Artist Austin Davis was a high schooler in Yelm when he first saw downtown Olympia’s mural of “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” which has stood on Fourth Avenue at the foot of Budd Inlet for almost 50 ...

It’s not often that a naked woman holds all the power, but when you look at Edouard Manet’s famous painting Olympia, it seems his model does exactly that. As she reclines on a chaise, wearing nothing ...

When Edouard Manet's painting Olympia is hung in the Salon of Paris in 1865, it is met with jeers, laughter, criticism, and disdain. It is attacked by the public, the critics, the newspapers. Guards ...

ONE CAN IMAGINE the outrage provoked by “Olympia,” by Edouard Manet (1832-1883), when the painting appeared at the Paris Salon, in 1865. Even today, his frankly sexual nude is audacious. The ...

Your support goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership or give a one-time contribution, we’ll give a membership to someone who can’t afford access. It’s a simple way for you ...

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and ...

Depicts the USS Olympia leading the Great White Fleet, possibly towards Manila Bay; several other white ships in the background https://siris-artinventories.si.edu ...