Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor and founder of Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Photographed by Robert Henri, 9 January 1925.

John Koch (American, 1909-1978) • Telephone Call • Unknown date • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City

John Koch was an American painter, and an important figure in 20th century realist painting. His early work may be considered Impressionist. He is best known for his light-filled realist paintings of urban interiors, often featuring classical allusions, and set in his own Manhattan apartment. – Beautiful Paintings blog

Fornance Street, Walter Stuempfig, 1956

Oil on linen 26 x 30 ¼ in. (66 x 76.8 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, USA

Edward Hopper (US 1882–1967) Le bistro / The Wine Shop Paris (1909) Oil on canvas (61 × 73,5 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Helen Frankenthaler - Orange Mood (1966)

Lee Krasner lost husband Jackson Pollock in a car crash. The next year, she finished “The Seasons” and said: “The question came up whether one would continue painting at all, and I guess this was my answer.”

George Copeland Ault (America, 1891-1948) • The Artist at Work • 1946 • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City

United States of Attica (1971-72). Faith Ringgold.

Howard Kanovitz :  New Yorkers , The Whitney    -   Joe Fig , 2016.

American , b. 1969  -

Oil on linen mounted on MDF board  , 17 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.    43.8 x 46 cm

Zhang Huan (2002) Location: New York, Whitney Museum

- "Many things appear to be powerful, in fact, they are extremely fragile"

Edward Hopper (America, 1882–1967) • South Carolina Morning • 1955 • Whitney Museum of American Art

“Great art is the outward expression of an inner life of the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.” – Edward Hopper

Night Landscape, Edward Steichen, circa 1905

Oil on canvas 24 ¾ x 20 ¾ in. (62.9 x 52.7 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, USA

Pictograph. 1946. Oil on canvas. Adolph Gottlieb. Whitney Museum Exhibition Catalog. 1967.

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Susan Hall - New York Portrait, 1970

Charles Sheeler (American, 1883-1965) • Chrysanthemums • 1912 • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City