National Gallery of Art - World War II Resources

World War II Resources at the Gallery

Image: President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking at the dedication of the
National Gallery of Art, March 17, 1941. Photograph: National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives

Image: Servicemen in the Founders' Room of the National Gallery. Photograph: National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives

Image: National Gallery of Art paintings being moved for safe storage at Biltmore House
Photograph: National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives

Image: Vistors to the National Gallery during World War II
Photograph: National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives

Image: Servicemen entering the National Gallery during the war years
Photograph: National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives

Image: Posters from the National War Poster Competition on view in the Central Gallery,
National Gallery of Art, January 1943
Photograph: National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives

Historical Display Information
"That the Freedom of the Human Spirit Shall Go On" World War II and the National Gallery of Art

Finding Aid to World War II Research Resources
(PDF 70k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Photographic Archives Resources
Munich Central Collecting Point Archive

World War II Provenance Research
Overview of extensive research conducted on the World War II provenances of paintings in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

Frans Snyders, Still Life with Fruit and Game (Press Materials, 11/20/00)
Expanded Provenance Information

Provenance Search
Search by the name of a former owner or someone associated with a work of art in the Gallery's collection.

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