WASHINGTON Fans from all over the D.C. metropolitan area showed up for a special art exhibit celebrating the life of the iconic actor Betty White .

The Betty White Unites exhibit, which includes nearly 20 pieces of original artwork honoring the late Golden Girls actor, was the brainchild of Margery Goldberg, owner of Zenith Gallery, a fine arts gallery located in her private home in northwest Washington.

Goldberg, who has been an art curator for over 40 years, called a number of artists and commissioned artwork honoring White. A longtime fan of the actor, she was inspired to put together an exhibit celebrating White after so much division in the country.

People always say everybody loves Betty White. I just thought, this country has been so unbelievably divided, Goldberg told HuffPost. I thought [the exhibit] would be something that unites people.