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A Pastoral Visit established Richard Norris Brooke’s reputation for large-scale genre subjects and as a “painter of negro subjects,” as he stated in his autobiographical manuscript Record of Work Serving to some Extent as a History of my professional Life. The Record lists many works with brief descriptions by the artist indicating that they depict African American life in rural Northern Virginia. . . .
- Linda Crocker Simmons, Curator Emeritus Text excerpted from A Capital Collection: Masterworks from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which is available for purchase in the Corcoran Shop. :: Click here to purchase this catalog online
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