NGA Images debuts as a free online open access resource with over 21,000 high resolution digital images of works of art in the permanent collection. Gift of Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives. Founding benefactors include Samuel Kress, Ailsa Mellon Bruce and Lessing Rosenwald. On March 24, Congress passes legislation to establish the National Gallery of Art. 0 miles (Historic Church), Admiralty Arch - View our ADA Accessibility Policy. Twentieth-Century Art: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building (December 13, 1988–December 31, 1990).
Photograph by Lorene Emerson. Whether you’re an experienced art connoisseur or you just enjoy strolling through museums, you should stop by the National Gallery of Art while on vacation in Washington DC. Art Encyclopedia - National Gallery of Art Washington DC. Visitors viewing Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (January 9–February 3, 1963). Pieces on display in the East Building include works by Picasso and Matisse as well as Alexander Calder, Jackson Pollack and Andy Warhol. President Jimmy Carter (left), the Right Reverend John T. Walker, and Gallery benefactor Paul Mellon at the East Building dedication ceremony, June 1, 1978. Dutch Cabinet gallery in The Treasure Houses of Britain: 500 Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting (November 3, 1985–April 13, 1986). The West Building, Ground Floor galleries are now open. The collections are organised by time period, into 4 large groupings; the 13th-15th century collections are on the second floor, while galleries of 16th century, 17th century, and 18th to early 20th-century art are on the first floor. Britain Express is a labour of love by David Ross, an avid historian, photographer, and 'Britain-ophile'. 1.4 miles, - There are several free, docent-led, self-guided and audio tours available. The Bahamas. Look for Monet's Water Lilies, and studies of the Japanese Bridge in his gardens. Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1976, aluminum and steel, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1977.76.1. lot more! Trucks returning works of art to the National Gallery of Art, October 1944. Listen to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech at the National Gallery of Art dedication ceremony, March 17, 1941 (above). Portugal room in Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration (October 12, 1991–January 12, 1992). Frederic Edwin Church, Niagara, 1857, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.10. There are also several nearby Metro bus stops. Designed by landscape architect Laurie Olin, the garden features American species of canopy and flowering trees, ornamental shrubs, ground cover and colorful perennials. Antechamber room in Treasures of Tutankhamun (November 17, 1976–March 15, 1977).
Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de' Benci, c. 1474/1478, oil on panel, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1967.6.1.a. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton accepts the gift of the completed garden on behalf of the nation (left). That structure came to be known as the West Building after 1978, when it was connected by plaza and underground concourse to the new East Building, which was designed by I.M. Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, 1659, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.72. Inca room in Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration (October 12, 1991–January 12, 1992). National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives.
British artist Andy Goldsworthy completes Roof, a site-specific sculpture of nine stacked slate domes, on the East Building Ground Level. National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives. Click an image above to open the slideshow, East Building Galleries, 2016. Impressionist and Post Impressionist Paintings from the U.S.S.R. Left to right: Gallery president Paul Mellon, Chief Justice and Gallery chairman Warren Burger, and Gallery director J. Carter Brown at the East Building ground-breaking ceremony, May 6, 1971. Closed. Photograph by Rob Shelley. In its 20th anniversary year, the Collectors Committee acquires Cy Twombly’s Untitled (Bolsena) for the Gallery’s 20th-century collection. The National Gallery's renowned collection of paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, and drawings is among the finest and most visited in the United States. ", American 19th Century, The Mounted Acrobats, 1825 or after, oil on wood, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1953.5.18. Frans Snyders, Still Life with Grapes and Game, c. 1630, oil on panel, Gift of The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund in Honor of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Circle of the National Gallery of Art, 2006.22.1. Visit the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority website for current schedules. NGA Images debuts as a free online open access resource with over 21,000 high resolution digital images of works of art in the permanent collection. Gift of Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives. Founding benefactors include Samuel Kress, Ailsa Mellon Bruce and Lessing Rosenwald. On March 24, Congress passes legislation to establish the National Gallery of Art. 0 miles (Historic Church), Admiralty Arch - View our ADA Accessibility Policy. Twentieth-Century Art: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building (December 13, 1988–December 31, 1990).
National Gallery of Art Orchestra performing in a concert in the East Garden Court, December 26, 1942. The Gallery is closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day.