This is a beautiful painting done by Jex Garnet Garnet Jex in 1936.
Source: Smithsonian
Garnet Jex’s 1936 Painting: An Aerial View of the Smithsonian
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Tom,the artist’s name is Garnet Jex. He did a bunch of medical illustration for the Army Medical Museum which would have just been to the right of the Arts and Industries building. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnet_Jex has some basic info.
Excellent find.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060504045812/http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/collections/archives/asearch/afinding_aids/jex/jex.html will get you to the finding aid of artwork in the museum’s colleciton