But as conventional as Prior’s composition may have been, Lawson’s sitting for the portrait was a radical statement, says Emelie Gevalt, a curator at New York’s American Folk Art Museum ...

The museum's inaugural exhibition, "American Radiance ... dealer and first-generation folk art aficionado, the more than 400 objects on display include portraits, landscape paintings, ceramics ...

The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

Moreover, the National Portrait Gallery only takes up half of the building and shares the space with the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This museum showcases rotating exhibits, which have ...

“Portrait of Frederick A ... “Somewhere to Roost” runs until May 25, 2025, at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City.