BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions (2014)

DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions (2014):

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Description of Pictures: Recent Acquisitions
November 7, 2014 – November 1, 2015
New additions to the Portrait Gallery’s collection are installed in the hall leading from the G Street museum entrance to the permanent collection exhibition American Origins. The pieces include paintings of Ted Turner, Maya Angelou, Marvin Hamlisch and William Dunlap, a bronze sculpture of Richard Morris Hunt; photographs of Domingo and Carmen Ghirardelli, Gary Cooper, Busby Berkeley, B. B. King, Quincy Jones and the Jackson 5; and prints of Johnny Unitas, Dick Gregory and Bella Abzug.

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1. SIPGRE_141105_001.JPG: Ted Turner, born 1938 Born Cincinnati, Ohio Ted Turner began his career in advertising in Georgia, and then moved into communications and media. In the 1970s he founded the Turner Broadcasting System; by 1980, in creating the cable news network CNN he not only reshaped the culture of television but also the modern communications industry. He is known for his outsized personality, his ownership of the Atlanta Braves, and for his prowess as a sailor who defended the America's Cup in 1977. In 1997 he made a pledge of one billion dollars to the United Nations Foundation. Turner is deeply invested in the future sustainability of the planet, and the philanthropic efforts of the Turner Foundation are focused on environmental causes. Turner is one of the largest individual landowners in North America. The landscape in the background of the portrait is a scene from his expansive Flying D ranch in southwest Montana, home to the largest of his herds of bison. Jon Friedman, 2013
2. SIPGRE_141105_022.JPG: Marvin Hamlisch, 1944-2012 Born New York City Marvin Hamlisch is credited with writing some of the most celebrated music in movie and stage history, including motion picture scores for The Way We Were (1974), The Sting (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Ordinary People (1980), and Sophie's Choice (1982). The winner of multiple Oscars and Grammy Awards, his 1975 musical A Chorus Line earned both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize. London portrait artist Richard Stone made studies of the composer from life in the year before Hamlisch's death, with sittings in London, Los Angeles, and New York City. The artist recalls meetings filled with music and laughter. Stone chose to portray Hamlisch holding the music for his poignant "What I Did For Love" from A Chorus Line, the final piece that he conducted as the Pasadena Pops played the encore in his last public appearance. Richard Stone, 2013
3. SIPGRE_141105_030.JPG: Cutting Squash Leah Chase (born 1923) is reverentially referred to as the "Queen of Creole Cuisine." In 1945, she married jazz musician Edgar "Dooky" Chase Jr. and joined the family restaurant business in New Orleans. By the 1960s, Dooky Chase's Restaurant was famous for Leah's recipes and also served as a gathering spot for civil rights activists, including Martin Luther King Jr., who would join local leaders for strategy sessions over meals upstairs. Native New Orleans artist Gustave Blache made a series of small portraits documenting Leah Chase in the kitchen. Influenced by photojournalism as well as nineteenth-century artists Gustave Courbet and Edgar Degas, Blache's intimate genre scenes capture Chase's tireless work ethic. Remembering her working-class background, she reflected on her life, "If you work hard, you can get what you are going after." Gustave Blache III, 2010
4. SIPGRE_141105_042.JPG: Domingo Ghirardelli, 1817-1894 Born Rapallo, Italy Italian confectioner Domingo Ghirardelli established himself as a chocolate merchant in Lima, Peru, before immigrating to California in 1849, during the early days of the gold rush. He tried his hand at mining but quickly realized that selling provisions to those working the gold fields would be far more lucrative. The overwhelming success of his first general store in Stockton, California, prompted Ghirardelli to open a second location in San Francisco. Fires destroyed both establishments in 1851, but the resilient businessman quickly rebuilt. In 1852 he launched the manufacturing and retail enterprise that would become the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company. One of only two chocolate manufacturers in the United States before the Civil War, Ghirardelli dominated the western market. In 1867 his company revolutionized the industry by introducing the world's first nonperishable ground chocolate for beverages and baking. By 1885 Ghirardelli was importing more than 450,000 pounds of cocoa beans per year. Unidentified photographer, c 1860
5. SIPGRE_141105_050.JPG: Carmen Alvarado Martin Ghirardelli, 1829-1887 Born Lima, Peru At the time of her 1847 marriage to Domingo Ghirardelli in Lima, Peru, Carmen Alvarado Martin was a young widow with an infant daughter. When Domingo sailed to California to seek his fortune in 1849, Carmen initially remained behind. But in 1853, accompanied by her daughter and the couple's two children, Carmen joined her husband in San Francisco. The family first made its home above Ghirardelli's confectionary on Portsmouth Square and later resided above the business's new location on Jackson Street. In 1859 Domingo built a substantial residence in the East Bay community of Oakland, where the Ghirardelli family grew to include eight children. Although Carmen spoke no English, she settled happily in a diverse community where Spanish speakers were plentiful. Both Carmen Ghirardelli's photograph and that of her husband were enhanced in the studio with ink and watercolor to heighten their visual impact. Unidentified artist, c 1860
