Online Navy Art Collection

Navy Art Collection Online Exhibits

The Navy Art Gallery is pleased make some of of the exhibits indicated below available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program.

From Space to Sea Navy Art Gallery's newest exhibition - From Space to Sea: The Navy's Role in Manned Space Flight, highlights all aspects of the Navy's involvement in our national journey into manned space. Gemini IV, Astronaut Edward White By George Sottung Acrylic Painting, 1967 Navy Art Collection 88-162-UK Edward White became the first man to conduct a spacewalk on June 3rd, 1965, as depicted in this artwork.
Women in Uniform This exhibit is available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program Preflight Walkaround of a MH-53 Helicopter Monica Allen-Perin, CDR Watercolor, 2003 2004-053-02
Fight, Let's Go: Works by McClelland Barclay Sailor Loading Fixed Ammunition McClelland Barclay Oil on canvas, 1942 48-031-N
The Alfred Agate Collection: The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 Schooner Porpoise and Flying Fish in Heavy Seas By Alfred T. Agate Oil on board 98-89-FZ (front)
Operation Deep Freeze I: 1955-56 Mt. Erebus, McMurdo Sound Robert Charles Haun #16 Oil on canvas, 1956 88-192-P
Alaska During the Pacific War Aleutian Morning: Otter Point William F. Draper #20 Oil on board; 1942 88-189-AA
The Vietnam Experience This exhibit is available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program Riverine Patrol R. G. Smith, 1969.116 Oil on board, 1968 88-160-EY
The Invasion of Normandy The Battle for Fox Green Beach, D-Day Normandy Dwight C. Shepler #146 Oil on canvas, 1944 88-199-ET
*The Rescue of the USS Squalus* (SS-192) Diving Bell** John Groth #3 Watercolor & ink, 1966 88-161-QU
WAVE Recruiting Posters from World War II WAVE Radio Operator John Falter Oil on canvas 45-127-K
World War II Navy Art: A Vision of History This exhibit is available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program A Warrior Homeward Bound William F. Draper #103 Oil on canvas, March, 1944 88-189-DR
RIMPAC 98 Dawn Robert Adam Malin Acrylic on illustration board, 1998 98-110-C
The Navy Art of Standish Backus This exhibit is available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program One-Mile Pump Station Standish Backus #35 Watercolor, 1956 88-186-AV
Naval Aviation of WWII From the Abbott Laboratories Collection This exhibit is available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program Flight's End Georges Schreiber #8 Oil on canvas Navy Art Collection 88-159-JA
The Silent Service: From the Abbott Laboratories Collection Clear for Action Georges Schreiber #20 Watercolor, 1943 Gift of Abbott Laboratories 88-159-JM
Marines in Action Marksman Kerr Eby #19 Charcoal, 1944 Gift of Abbot Laboratories 88-159-DC
Operation Crossroads: Bikini Atoll The First Bomb at Bikini Charles Bittinger #3 Oil on canvas, 1946 Gift of the artist 95-129-C
"Remembering the Forgotten War: Korea, 1950-1953" A brochure of this exhibit is available. This exhibit is available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program Inchon Herbert C. Hahn #53 Colored pencil drawing Navy Art Collection 88-191-BB
The Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay The First Wave on Japan Standish Backus #2 Watercolor on paper, 1945 88-186-B
The Battle of Midway Air Attack on Japanese Carriers Griffith Baily Coale #31 Charcoal & pastel, circa 1942 88-188-AE
A View from the Periscope This exhibit is available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program Nathaniel Greene (SSBN-636) Underway, March 29, 1965, for 21st Polaris shot Edward Terhune Wilbur #11 Watercolor, 1969 Navy Art Collection 88-185-K
Paul Cadmus: The Fleets In The Fleet's In Paul Cadmus Oil on Canvas, 1934 34-5-A
Navy Medical Art of the Abbott Collection This exhibit is available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program Jeep Turns Ambulance Kerr Eby #43 Pastel drawing, 1943 Navy Art Collection, Gift of Abbott Laboratories 88-159-EA
The Navy Art of Thomas Hart Benton This exhibit is available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program Cut the Line Thomas Hart Benton #23 Oil on board, 1944 Navy Art Collection, Gift of Abbott Laboratories 88-159-BO
Amphibious Operations in the Pacific Theater This exhibit is available to qualifying museums and institutions through the Traveling Exhibit Program Bullets and Barbed Wire Kerr Eby #4 Charcoal drawing 88-159-CN