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About - National Gallery of Art

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National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art was conceived and given to the people of the United ...Andrew Mellon selected American architect John Russell Pope (1874–1937) to ... This edifice, now known as the West Building, has formal public entrances on all ... Andrew Mellon and John Russell Pope died within 24 hours of each other in ...

Buildings: West Building, East Building, and Sculpture Garden

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National Gallery of Art

Andrew Mellon selected American architect John Russell Pope (1874-1937) to ...Andrew Mellon and John Russell Pope died within twenty-four hours of each ... When he created the National Gallery of Art, Andrew Mellon asked Congress to ...

Dictionary of Art Historians - John Walker III

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Place died: Amberley, West Sussex, United Kingdom. First chief curator and second director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. ... During this time in Italy, Walker learned of plans by art patron Andrew Mellon ... and the museum architect, John Russell Pope (1874-1937), died within 24 hours of one another.

National Gallery of Art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Andrew W. Mellon donated a substantial art collection and funds for construction. ... The Gallery's campus includes the original neoclassical West Building ... In January 1937, Mellon formally offered to create the new Gallery, and on his birthday, 24 ... Designed by architect John Russell Pope (who would go on to design the ...