Skip to main content

Link to Smithsonian homepage

Smithsonian Music

Main menu

  • Calendar
  • Listen
  • Learn
    • Ask Smithsonian
    • Collections Spotlights
    • Music Stories
  • Watch
  • Blog
  • Public Forum

Musicians as Art

  • Ray Brown
  • Michael Jackson
  • Miles Davis
  • Willie Nelson
  • Arturo Toscanini
  • Afrika Bambaataa
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Phil Ochs
  • Willie Nelson
  • Fritz Kreisler
  • Fritz Kreisler
  • Chet Baker
  • KRS-ONE, Paramount, Santa Fe, NM
  • Buddy Rich
  • Clifford Brown
  • Willie Nelson
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • James Brown
  • John Cage
  • Philip Glass
  • Duke Ellington
  • Igor Stravinsky
  • Keith Jarrett
  • Isaac Stern
  • Quincy Jones
  • The Everly Brothers
  • Charlie Parker
  • Art Blakey
  • John Lennon
  • Elvis Presley
  • Elvis Presley
  • Elvis Presley
  • David Bowie
  • Paul McCartney
  • Paul McCartney
  • The Beatles
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Woody Guthrie

Remove facets below

  • Clear All
  • "Men"
  • "National Portrait Gallery Collection"
  • collection
    • Bravo! 1
    • NPG, South Gallery 322 Mezzanine 1
  • topic
    • Entertainers 40
    • Musicians 40
    • Portraits 40
    • Music 20
    • Musical instruments 19
    • Singer 18
    • Composer 16
    • Design 16
    • Interior decoration 16
  • culture
    • Americans 16
    • African Americans 12
    • Europeans 10
    • British 5
    • English 5
    • Irish Americans 4
    • Italian Americans 4
    • Austrians 2
    • Russians 2
    • Italians 1
  • place
    • North America 26
    • United States 26
    • New York 17
    • Kings 14
    • Pennsylvania 4
    • Philadelphia 3
    • Burnet 2
    • Europe 2
    • France 2
    • Monroe 2
  • date
    • 1910s 2
    • 1930s 1
    • 1940s 3
    • 1950s 10
    • 1960s 6
    • 1970s 4
    • 1980s 12
    • 1990s 3
    • 2000s 1
    • 2010s 1

Link to Smithsonian homepage

  • About
  • Newsletter
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
Back to Top