Special Exhibitions
The Gilded Age
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The Gilded Age |
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The Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum was founded in 1829. The character of the collection was largely established by the museum's most generous early benefactor, John Gellatly, who patronized the American artists of his generation--John La Farge, Ralph Blakelock, Thomas Dewing, Childe Hassam, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Frank Benson, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. A particular strength of the collection is Gellatly's assemblage of Albert Pinkham Ryder masterpieces, the largest and the best assortment of this artist's work. Another early supporter of the museum was William T. Evans, who donated masterpieces by Winslow Homer and George Inness, among others.The Smithsonian American Art Museum continues to amass one of the nation's most extraordinary collections of American art, notable both for its masterworks by major artists, and the depth with which it represents worthy but less-well-known figures. As the museum's building in Washington, D.C., undergoes extensive renovation, the institution has decided to tour this magnificent assemblage of highlights from the collection and to share them with the nation at large. Credits and Acknowledgements Page 3 of 7 | On the next page: Planning a Tour? |
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