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  2. National Portrait Gallery (United States) - Wikipedia

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    "To found a portrait gallery in the 1960s," Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley said, was difficult because "American portraiture has already reached the zenith in price and the nadir in supply." [1] Ripley, whose leadership of the Smithsonian began in 1964, was a strong supporter of the new museum, however. He encouraged the museum's ...

  3. Old Patent Office Building - Wikipedia

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    The National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum reopened on July 1, 2006. [34] [35] The total cost of the building's renovation was $283 million. In 2007, following its conclusion, Washington Post critic Philip Kennicott called the courtyard a "compelling and peaceful public space". Historic preservationists, he observed, were ...

  4. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Wikipedia

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    The National Archives/National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden across the Mall, and the National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian American Art building several blocks to the north, also mark this pivotal axis, a key element of both the 1791 city plan by Pierre L'Enfant and the 1901 MacMillan Plan. [3]

  5. List of Smithsonian museums - Wikipedia

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    The Smithsonian Institution Building (also known as "The Castle") was completed in 1855 to house an art gallery, a library, a chemical laboratory, lecture halls, museum galleries, and offices. [3] During this time the Smithsonian was a learning institution concerned mainly with enhancing science and less interested in being a museum.

  6. Portraits of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In addition, Bush's portrait for the National Portrait Gallery was uncharacteristically released several weeks before his administration had ended. Painted by Robert A. Anderson, it was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., on December 19, 2008.

  7. Oprah's painting at the Smithsonian's National Portrait ... - AOL

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    Joining the ranks of presidents, scientists, film stars and more, Winfrey's portrait in her honor was unveiled in the gallery in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Oprah Winfrey and artist ...

  8. Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/AAPG Library - Wikipedia

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    National Museum of American Art; National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) (1993). Revisiting the white city: American art at the 1893 World's Fair. Washington, D.C. : Hanover: National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution ; Distributed by the University Press of New England. pp.

  9. John Mix Stanley - Wikipedia

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    John Mix Stanley (January 17, 1814 – April 10, 1872) was an artist-explorer, an American painter of landscapes, and Native American portraits and tribal life. Born in the Finger Lakes region of New York, he started painting signs and portraits as a young man.