MILLENNIUM GIFT TO THE NATION

To celebrate the millennium in 2000, FAPE assembled the unprecedented GIFT TO THE NATION, comprised of 245 American artworks that have been placed in permanent locations in embassies around the world. The GIFT, assembled through donation and purchase, includes paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photography, decorative objects, crafts, tribal art, and folk art by more than 145 artists. Ranging in date from the 19th century through the millennium, the GIFT reflects America’s history, diversity, and freedom of expression, and the breadth and depth of its artistic achievements in all mediums.

Artists in the collection include:
Ansel Adams Robert Adams Josef Albers Walter T. Amos Laura Andreson Anne Appleby Robert Arneson Rudy Autio Edward Avedisian Richard Avedon William Bailey Saul Baizerman Tina Barney Jennifer Bartlett Romare Bearden Robert Bechtle Larry Bell George Bellows Ralph A. Blakelock Louise Bourgeois Alexander Calder Harry Callahan Elizabeth Catlett Louisa Chase Dale Chihuly Christo and Jeanne Claude John Clem Clarke Maude Schuyler Clay Francesco Clemente Chuck Close Alvin Langdon Coburn George Condo Lia Cook John Singleton Copley William Copley Jasper Francis Cropsey Richard Diebenkorn Burgoyne Diller Jim Dine Tom Downing John and Joseph Dumbacher William Dunlap Charles and Ray Eames Harold E. Edgerton William Eggleston Lola E.A. Ferguson Richard Filipowski Larry Float, Sr. Caio Fonseca Helen Frankenthaler Jane Freilicher Lee Friedlander Sam Gilliam Lawrence Gipe Robert Goodnough April Gornik Wayne Gudmundson Philip Guston Peter Halley Grace Hartigan Sheila Hicks Dennis Hopper Roni Horn Bryan Hunt Mary A. Jackson Antonio Jacobsen Bill Jensen Jasper Johns Wolf Kahn Alex Katz Ellsworth Kelly André Kertész Mauricio Lasansky Jacob Lawrence Helen Levitt Sol LeWitt Roy Lichtenstein Robert Mangold Sylvia Plimack Mangold Tom Marioni Agnes Martin Christine Merrill Inge Morath Jesús Bautista Moroles Robert Motherwell Ed Moulthrop Philip Moulthrop Elizabeth Murray Joan Nelson Louise Nevelson Kenneth Noland Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen Irving Penn Beverly Pepper Nan Phelps Robert Rauschenberg Larry Rivers James Rosenquist Susan Rothenberg Arthur Rothstein Ed Ruscha John Safer Ramona Sakiestewa David Salle Julian Schnabel Fritz Scholder Richard Serra Joel Shapiro Cindy Sherman Laurie Simmons John Sloan Kiki Smith Kenneth Snelson Steven Sorman Therman Statom Edward Steichen Pat Steir Frank Stella Joseph Stella Donald Sultan James Surls Toshiko Takaezu Lenore Tawney Pavel Tchelitchew Mark Tobey John Von Wicht Peter Voulkos Vaclav Vytlacil William Coventry Wall Andy Warhol William Wegman Walter Williams Garry Winogrand Betty Woodman Carl Wuermer Andrew Wyeth Yuriko Yamaguchi