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| − | The '''National Gallery of Art''' is an [[art]] [[museum]], located in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1937 by the US Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by [[Andrew W. Mellon]] in 1937; other donors were Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel H. Kress, and Joseph E. Widener with more than 2,000 sculptures, paintings, decorative art, and porcelains. Two buildings comprise the National Gallery of Art: the West Building (architect John Russell Pope, 1941), and the East Building (architect [[I. M. Pei]], 1978). | + | The '''National Gallery of Art''' is an [[art]] [[museum]], located in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1937 by the US Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by [[Andrew W. Mellon]] in 1937; other donors were Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel H. Kress, and Joseph E. Widener with more than 2,000 sculptures, paintings, decorative art, and porcelains. Two buildings comprise the National Gallery of Art: the West Building (architect John Russell Pope, 1941), and the East Building (architect [[I. M. Pei]], 1978). The design for the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden was created by Laurie D. Olin, landscape architect. |
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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum, located in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1937 by the US Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W. Mellon in 1937; other donors were Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel H. Kress, and Joseph E. Widener with more than 2,000 sculptures, paintings, decorative art, and porcelains. Two buildings comprise the National Gallery of Art: the West Building (architect John Russell Pope, 1941), and the East Building (architect I. M. Pei, 1978). The design for the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden was created by Laurie D. Olin, landscape architect.
The Gallery's collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and decorative arts is one of the finest art collections in the world.
In its collection:
