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{{Short description|National art museum in the United States}}
{{Short description|National art museum in the United States}}
{{about|the United States art museum|other national art galleries|List of national galleries}}
{{about|the United States art museum|other national art galleries|List of national galleries}}
{{Infobox museum
| name            = National Gallery of Art
| image          = Washington October 2016-12.jpg
| logo            = National Gallery of Art Logo.svg
| logo_size      =
| established    = {{start date and age|1937}}
| pushpin_map    = United States Washington, D.C.#USA
| map_caption    = Location of the National Gallery Art in [[Washington, D.C.]]
|caption          = The West Building facade of the National Gallery of Art in [[Washington, D.C.]]
|mapframe=yes
|mapframe-caption=Interactive fullscreen map
|mapframe-zoom=12
|mapframe-marker=museum
|mapframe-wikidata=yes
|coordinates={{WikidataCoord|display=it}}
| location        = [[National Mall]] between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue N.W., [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| collection_size = 75,000 prints
| visitors        = 3,256,433 (2022) – ranked First among U.S. art museums, seventh globally<ref name="Art Newspaper data" />
| director        = [[Kaywin Feldman]]
| president      = [[Darren Walker]]
| chairperson    = [[Sharon Percy Rockefeller|Sharon Rockefeller]]
| publictransit  = {{rint|washington|metro}} [[Washington Metro]]: <br> {{rint|washington|rd}} [[Judiciary Square station|Judiciary Square]] <br> {{rint|washington|yl}} {{rint|washington|gr}} [[Archives station|Archives]] <br> {{rint|washington|bl}} {{rint|washington|or}} {{rint|washington|sv}} [[Smithsonian station|Smithsonian]] <br> {{rint|vre}} [[L'Enfant Plaza station|L'Enfant]] <br> [[Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)|Metrobus]]: 4th Street and 7th Street NW <br> [[DC Circulator]]: 4th Street and Madison Drive; 9th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
| website        = {{official URL}}
}}
The '''National Gallery of Art''' is an [[art museum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States, located on the [[National Mall]], between 3rd and 9th Streets, at [[Constitution Avenue]] NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the [[United States Congress]].{{efn|Founded under a different bequest and legal structure, unlike the other museums on the National Mall, the National Gallery is separate from the [[Smithsonian Institution]].}} [[Andrew W. Mellon]] donated a substantial art collection and funds for construction. The core collection includes major works of art donated by [[Paul Mellon]], [[Ailsa Mellon Bruce]], [[Lessing J. Rosenwald]], [[Samuel Henry Kress]], [[Samuel Henry Kress#Biography|Rush Harrison Kress]], [[Peter Arrell Browne Widener]], [[Joseph E. Widener]], and [[Chester Dale]]. The Gallery's collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and decorative arts traces the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present, including the only painting by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in the Americas and the largest mobile created by [[Alexander Calder]].
The '''National Gallery of Art''' is an [[art museum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States, located on the [[National Mall]], between 3rd and 9th Streets, at [[Constitution Avenue]] NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the [[United States Congress]].{{efn|Founded under a different bequest and legal structure, unlike the other museums on the National Mall, the National Gallery is separate from the [[Smithsonian Institution]].}} [[Andrew W. Mellon]] donated a substantial art collection and funds for construction. The core collection includes major works of art donated by [[Paul Mellon]], [[Ailsa Mellon Bruce]], [[Lessing J. Rosenwald]], [[Samuel Henry Kress]], [[Samuel Henry Kress#Biography|Rush Harrison Kress]], [[Peter Arrell Browne Widener]], [[Joseph E. Widener]], and [[Chester Dale]]. The Gallery's collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and decorative arts traces the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present, including the only painting by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in the Americas and the largest mobile created by [[Alexander Calder]].


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===Origins===
===Origins===
[[File:Gallery15Urlan.ogv|thumb|left|National Gallery of Art]]
[[Andrew W. Mellon]], [[Pittsburgh]] banker and [[United States Treasury Secretary|Treasury Secretary]] from 1921 until 1932, began gathering a private collection of [[old master]] paintings and sculptures during [[World War I]]. During the late 1920s, Mellon decided to direct his collecting efforts towards the establishment of a new national gallery for the United States.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
[[Andrew W. Mellon]], [[Pittsburgh]] banker and [[United States Treasury Secretary|Treasury Secretary]] from 1921 until 1932, began gathering a private collection of [[old master]] paintings and sculptures during [[World War I]]. During the late 1920s, Mellon decided to direct his collecting efforts towards the establishment of a new national gallery for the United States.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}


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[[File:Jacques-Louis David - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Jacques-Louis David]], ''[[The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries]],'' 1812]]
[[File:Jacques-Louis David - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Jacques-Louis David]], ''[[The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries]],'' 1812]]
[[File:Edouard Manet - Le Chemin de fer - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Édouard Manet]], ''[[The Railway]]'', 1872]]
[[File:Edouard Manet - Le Chemin de fer - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Édouard Manet]], ''[[The Railway]]'', 1872]]
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<gallery heights="120" mode="packed">
[[File:Annunciation - Jan van Eyck - 1434 - NG Wash DC.jpg|Van Eyck, ''[[Annunciation (van Eyck, Washington)|Annunciation]]'', {{Circa|1434}}]]
[[File:Annunciation - Jan van Eyck - 1434 - NG Wash DC.jpg|Van Eyck, ''[[Annunciation (van Eyck, Washington)|Annunciation]]'', {{Circa|1434}}]]
[[File:Rogier van der Weyden - Portrait of a Lady - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Rogier van der Weyden]], ''[[Portrait of a Lady (van der Weyden)|Portrait of a Lady]],'' c.&nbsp;1460]]
[[File:Rogier van der Weyden - Portrait of a Lady - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Rogier van der Weyden]], ''[[Portrait of a Lady (van der Weyden)|Portrait of a Lady]],'' c.&nbsp;1460]]
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[[File:Whistler James Symphony in White no 1 (The White Girl) 1862.jpg|thumb|280px|[[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], ''[[Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl]],'' 1862]]
[[File:Whistler James Symphony in White no 1 (The White Girl) 1862.jpg|thumb|280px|[[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], ''[[Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl]],'' 1862]]
[[File:George Bellows - New York.jpg|thumb|280px|[[George Bellows]], ''New York,'' 1911]]
[[File:George Bellows - New York.jpg|thumb|280px|[[George Bellows]], ''New York,'' 1911]]
<gallery heights="120" mode=packed>
<gallery heights="120" mode="packed">
File:Watsonandtheshark-original.jpg|[[John Singleton Copley]], ''[[Watson and the Shark]],'' (original version), 1778
File:Watsonandtheshark-original.jpg|[[John Singleton Copley]], ''[[Watson and the Shark]],'' (original version), 1778
File:GSskater.jpg|[[Gilbert Stuart]], ''[[The Skater]]'', 1782
File:GSskater.jpg|[[Gilbert Stuart]], ''[[The Skater]]'', 1782
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