May 17, 1999
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Fact Sheet

November 23, 1999
National Gallery of Art Celebrates the 1999 Holiday Season

November 5, 1999
Johannes Vermeer's Extraordinary Masterpiece "The Art of Painting" Travels from Vienna for Exclusive U.S. Showing at the National Gallery of Art 24 November 1999 - 6 February 2000

November 3, 1999
Exhibition of Masterworks Honors Paul Mellon's Legacy of Gifts to the Nation; Includes 14 Rare Degas Waxes

October 18, 1999
National Gallery of Art Names Jeffrey Weiss Head of Department of Modern and Contemporary Art

October 12, 1999
National Gallery of Art Presents "BrassaÏ: the Eye of Paris," First Major U.S. Retrospective of the Celebrated Photographer

September 24, 1999
National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Announces 1999 - 2000 Appointments

September 21, 1999
Powerful and Evocative Master Drawings by Annibale Carracci on View at National Gallery, 26 September 1999 - 9 January 2000

September 20, 1999
Virtuoso Examples of Late Gothic Carving by Tilman Riemenschneider on View at National Gallery, 3 October 1999 - 9 January 2000

September 20, 1999
Related Activities for "Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages" National Gallery of Art, 3 October 1999 - 9 January 2000

September 20, 1999
Related Activities for "The Drawings of Annibale Carracci" National Gallery of Art, 26 September 1999 - 9 January 2000

August 26, 1999
"The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China" Opens at the National Gallery of Art, 19 September 1999

August 23, 1999
The Bronze Bells of the Marquis Yi of Zeng Will Ring in Celebration of "The Golden Age of Archaeology" at National Gallery of Art, 19 September 1999 - 2 January 2000

August 18, 1999
Unprecedented Exhibition of Renaissance Drawings and Watercolors Includes Masterworks by Schongauer, Dürer, Grünewald, Cranach, and Holbein; at the National Gallery of Art, 24 October L999 - 9 January 2000

June 25, 1999
Gifts from Paul Mellon Bring Depth to National Gallery's French, American, and British Collections

June 9, 1999
National Gallery Board Elects David Maxwell as New Trustee

June 8, 1999
National Gallery of Art Releases New Edition of its Award-Winning 1983 Book, "Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs & Writings."

June 8, 1999
National Gallery of Art Presents "Stieglitz" the Largest Collection of Stieglitz Photographs in Two Books, on the Internet, and in an Exhibition

May 24, 1999
Comprehensive Survey of Mary Cassatt's Work on View at National Gallery of Art, 6 June-6 September 1999

May 17, 1999
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Opens 23 May

May 13, 1999
Collectors Committee Selects Rare Painting by Edward Steichen, Major Photograph by David Smith, and Works on Paper for Gallery's 20th-Century Collection

May 6, 1999
Caravaggio's "'The Taking of Christ': Saints and Sinners in Baroque Painting" on View at the National Gallery of Art, 30 May - 18 July 1999

May 3, 1999
Free Jazz Concert on the Mall, May 22, with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and Dukes of Dixieland to Celebrate New National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden

April 29, 1999
National Gallery of Art's Fifty-Sixth American Music Festival Begins 2 May

March 24, 1999
"Portraits by ingres: Image of an Epoch" on View at the National Gallery of Art, 23 May - 22 August 1999

March 24, 1999
Related Activities for "Portraits by ingres: Image of an Epoch" at the National Gallery of Art, 23 May - 22 August 1999

March 24 1999
The National Gallery of Art's Micro Gallery is Now Available on Cd-Rom

March 22, 1999
"Photographs from the Collection" at the National Gallery of Art, April 25 - July 5, 1999

February 2, 1999
Paul Mellon, Renowned Philanthropist and Patron of the Arts, Leaves Behind a Great Legacy

February 1, 1999
"John Singer Sargent" on View at the National Gallery of Art, 21 February-31 May 1999

February 1, 1999
Related Activities for "John Singer Sargent" at the National Gallery of Art, 21 February - 31 May 1999

January 14, 1999
Exquisite Dutch and Flemish Flower Still Lifes on View at National Gallery of Art, 31 January-31 May 1999

January 8, 1999
Renowned Horowitz Collection of American Impressionism and Realism on View at National Gallery, 24 January-9 May 1999

 

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