“The biggest advocates for all the Inner Sunset going to District 7 didn't come from the merchants or neighborhood activists of the Inner Sunset, but from a handful of outspoken, misguided leaders from Sunset Heights and Golden Gate Heights in District 7,” Bowman exlained, “despite nearly ...
one that educated the populace to new heights of artistic awareness while fostering enthusiasm for a distinctly American heritage. Yet the founding of the National Academy of Design, over which he presided from 1826 to 1842, and his presentation there, first in 1826, then in 1828-29 and 1831-...