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National Gallery
National Gallery London, one of the permanent national art collections of Great Britain, est. 1824. The nucleus of museum was the 38-picture collection of the late English banker John Julius Angerstein, which was purchased by the House of Commons; it was initially displayed at Angerstein's former... Read more |
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Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery London, originally the National Gallery of British Art. The original building (in Millbank on the former site of Millbank Prison), with a collection of 65 modern British paintings, was given by Sir Henry Tate and was opened in 1897. It was extended by another gift of Tate's in 1899,... Read more |
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National Gallery of Art
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. In December 1936, Andrew W. Mellon offered to build an art gallery for the United States in Washington, D.C., and to donate his superb art collection to the nation as the nucleus of its holdings. President Franklin D. Roosevelt recommended... Read more |
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Susan Kathleen Hartung
Hartung, Susan KathleenPersonalBorn in Ann Arbor, MI. Education: School of Visual Arts (New York, NY), B.F.A. (illustration), 1990.AddressesHome—Brooklyn, MI. E-mail—mailbox@susanhartung.com.CareerIllustrator of children's books, 1993—. Has worked in advertising, design, and photography. Picture... Read more |
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Lorenzo Lotto
Lorenzo Lotto , c.1480-1556, Venetian painter. His work reflects the influence of several great contemporaries from Bellini to Titian, but preserves throughout a fine sensibility and intimacy quite his own. Notable among his early works are St. Jerome (Louvre); the fresco Annunciation (Church of... Read more |
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Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution research and education center, at Washington, D.C.; founded 1846 under the terms of the will of James Smithson of London, who in 1829 bequeathed his fortune to the United States to create an establishment for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The... Read more |
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Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown city (1990 pop. 18,167), seat of Hardin co., central Ky.; inc. 1797. Originally developed as a trade center for agriculture, whiskey, and tobacco, the city now manufactures a variety of products. Points of interest include an old church (1789); the Lincoln Heritage House, built by... Read more |
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George Frederic Watts
George Frederic Watts 1817-1904, English painter and sculptor. He studied at the Royal Academy and in Italy, where he developed an enthusiasm for Renaissance painting and Greek sculpture that greatly influenced his work. He executed several decorative commissions, including his large fresco ... Read more |
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Ercole de Roberti
Ercole de' Roberti , 1456?-1496, Italian painter of the Ferrarese school. He probably began his career by assisting Francesco Cossa in the decoration of the Schifanoia Palace, Ferrara. A large altarpiece in the Brera, Milan, is the most certain work by Ercole. Other paintings ascribed to him reveal... Read more |
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Dwight William Tryon
Dwight William Tryon , 1849-1925, American landscape painter, b. Hartford, Conn., studied in Paris under C. F. Daubigny and Jacquesson de la Chevreuse. Upon his return to the United States he became established as an artist and teacher in New York City. He later taught at Smith for 38 years and... Read more |
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OKLAHOMA STATE ART COLLECTION INAUGURAL EXHIBITION OPENS NOV. 17
...State Art Collection Gallery on Saturday...This new museum quality gallery...official Oklahoma Centennial...will be on display on the first...expression in Oklahoma. "This...provides a permanent home for the Oklahoma State Art...Contemporary ... |
 "Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)")
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Art museum opens 'Twin Bill' to public.
...Oklahoma City Museum of Art is celebrating the Oklahoma Centennial...parts of its permanent collection...anniversary of Oklahoma statehood...Center, the museum's precursor...said. The gallery struggled...There were several movements...with other ... |
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OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL EXHIBITS CHARLES RUSHTON'S WATERWORKS AND WALLS AT...
The Oklahoma Arts Council...Curated by the Oklahoma Arts Council...will be on display through December...Governor's Gallery located on...lake and several ditches in...are in the permanent collection of the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque...Museum of ... |
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DAVID HALPERN'S PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT COMES TO STATE CAPITOL
...will be on display in the first...Curated by the Oklahoma Arts Council, the North Gallery is devoted to Oklahoma's finest...of Tulsa Art Deco, he...chronicle and collection of images...exhibited at museums and galleries across the...and is in several ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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HAMMER'S PLEASING COLLECTION STOPS IN HOLYOKE
...ARMAND HAMMER COLLECTION -- At Heritage...being that art serve as...Tokyo, Oklahoma City and dozens...to their permanent home in the...Angeles County Museum of Art. The collection...on public display. Both splendid...rethinking of art history...as an ... |
 "The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)")
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...Pierce Art & History...maintained by the city of Aurora...exhibition galleries of the Aurora...Aurora Public Art Commission...will be on display through June...of Visual Arts in New York...Commercial Art. His paintings...floor, rear gallery of the center...part of the ... |
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...Pierce Art & History...maintained by the city of Aurora...exhibition galleries of the Aurora...Aurora Public Art Commission...will be on display through June...of Visual Arts in New York...Commercial Art. His paintings...floor, rear gallery of the center...part of the ... |
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