Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), one of America’s most successful coke and steel industrialists, enjoyed the art he loved before he bequeathed it to the public. The art of The Frick Collection includes superb examples of Western painting, sculpture, and decorative art, displayed in a serene and intimate setting. Each of sixteen galleries offers a unique [...]
The Brooklyn Museum is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. Its collections range from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art. The Museum is part of a complex of parks and gardens which include Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Prospect Park Zoo, Mount Prospect Park, the Central Library of the Brooklyn, and the [...]
The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon. The National Gallery of Art serves the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and [...]
The National Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting from the 13th to the 19th centuries. The National Gallery Collection [...]
