The national art gallery was founded in the year 1920 by financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon. During its beginning phase a good collection of old master paintings and sculptures were gathered for establishing the gallery. The gallery building was designed by architect John Russell Pope. During the 20s the National Art Gallery was considered as the largest marble building made in world.
The modern national art gallery is located in its former place of Sixth Street railway station. The creation of this gallery encouraged huge donations by such donators as Samuel H. Kress, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Rush H. Kress, Edgar William, Chester Dale, Paul Mellon, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Joseph Widener, and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. At present the art gallery comprises two separate buildings dedicated to the same work, the eastern building and the western building interconnected by an underground way.
The eastern section of the national art gallery holds a collection of contemporary artworks. Some great works of Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder and Roy Lichtenstein. The eastern building is the main NGA office having a good research facility. This building is also a centre of higher visual arts study.
The western section of national art gallery comprises a good collection of paintings and sculptures by European masters. These paintings range from the medieval period through the late 19th century even has pre 20th century American artists’ works. The gallery in its collection includes paintings by great artists such as Claude Monet, Jan Vermeer, Vincent Van Gogh, and Rembrandt van Rijn.
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