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The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington, DC. The museum's main focus is American art. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
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The Corcoran is the oldest art museum in DC. Founded in 1869 by William Wilson Corcoran, cofounder of Riggs Bank, it was one of the first fine art galleries in the country[1]. Since its founding it has been Washington, DC's largest non-Federal museum. Its mission is to be "dedicated to art and used solely for the purpose of encouraging the American genius." An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art, and usually primarily paintings and sculpture. ...
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William Wilson Corcoran (1798 – 1888) was an American banker, philanthropist, and art collector. ...
Riggs Bank was a Washington, DC-based commercial bank with branches located in the surrounding metropolitan area and offices around the world. ...
The term fine art was first attested in 1767, as a translation from the French term beaux arts. ...
The original building is 135,000 square feet (12,500 m²), a Beaux-Arts building by architect Ernest Flagg described by Frank Lloyd Wright as the "best designed building in Washington, DC." A new addition, designed by architect Frank O. Gehry, had been planned that would have added 140,000 square feet (13,000 m²) to the museum, but because of funding problems the addition was scrapped in summer 2005. ...
Ernest Flagg (February 6, 1857-April 10, 1947) was a noted American architect in the Beaux-Arts style. ...
Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent architects of the first half of the 20th century. ...
The Gehry tower in Hannover Frank Owen Gehry (born Ephraim Goldberg on February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his interesting use of metal sheathing for his buildings. ...
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Today, the College and the Museum together have a staff of about 185 and an operating budget of about $20 million. Revenue comes from various sources, including grants and contributions, admissions fees, tuition, membership dues, gift shop and restaurant sales, and an endowment currently worth around $30 million. In February 2001, two AOL executives, Robert Pittman and Barry Schuler, and their wives donated $30 million, the largest single donation since the museum's founding. Endowment refers to the innate capacities of an individual, group, or institution. ...
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America Online, or AOL for short, is a U.S.-based online service provider and Internet service provider that is owned by Time Warner. ...
Visiting The museum is located at the intersection of New York Avenue and 17th Street in Northwest DC, one block away from the White House. Although closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, it is open all other days from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and on Thursdays from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM. New York Avenue is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House in Washington, D.C. It is a major east-west route in the citys Northwest and Northeast quadrants and connects downtown with points east and north of the city via the John Hanson Highway and...
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Jump to: navigation, search The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. ...
The permanent collection includes works by Eugène Delacroix, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Rembrandt, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Andy Warhol, and many others. There are always several exhibitions, which can be found on the museum's website. Eugène Delacroix (portrait by Nadar) Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 - August 13, 1863) was an important painter from the French romantic period. ...
Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917) was a French painter and sculptor. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Claude Monet Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French impressionist painter. ...
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history and the most important United Provinces (Netherlands) painter of the seventeenth century. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Young Pablo Picasso The first cubist painting, Les Demoiselles dAvignon (1907) Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Spanish painter, (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art, probably most famous as the founder, along with Georges Braque...
Jump to: navigation, search Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841 – December 3, 1919) was a French artist who painted in the impressionist style. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Andy Warhol , photographed by Helmut Newton Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American painter, film-maker, publisher and a major figure in the pop art movement. ...
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