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VISUAL ARTS OF ISLAM
For a list of the world's greatest
libraries and museum collections
of Muslim culture, see:
Museums of Islamic Art.
WORLD'S TOP ART
PRICES
For details of the world's most
highly priced works of art, see:
Top 10 Most Expensive
Paintings
WORLDS TOP ARTISTS
For top creative practitioners, see:
Best Artists of All Time.
For the greatest view painters, see:
Best Landcape Artists.
For the greatest still life art, see:
Best Still Life Painters.
For the greatest portraitists
see: Best Portrait Artists.
For the greatest genre-painting, see:
Best Genre Painters.
For the top allegorical painting,
see: Best History Painters.
FINE ART CHRONOLOGY
For details about the development
of Western painting and sculpture
see: History of Art Timeline.
JEWISH ART
For an outstanding collection of
Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Oriental
Judaica, crafts and artifacts,
see: Jewish Art Museum.
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Permanent Collection
The National Gallery of Art owns one of the greatest art collections in
the world, featuring 2,000 works of sculpture, installation art, painting,
works on paper, prints, fine art photography, porcelains and other items
of decorative art.
West Building
The overall collection of the National
Gallery of Art is divided as follows: in the West Building there is a
wide collection of paintings and sculptures by European Old Masters. In
addition, the West Building houses the gallery's collection of 19th-century
European masterpieces, such as works by Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh,
and pre-20th century works of American art.
East Building
In contrast, the East Building is concerned
with modern and contemporary art. It features works by Pablo
Picasso, Henri Matisse,
Rene Magritte, Georgia
O'Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein
and Alexander Calder.
Sculpture Garden
Exhibits in the landscaped Sculpture Garden
include 17 major sculptures by artists like Joan Miro, Louise Bourgeois,
Hector Guimard, Mark di Suvero, Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, and
Tony Smith. In addition the museum has a wonderful collection of sculpture
by Auguste Rodin and Edgar Degas.
Collection
of American Art
The collection of American
art includes works by the great 18th century history painter John
Singleton Copley; the Francophile Mary Cassatt; the portraitist Gilbert
Stuart; the painter of the cowboy west Frederic Remington; the wonderful
19th century realists Winslow
Homer and Thomas Eakins;
the post-Impressionist Whistler; the virtuoso society portrait painter
John Singer Sargent;
the Pop-Artists Jasper Johns,
Edward Ruscha, Andy Warhol,
and Roy Lichtenstein;
co-inventors of "Action-Painting" Jackson
Pollock and Lee Krasner; and the Abstract Expressionist Mark
Rothko, to name but a few. (See also Ashcan
School.)
Cost of Admission
Entry to the National Gallery of Art is
free of charge.
Opening Hours
Monday-Saturday: 10am-5pm
Sundays: 11am-6pm.
Further Information
National Gallery of Art Washington DC
7th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.
Washington, DC
(202) 737-4215
Website www.nga.gov
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