American Painting Wins Over London: The National Gallery of Art’s First International Exhibition in 1946

Presented at the Tate Gallery in 1946, American Painting: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day was the first international touring exhibition organised by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It positioned American painting as a form of mutual cultural recovery for the two nations, while also subtly promoting the United States’ growing cultural authority in relation to war-shattered Britain.

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