6. SIPGRE_141105_056.JPG: George Washington, 1732-1799 Born Westmoreland County, Virginia George Washington's death on December 14, 1799, caused an outpouring of national grief. Among the funeral orations, memorial poems, songs, and visual images inspired by his demise is this equestrian portrait by William Clarke, which refers to his military and presidential achievements. Washington was also known for his skilled horsemanship. As Thomas Jefferson recalled in an 1814 letter, Washington was "the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." This likeness is based on Gilbert Stuart's "Atheneum" 1796 portrait of 1796, which was well known through replicas and engravings. The artist, William Clarke, worked in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and in Maryland before moving to Philadelphia around 1796. There he was associated with a group of artists specializing in ornamental painting, portraiture, and the decoration of drums and banners. William Clarke, 1800
7. SIPGRE_141105_066.JPG: Gary Cooper, 1901-1961 Born Helena, Montana Hollywood legend Gary Cooper began his film career in the mid-1920s as an extra and bit player, but soon advanced to leading roles when studio executives recognized his on-screen charisma. Cooper's lanky good looks, easygoing acting style, and sympathetic portrayals of everyman characters in such films as A Farewell to Arms (1932), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), and Pride of the Yankees (1942) endeared him to legions of fans. Cooper won his first Academy Award for his moving performance as a World War I hero in Sergeant York (1941) and took home a second Oscar for his stellar work in the classic western High Noon (1952). George Hoyingen-Heune made a series of photographs of Cooper while on assignment in Hollywood for Vanity Fair. When the magazine published one of the portraits in its September 1934 issue, the caption noted that Cooper's "tautly modeled face represents, to thousands of women, the epitome of cinema sex appeal." George Hoyingen-Heune, 1934
8. SIPGRE_141105_072.JPG: Busby Berkeley, 1875-1976 Born Los Angeles, California Choreographer-director Busby Berkeley infused classic Hollywood musicals with kaleidoscopic dance sequences that were sheer spectacle. In such films as 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, and Footlight Parade -- all released in 1933 -- Berkeley staged extravagant production numbers, deploying battalions of chorus girls to create fantastic, ever-changing geometric formations. To capture the scope of his complex dance numbers for Gold Diggers of 1935, Berkeley employed a custom-built, monorail-mounted motion picture camera that enabled him to orchestrate overhead shots, zoom in for close-ups, or shoot whole patterns of dancers. Berkeley's penchant for dazzling, over-the-top effects was a perfect antidote to the Great Depression: "I tried to help people get away from all the misery," he explained. "I wanted to make people happy, if only for an hour." The original press caption for this photograph notes that Berkeley is seen "looking over some of the beautiful girls needed to make up the chorus of 100 for a forthcoming cinema." Unidentified photographer for International News Photo, 1934
9. SIPGRE_141105_080.JPG: B.B. King, born 1925 Born Itta Bena, Mississippi Long acknowledged as the undisputed "King of the Blues," guitarist B. B. King is a consummate musician whose "vocal-like string bends" and distinctive left-hand vibrato have influenced generations of blues players, as well as rock guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and Carlos Santana. Born Riley B. King, he acquired the moniker B. B. -- short for Blues Boy -- while performing on a West Memphis radio station in the late 1940s. After his rendition of "Three O'Clock Blues" claimed the number-one spot on the R&B charts in 1951, King and his band embarked on their first nationwide tour. Since then, he has maintained an ambitious touring schedule, much to the delight of his fans. In 1970 King scored a huge crossover hit with "The Thrill Is Gone," which climbed both the R&B and pop music charts to earn him the first of fifteen Grammy Awards -- more than any other blues artist. Charles H. "Chuck" Stewart, 1992
10. SIPGRE_141105_085.JPG: Quincy Jones, born 1933 Born Chicago, Illinois Throughout his decades-long career, Quincy Jones has been involved with nearly every facet of the music business -- from performance and composition to production. As a young man he played in a combo with Ray Charles and toured internationally with Dizzy Gillespie. In 1964 he became the first African American executive at a white-owned record company and also created his first score for a major Hollywood film, The Pawnbroker. He has since composed for dozens of motion pictures, including In the Heat of the Night (1967) and The Color Purple (1985). His skill as a producer resulted in hit albums for musicians ranging from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, with whom Jones collaborated on the mega-hit album Thriller (1982). Known for his dynamic images of musicians, Chuck Stewart photographed Quincy Jones during a rehearsal in New York City where Jones was working as the arranger for the Broadway musical Free and Easy (1959). Charles H. "Chuck" Stewart, 1959
