Painting Collection

David Urban

Band of Hope

Canadian, b. 1966
Band of Hope
1996
oil on canvas
Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, CGA2018.8

The Corcoran Gallery of Art was one of the first private museums in the United States, established in 1869 by William Wilson Corcoran and expanded in 1880 to include the Corcoran College of Art and Design with the mission ‘dedicated to art and used solely for the purpose of encouraging the American genius.’ In 2014, the Corcoran transferred the college to the George Washington University and distributed the works from its Collection to museums and institutions in Washington, D.C.