National Academy of Design Annual Exhibition
Date1896
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 22 × 13 15/16 in. (55.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-36
On View
Not on viewNational Academy of Design Annual Exhibition
Label TextEach spring in New York the National Academy of Design hosted a large juried exhibition. Like the Salons in Paris, these annual displays provided a showcase for American artists. It was important to an artist's career to have work accepted and hung in clear view at these major exhibitions. However, the National Academy was a conservative institution and many younger artists saw their works rejected or "skied," hung so high that it was difficult to see.
