http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/02/five-oscar-winners-at-the-national-portrait-gallery/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/02/five-oscar-winners-at-the-national-portrait-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-5903 Amy Henderson, Historian NPG Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:44:28 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=16990#comment-5903 The 4 Katharine Hepburn "Oscars" are wonderful artifacts, especially when paired with her "favorite" portrait, by Everett Raymond Kinstler. The earliest award (for 'Morning Glory' in 1933) was the first to be called "Oscar" in print: a young journalist, Sidney Slotsky, referred to the statuette as "Oscar" when filing his story. The next year, Bette Davis called her award an "Oscar," too, and the tradition was off and running. The 4 Katharine Hepburn “Oscars” are wonderful artifacts, especially when paired with her “favorite” portrait, by Everett Raymond Kinstler. The earliest award (for ‘Morning Glory’ in 1933) was the first to be called “Oscar” in print: a young journalist, Sidney Slotsky, referred to the statuette as “Oscar” when filing his story. The next year, Bette Davis called her award an “Oscar,” too, and the tradition was off and running.

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