11. SIPGRE_141105_094.JPG: The Jackson 5 Michael Jackson (1958–2009) was only eleven years old in January 1970 when "I Want You Back" -- the Jackson 5's first Motown Records single -- reached number one on both the pop and R&B charts. The junior member of the ensemble consisting of his brothers Tito (born 1953), Marlon (born 1957), Jackie (born 1951), and Jermaine Jackson (born 1954), Michael quickly emerged as the group's lead performer with incandescent vocals and dance moves that were extraordinary for one so young. Fueled by Michael's talent, the Jackson 5 scored a string of hits with their next three singles -- "ABC," "The Love You Save," and "I'll Be There" -- which topped the charts in rapid succession. After releasing his first solo recording "Got to Be There" in 1971, Michael continued to perform with the Jackson 5 for several more years before leaving the group to pursue a phenomenally successful career as a singer, songwriter, and performer. Unidentified artist, 1972
12. SIPGRE_141105_100.JPG: Billie Holiday, 1915-1959 Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Renowned for making songs entirely her own, Billie Holiday once explained, "I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know." Holiday was in her mid-teens when she began singing professionally at a club in Brooklyn in 1927. Before long, she was performing in popular jazz venues in Harlem and recording with some of the era's best musicians. Nicknamed "Lady Day" while touring with Count Basie in 1937, she became one of the first African American vocalists to headline an all-white band when she joined Artie Shaw's Orchestra in 1938. A year later, during an engagement at Caf� Society in Greenwich Village, Holiday introduced "Strange Fruit," the haunting indictment of southern lynching that would become one of her most iconic songs. Sadly, Holiday's life was marred by struggles with drugs and alcohol, which contributed to her death at the age of forty-four. Charles H. "Chuck" Stewart, 1955
13. SIPGRE_141105_107.JPG: Philadelphia Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1780 At the start of the Revolutionary War, almost any fictitious image could pass as a portrait of an American hero. But George Washington (1732–1799), as commander-in-chief, warranted extra efforts. Engraver John Norman, producing a utilitarian broadside almanac, featured an authentic likeness of the general, elaborately framed by patriotic and military symbols. He based his portrait on the work of Charles Willson Peale, who had made paintings, prints, and miniatures of Washington from life. Surrounding the portrait are swags, palm branches, cannons, banners, and the seal of Pennsylvania, along with twin allegorical figures of fame blowing their trumpets and a well-recognized symbol of colonial resistance, the rattlesnake. This rare almanac actually played an important role in disseminating Washington's likeness. The Peale-derived head, often accompanied by these military banners and cannons, was copied repeatedly for inexpensive almanacs and children's primers throughout the two terms of Washington's presidency. John Norman, after Charles Willson Peale, c 1779
14. SIPGRE_141105_114.JPG: Bill Irwin, born 1950 Born Santa Monica, California Despite the buffoonish top hat and suspenders, Burt Silverman's life drawing of Bill Irwin for a New Yorker "Profiles" essay depicts the serious man behind the clown, highlighting his imaginative intelligence. Irwin has expanded the art of comic performance by merging traditional clowning costumes and tricks with the physical humor of vaudeville, the improvisation of street fair skits, mime, dance, and the fluid movements of silent film comics. Irwin studied at Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey's Clown College and helped found a circus in San Francisco. Eventually, however, he branched out into a variety of acting and performance roles, including serious theater -- he won a Tony for his appearance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- one-man shows, television, music videos, and film. Earning many awards, including a MacArthur Foundation "genius" prize, Irwin has helped to redefine the modern clown. Burt Silverman, 1985
15. SIPGRE_141105_119.JPG: Philip Roth, born 1933 Born Newark, New Jersey Burt Silverman's drawing of Philip Roth -- made when the artist visited Roth in his Connecticut home in 1983 -- is a supple manipulation of charcoal and chalk. It shows Roth, hailed as one of America's greatest living novelists, as a preoccupied man with a piercing gaze, an elegant visual analogy for Roth's probing, transgressive writing style. Roth burst onto the national stage in 1959 with his incisive portrayal of Jewish American subjects in Goodbye, Columbus, for which he won his first National Book Award. He went on to win his second in 1995 for Sabbath's Theater, followed by the Pulitzer Prize two years later for American Pastoral. In the midst of such accolades came harsh criticism for his 1969 novel, Portnoy's Complaint, a groundbreaking work for its explicit treatment of sexuality. Undaunted by his detractors, Roth has never veered from his candid, sardonic voice. Burt Silverman, 1983
