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National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, 1940.
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, 1940. Postcard. Exterior view at night. The gallery, on the Mall, was established by Congress in 1937, and opened to the public in 1941. The building was designed by John Russell Pope, who later designed the Jefferson Memorial. The basis for the museum's collection was a collection of paintings and sculptures donated to Congress by the financier and art collector Andrew W Mellon.
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4086px × 2614px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1940s
20th century
AMERICA
American
Andrew W
Andrew W Mellon
Architectural Feature
Architecture
ART
Art Gallery
ARTS
Avenue
building
BUILDINGS
Cityscape
Column
country
Curt Teich Postcard Archives
Darkness
DECADE
District of Columbia
Dome
Exterior
FORTIES
John Russell
JOHN RUSSELL POPE
LANE
LOCATION
Marble
Mellon
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Neoclassical
neo-classical
Neo-Classicism
Night
OUTSIDE
Photograph
Pillar
PILLARS
pope
Portico
Postcard
Road
TGN
The Mall
time of day
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON DC