National Gallery of Art, dan Sculpture Garden, adalah sebuah museum seni rupa nasional di Washington, D.C., yang terletak di National Mall, antara 3rd dan 9th Streets, di Constitution Avenue NW. Dibuka untuk umum dan bebas biaya masuk, museum tersebut didirikan secara swasta pada 1937 bagi rakyat AMerika melalui sebuah resolusi bersama Kongres Amerika Serikat. Andrew W. Mellon menyumbangkan koleksi seni substansial dan mendanai pembangunannya. Koleksi intinya meliputi karya-karya seni rupa besar yang disumbangkan oleh Paul Mellon, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel Henry Kress, Rush Harrison Kress, Peter Arrell Brown Widener, Joseph E. Widener, dan Chester Dale. Koleksi lukisan, gambar, cetakan, foto, patung, medali dan seni dekoratif dari Galeri tersebut menampilkan perkembangan Seni Rupa Barat dari Abad Pertengahan sampai sekarang, termasuk satu-satunya lukisan karya Leonardo da Vinci di benua Amerika dan alat bergerak terbesar buatan Alexander Calder.
Lokasi di Washington, D.C. Galeri Seni Nasional (Amerika Serikat) | |
| Didirikan | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Lokasi | National Mall antara 3rd dan 9th Streets di Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20565, National Mall, Washington, D.C. |
| Koordinat | 38°53′29″N 77°01′12″W / 38.89147°N 77.02001°W |
| Ukuran koleksi | 75.000 cetakan |
| Wisatawan | 730.408 (2020) – Ranked 21st globally |
| Direktur | Kaywin Feldman |
| Presiden | Mitchell Rales |
| Ketua | Sharon Percy Rockefeller |
| Akses transportasi umum | Washington Metro: Judiciary Square Archives Smithsonian L"Enfant Metrobus: 4th Street and 7th Street NW DC Circulator: 4th Street and Madison Drive; 9th Street and Constitution Avenue NW |
| Situs web | www.nga.gov |
Catatan Sunting
- The Art Newspaper Review, April 9, 2020
Bacaan tambahan Sunting
- David Cannadine, Mellon: An American Life 2008-05-27 di Wayback Machine., Knopf, 2006, ISBN 0-679-45032-7
- Neil Harris, Capital Culture: J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience 2023-03-22 di Wayback Machine., University of Chicago Press, 2013, ISBN 9780226067704
- Andrew Kelly, Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts, American Culture, and the Index of American Design, University Press of Kentucky, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8131-5567-8
- "The National Gallery of Art, Washington", special number of Connaissance des Arts, Société Français de Promotion Artistique (2000) ISSN 1242-9198
Pranala luar Sunting
- Situs web resmi
- Current Exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art 2017-05-21 di Wayback Machine.
- Online Gallery of Artwork in the NGA 2012-10-22 di Wayback Machine.
- Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts 2017-06-24 di Wayback Machine.
Koordinat: 38°53′29″N 77°01′12″W / 38.89147°N 77.02001°W