Dick West (Southern Cheyenne, 1912–1996), “Spatial Whorl”, 1949–1950. Oil on canvas. Gift of Dwight D. Saunders, 2004. (26/5102) This work will be exhibited in “Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of ...
In a city where politics reigns as the dominant art form, painter Sam Gilliam quietly pursues an art that leaps beyond the traditional canvas. Long identified with the Washington Color School, a group ...