Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art was a private art museum affiliated with an art college in Washington, DC . The art museum's collection has been part of the National Gallery of Art since 2014 . The educational program is continued by the Corcoran School of Art and Design .
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The museum had its focus on American art. The permanent exhibition included works by Rembrandt van Rijn , Eugène Delacroix , Edgar Degas , Thomas Gainsborough , John Singer Sargent , Claude Monet , Pablo Picasso , Edward Hopper , Willem de Kooning , Joan Mitchell and Gene Davis . There were also changing temporary exhibitions in the gallery, mainly contemporary art on the second floor. The Corcoran Gallery was the oldest art museum in Washington DC
In 1869 the gallery was founded by William Wilson Corcoran . Initially, the museum was located on 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in the building that now houses the Renwick Gallery . In 1897 the museum inventory had grown so large that a new larger building was required on 17th Street and New York Avenue. The new museum building was designed by Ernest Flagg in Beaux Arts architecture . After financial difficulties, the National Gallery of Art took over the collection in 2014 . The educational program was taken over by George Washington University and continued there as the Corcoran School of Art and Design . After renovation work, the building of the previous Corcoran Gallery of Art is to be used primarily for educational purposes. From the previous 20 gallery rooms, nine rooms are to be made available to the National Gallery of Art for exhibitions.
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Coordinates: 38 ° 53 ′ 45.1 ″ N , 77 ° 2 ′ 23.6 ″ W.