Howard Finster, Francis Scott Key, and Flag Day

Today is Flag Day as well as the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key’s Star Spangled Banner. During the spring of 1992 Govinda Gallery hosted an exhibition called Howard Finster: American Flag Paintings featuring an extraordinary collection of American flag paintings made by Howard Finster (1916 – 2001) one of America’s foremost folk artists. Govinda Gallery also published a catalogue of the exhibition as well as two limited edition silkscreen prints by Howard Finster called “Oh Say Can You See” and “More Than A Piece of Cloth”. Each print was hand-pulled, and signed and titled in pencil by Howard Finster. A portion of the funds from “Oh Say Can You See” were used to help establish the Francis Scott Key Park in Georgetown. We still have a few of these amazing prints available for collectors. For more information contact Govinda Gallery.