In spite of the bright colors used, this is one of Woodie Long’s more serious pieces, grappling with this nation’s difficult history.
“The Adoration” is a painting attributed to 17th century Dutch artist Abraham van Diepenbeek.
Samuels’ sculptures are playful and imaginative figures created with eye-catching mixed media.
Artist Andy Warhol created the portrait of Lillian Carter, mother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, in 1977.
Athos Menaboni shows the Georgia state bird, the Brown Thrasher, on a holly branch in this painting.
A young, masked woman pulls a suitcase down a rocky desert path, surrounded by books juxtaposed with scenes of war.
Theodore Earl Butler, a close friend of Claude Monet, captures this scene of boaters near Giverny, a place where he often painted landscapes.
“Kittery House” is an example Bruce Peeso’s work before he changed his style in 1995.
This textile is representative of King Glele, who ruled the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin in West Africa) from 1858 to 1898.
Using his photographs as source material, John Salt captured vehicles mangled to the point of violence, transforming them into haunting icons of decay.
Punu culture has a matrilineal lineage, making the Punu Maiden Spirit Mask an important facet in this community’s traditions.
Carl Holty’s drawings feel as if they are in quiet dialogue with each other, balancing movement and stillness, structure and improvisation.
The 1950 lithograph prints from the 1948 painting were distributed to Georgia public schools and libraries with support from Robert Woodruff.
This 20th-century painting once owned by William Randolph Hearst depicts a night party, with three elegantly dressed women on a balcony.
Emilio B. Sanchez’s works of the 1950s are stylized and figurative. Themes include portraits of friends and models, New York views, and tropical landscapes.
In “Shoppers,” Kenneth Hays Miller shows the bustle of a shop-filled street corner while expressing the loneliness within the urban crowd.
Joseph Henry Sharp, an important historian of the West, in “Indian Encampment” (1906) depicts the Western frontier and life in a Sioux hunting camp.