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ART MUSEUM REPORT Due Friday, April 3rd Submit a .pdf file to http://www.southwesternacademy.edu/mr-john-kohn/ Submit work Dear Students, For your mid-term you are to research the assigned museum(check the list below) and produce a report. Check which museum you have been assigned then search for the following information on your art museum. Please check the Museum Report Sample. Please find the following and place your findings in a google doc.(see example) then save your report as a .pdf then submit to the schools website or you can share your google doc to [email protected]. REVIEW EXAMPLE AT BOTTOM AND ATTACHED Museum Logo: Your Name: Photo of the Museum: Name of Museum: The National Gallery Location: London, England-Trafalgar Square Address:The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square London, England WC2N 5DN Established:1824-196 years old Architect: William Wilkins Architectural Style: Neoclassical Years Built: 1832–1838 Website: www.nationalgallery.org.uk Phone#:+44 (0)20 7747 2885 Information Email Address: [email protected] Entry Cost($) for 1 Adult: FREE Museum Summary: 10 Paintings: List title, Year Painted, Artist Name, Artist Nationality, Art Movement for each painting. MUSEUM ASSIGNMENTS Ryan-The Barnes Collection in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Felis-Musee d’Orsay-Paris, France Luis-The Metropolitan Museum of Art-New York City, New York Juan-Guggenheim Museum, New York City, New York Natalia-Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Alexis-National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Frank-van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Kevin-Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California Lucas-Tate Collection, London, England Sam Ly-Getty Center Los Angeles, California Paul-Museum of Modern Art-New York City, New York Keegan-The Getty Villa, Malibu, California Sonia-Los Angeles County Museum of Art(LACMA), Los Angeles, California Wei Lee-The Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain Isaac-Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California Justin-Picasso Museum, Barcelona, Spain Helen-Louvre Museum, Paris, France London, England by Johnny Smith Main Entrance Name of Museum: The National Gallery Location: London, England-Trafalgar Square Address:The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square London, England WC2N 5DN Established:1824-196 years old Architect: William Wilkins Architectural Style: Neoclassical Years Built: 1832–1838 Website: www.nationalgallery.org.uk Phone#:+44 (0)20 7747 2885 Information Email Address: [email protected] Entry Cost($) for 1 Adult: FREE Summary The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London in England. The gallery was designed by British architect, William Wilkins. It was built in between 1832 and 1838. It was founded in 1824, and has wide range of over 2,300 paintings from 1200 to 1900. It is one of the most popular art museums in the world. Only the Louvre, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have more visitors per year. The gallery houses paintings by well known artists such as van Gogh, Holbein, Titian, van Eyk, Constable, Turner, Seurat, Cezanne, and Bellows. 10 Selected paintings from the National Gallery’s collection The Ambassadors, 1533 by Hans Holbein the Younger Artist Nationality: German Art Movement: Northern Renaissance Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers, 1888 By Vincent van Gogh Artist Nationality: Dutch Art Movement: Post-Impressionism Arnolfini Portrait, 1434 By Jan van Eyck Artist Nationality: Dutch Art Movement: Northern Renaissance The Hay Wain, 1821 By John Constable Artist Nationality: British Art Movement: Romanticism Rain, Steam and Speed, 1844 by J. M. W. Turner Artist Nationality: British Art Movement: Romanticism Whistlejacket, 1762 By George Stubbs Artist Nationality: British Art Movement: Romanticism Bathers at Asnières, 1884 By Georges Seurat Artist Nationality: French Art Movement: Pointillism Bathers, 1894 - 1905 By Paul Cézanne Artist Nationality: French Art Movement: Post-Impressionism Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520 - 1523 By Titian Artist Nationality: Italian Art Movement: Italian Renaissance Men of the Docks, 1912 By George Bellows Artist Nationality: American Art Movement: American Realism .