When Andrew Mellon decided to create the National Gallery of Art, he used the same "model" he used for business, but this time he used it for culture. He hired the architect to design the building, he supplied the monies to construct the building and a sizable endowment to maintain the museum, and he gave his own personal collection as the museum's founding gift. He supplied the resources for the museum to "get off the ground" and then left it for others to make it grow and get bigger. Two of those "others" were Mellon's children, Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce.
In addition to generous funding, Paul Mellon gave the National Gallery more than 1,000 works of art over the course of his life, including masterpieces by:
Cézanne...
Boy in a Red Waistcoat (1888-1890) by Paul Cézanne
Harlequin (1888-1890) by Paul Cézanne
The Bend in the Road (1900/1906) by Paul Cézanne
Monet...
The Bridge at Argenteuil (1874) by Claude Monet
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son (1875) by Claude Monet
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk (1904) by Claude Monet
Interior, After Dinner (1869/1870) by Claude Monet
The Cradle: Camille with the Artist's Son Jean (1867) by Claude Monet
Degas...
The Dance Lesson (1879) by Edgar Degas
Woman Ironing (1876-1887) by Edgar Degas
Woman Viewed from Behind: Visit to a Museum (1879-1885) by Edgar Degas
Pissarro...
The Gardener: Old Peasant with Cabbage (1883-1895) by Camille Pissarro
Manet...
Plum Brandy (1877) by Edouard Manet
Gauguin...
Still Life with Peonies (1884) by Paul Gauguin
Landscape at Le Pouldu (1890) by Paul Gauguin
Breton Girls Dancing: Pont-Aven (1888) by Paul Gauguin
Te Pape Nave Nave: Delectable Waters (1898) by Paul Gauguin
Toulouse-Lautrec...
A la Bastille:Jeanne Wenz (1888) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Renoir...
Child with Toys: Gabrielle and the Artist's Son, Jean (1895-1896) by Auguste Renoir
What an amazing collection of paintings! Next blog post we'll see some of the masterpieces that Ailsa Mellon Bruce donated to the museum.
In addition to generous funding, Paul Mellon gave the National Gallery more than 1,000 works of art over the course of his life, including masterpieces by:
Cézanne...
Boy in a Red Waistcoat (1888-1890) by Paul Cézanne
Harlequin (1888-1890) by Paul Cézanne
The Bend in the Road (1900/1906) by Paul Cézanne
Antony Valabrègue (1866) by Paul Cézanne
Monet...
The Bridge at Argenteuil (1874) by Claude Monet
Interior, After Dinner (1869/1870) by Claude Monet
The Cradle: Camille with the Artist's Son Jean (1867) by Claude Monet
Degas...
The Dance Lesson (1879) by Edgar Degas
Woman Ironing (1876-1887) by Edgar Degas
Pissarro...
The Gardener: Old Peasant with Cabbage (1883-1895) by Camille Pissarro
Manet...
Plum Brandy (1877) by Edouard Manet
Gauguin...
Still Life with Peonies (1884) by Paul Gauguin
Te Pape Nave Nave: Delectable Waters (1898) by Paul Gauguin
Toulouse-Lautrec...
A la Bastille:Jeanne Wenz (1888) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Renoir...
Child with Toys: Gabrielle and the Artist's Son, Jean (1895-1896) by Auguste Renoir
What an amazing collection of paintings! Next blog post we'll see some of the masterpieces that Ailsa Mellon Bruce donated to the museum.
The National Gallery of Art is located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets along Constitution
Avenue.
- Admission is always FREE.
- Open Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Open Sunday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Closed on December 25 and January 1.
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