold hundreds of examples of American and European art glass and pottery. Fashion sketches, illustrations, and prints are part of the costume collections. Donations from ethnic and cultural communities include many homemade religious ornaments, paintings, and figures. The Harry T Peters "America on Stone" collection alone comprises some 1,700 color prints of scenes from the 1800s. The National Quilt Collection is art on fabric. And the tools of artists and artisans are part of the Museum's collections, too, in the form of printing plates, woodblock tools, photographic equipment, and potters' stamps, kilns, and wheels.
"Art - Overview" showing 49 items.
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Ruins of Baccarat
- Description
- Ink wash sketch on paper, of a street lined by ruined buildings. The view is from the inside of a shell-torn building and looks to the opposite side of the street. A woman, stooped and holding the hand of a small child, passes an American soldier in the street.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF*25861
- catalog number
- 25861
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Saumur on the Loire
- Description
- Pencil and ink wash sketch on white paper. In the background is a large building, in front of which are troops engaging in training. In the left foreground are a group of American soldiers, all wearing the Montana-peak style hat. Next to them is a tripod of some sort. Catalog card indicates that the sketch is of a training school for American artillery officers at Saumur on the Loire.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF*25862
- catalog number
- 25862
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Saint Aignan, Headquarters of the Forty-First Division
- Description
- Pencil and ink wash sketch on paper. Scene of a village from across a river. Trees line the opposite bank; a large chateau or house is in the right background. On the left of the drawing is a church.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF*25863
- catalog number
- 25863
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Temporary Bridge Over the Moselle
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. View of a quickly constructed wooden bridge over a river. On the far bank of the river are several shell-torn buildings that have been braced with supports. Soldiers are walking over the temporary bridge.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF*25866
- catalog number
- 25866
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Ammonia Compressor at the Great Ice Plant, Gievres
- Description
- Charcoal drawing on paper. The focal point of the drawing is a large machine. The drawing is framed by a pipeline on the left. On the right, in the background, are a set of stairs and more equipment. The catalog card reads: "The entire plant, one of the largest in existence, was brought over and constructed by Americans."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF*25867
- catalog number
- 25867
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Church, Cierges
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. In the foreground are several ruined buildings, behind which stands the shell-torn church. There is a cross on top of the church tower which has been damaged.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08-10
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF*25869
- catalog number
- 25869
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Château Euvezin
- Description
- Charcoal drawing on paper. A large chateau sits in the center of the sketch. There is a telegraph pole at the right edge of the drawing. From the catalog card: "'This Chateau was long used as a German Headquarters and when this drawing was made (Sept. 16th) it was the H.q. of our 29th Division.' (original label)" Although the catalog card says Sept. 16th, the artist's signature says "Aug 19 ; 18."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF*25870
- catalog number
- 25870
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Church St. Aignant
- Description
- Charcoal with ink wash sketch on paper. The sketch depicts a ruined church with rubble piled in front. The catalog card reads: "'St. Aignant is situated under the strong fortress of Liouville [sic] and formed the front line position of the French so that the town was practically wiped out."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-09-19
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF*25872
- catalog number
- 25872
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Flying Field, Issoudun
- Description
- Charcoal drawing on illustration board. A large field with several lines of airplanes is bordered on the right by what appear to be hangars. Soldiers are standing around the field; the soldier in the center foreground is wearing a balaclava (headwear that covers the face). Several airplanes can be seen in the sky. Issoudun was the site of a large aviation training school for American forces during the war.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF*25875
- catalog number
- 25875
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Bridge at Château Thierry
- Description
- Pencil and ink wash sketch on paper. In the foreground, a damaged bridge extends halfway across a river. Soldiers in the river are repairing the bridge. In the background, buildings line the far bank of the river.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF*25876
- catalog number
- 25876
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center