16. SIPGRE_141105_124.JPG: Goddard Lieberson, 1911-1977 Born Hanley, Staffordshire, England Al Hirschfeld's vibrant portrait depicts Goddard Lieberson, a pianist and composer who served as president of Columbia Records for nearly two decades. Earlier in his career, Lieberson shepherded Columbia's introduction of long-playing recordings (LPs), which transformed the public consumption of music. Championing such contemporary composers as Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, and Charles Ives, he worked with major orchestras and conductors to build Columbia's classical repertoire. One of Lieberson's greatest legacies was the Broadway cast recording. Cast albums of such shows as My Fair Lady (1956) and West Side Story (1957) sold millions of copies. Hirschfeld's caricatures, playwright Arthur Miller once noted, "make you feel that he has found a wit in your miserable features that may yet lend you a style and a dash you were never aware of in yourself." The artist, who knew Lieberson well and drew record covers for Columbia, evokes the revolving vinyl in the portrait's spiraling eyes. Al Hirschfeld, 1968
17. SIPGRE_141105_140.JPG: Ed Ruscha, born 1937 Born Omaha, Nebraska Although born in the Midwest, renowned artist Ed Ruscha is now identified with a particularly Californian art aesthetic. He is especially known for his series of gas stations, works derived from Hollywood movies, and the incorporation of language into his imagery. Emerging as an artist in the early 1960s, Ruscha gave the burgeoning Pop movement a West Coast spin, with his slick styling, pop-culture subjects, glossy vernacular landscapes, and references to cars or films. Post-Pop, Ruscha gave more prominence to words and phrases and also experimented with photography and film. Artist Don Bachardy has never made preliminary sketches, preferring the immediacy and tension of sustained looking and direct drawing. Bachardy found that such "eye contact" resulted in "a real exchange of energy" between two personalities at a particular moment, and he typically has his sitter sign and date each drawing. Don Bachardy, 1972
18. SIPGRE_141105_142.JPG: Don Bachardy, born 1934 Born Los Angeles, California Keeping alive the tradition of figuration even in the midst of the vogue for abstraction, California artist Don Bachardy has contributed distinctively to twentieth-century portraiture. Bachardy studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and then at the Slade School of Art in London; his first one-man exhibition took place in London in 1961. He has mastered a particular form of portrayal few can imitate: the large-scale, closely observed life portrait drawn with graphite or light ink washes. His usual practice was to start with the eyes and scale the rest of the picture around it. As one critic has written, Bachardy "seems to leap at his subject and wring from [him] every nuance of feature and gesture with swift discerning eye." Along with portraits of friends and acquaintances, he has made many self-portraits, applying the same standards of intense observation to his own features. Self-portrait, 1976
19. SIPGRE_141105_150.JPG: Johnny Unitas, 1933-2002 Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Dubbed the "Golden Arm," Johnny Unitas is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest quarterbacks in professional football history. Unitas led the Baltimore Colts, where he played for seventeen of his eighteen years in the National Football League, to three championships, winning three trophies for most valuable player and invitations to ten Pro Bowl games along the way. This life portrait of Unitas by Merv Corning -- one of the more than 300 portraits of NFL players that the self-taught artist made beginning in 1967 -- shows Unitas as many on the field saw him: a leader known for his steely determination and keen strategizing. Commissioned by David Boss, the NFL's pioneering creative director for a quarter of a century, it also reveals the rising significance of image-making, marketing, and branding in professional sports. Merv Corning, 1975
20. SIPGRE_141105_155.JPG: Chick Webb, 1909-1939, and his orchestra Born Baltimore, Maryland Bandleader and drummer extraordinaire William Henry "Chick" Webb overcame the challenge of physical disability to emerge as one of the stellar performers of the Big Band era. Webb showed an early talent for drumming despite being constrained from infancy by a deformed spine that hunched his back and restricted his growth. (His adult height barely exceeded four feet.) He acquired his first drum set by the age of twelve and progressed rapidly from street musician to dance band drummer. In 1926, after settling in Harlem, Webb launched his career as a bandleader. Within a year he and his orchestra were performing at the Savoy Ballroom, where they would vanquish formidable rivals such as Benny Goodman in the Savoy's storied battles of the bands. After recruiting Ella Fitzgerald to serve as his band's vocalist, Webb shared in his young singer's success in 1938 when her recording "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" became a nationwide hit. Apeda Studio, c 1936-38
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