N A TIO NAL G ALL E R Y O F A R T 2015 ANNUAL REPORT ART & EDUCATION Board of Trustees Calvin Cafritz COMMITTEE Leo A. Daly III (as of September 30, 2015) Frederick W. Beinecke Chairman Louisa Duemling Earl A. Powell III Gregory W. Fazakerley Mitchell P. Rales Aaron Fleischman Sharon P. Rockefeller Juliet C. Folger David M. Rubenstein Marina Kellen French Andrew M. Saul Morton Funger Lenore Greenberg Rose Ellen Greene FINANCE COMMITTEE Frederic C. Hamilton Mitchell P. Rales Chairman Richard C. Hedreen Jacob J. Lew Teresa Heinz Secretary of the Treasury Helen Henderson Frederick W. Beinecke Betsy K. Karel Sharon P. Rockefeller Frederick W. Beinecke Sharon P. Rockefeller Linda H. Kaufman Chairman President David M. Rubenstein Mark J. Kington Andrew M. Saul Jo Carole Lauder David W. Laughlin AUDIT COMMITTEE LaSalle D. Leffall Jr. Andrew M. Saul Edward J. Mathias Chairman Robert B. Menschel Frederick W. Beinecke Diane A. Nixon Mitchell P. Rales John G. Pappajohn Sharon P. Rockefeller Sally E. Pingree David M. Rubenstein Tony Podesta Mitchell P. Rales David M. Rubenstein William A. Prezant TRUSTEES EMERITI Robert M. Rosenthal Julian Ganz, Jr. Roger W. Sant Alexander M. Laughlin B. Francis Saul II David O. Maxwell Thomas A. Saunders III Victoria P. Sant Fern M. Schad John Wilmerding Leonard L. Silverstein Albert H. Small Michelle Smith EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Benjamin F. Stapleton Frederick W. Beinecke President Alexa Davidson Suskin Andrew M. Saul John G. Roberts Jr. Chief Justice of the Christopher V. Walker Earl A. Powell III United States Director Diana Walker Franklin Kelly William L Walton Deputy Director and Chief Curator Walter L. Weisman William W. McClure John R. West Treasurer Dian Woodner Darrell R. Willson HONORARY TRUSTEES’ Administrator COUNCIL Elizabeth A. Croog (as of September 30, 2015) Secretary and General Counsel Edwin L. Cox Elizabeth Cropper Julian Ganz, Jr. Dean, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Alexander M. Laughlin John F. Kerry Jacob J. Lew Secretary of State Secretary of the David O. Maxwell Treasury TRUSTEES’ COUNCIL Victoria P. Sant (as of September 30, 2015) John C. Whitehead † Vincent J. Buonanno John Wilmerding Chair Adrienne Arsht † Deceased Max N. Berry Diana Bracco Louise Bryson W. Russell G. Byers Jr. David J. Skorton Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Washington, DC Fiscal Year 2015 President’s Foreword Fiscal year 2015 was a year of great anticipation for the trustees and I express our sincere appreciation to all of National Gallery of Art as we looked forward to landmark our Trustees’ Council members for their dedicated service. events in 2016: the museum’s seventy-fifth anniversary This year the Gallery mourned the loss of John and the reopening of the completely renovated galleries Whitehead, a very close friend. John’s extraordinary ser- in our East Building. We are pleased that the renovation vice to the Gallery extended for more than three decades. project is on budget and on schedule, and, even during He was a founding member of the Trustees’ Council, this ongoing construction, more than four million people beginning in 1982, and served as vice-chair of the Council have visited the Gallery this year. Many visitors have been from 1985 to 1988 and chair from 1989 to 1991. In 2005, attracted to the two exhibitions celebrating the twenty- he was named an Honorary Trustees’ Council member fifth anniversary of the founding of the Gallery’s photog- for life. John was a loyal friend whose generous bequest raphy collection: The Memory of Time: Contemporary represents a deep commitment to the Gallery’s mission. Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Acquired with We also were saddened by the death of a founding the Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund and In Light of member of the Circle, Lili-Charlotte Sarnoff. Lolo was a the Past: Twenty-Five Years of Photography at the National generous patron of the Gallery, giving to our national Gallery of Art. collection a number of works including Bernardo The formation and superb development of the photog- Bellotto’s The Fortress of Königstein: Courtyard with raphy collection and program would not have been possi- the Magdalenenburg. ble without the strong support of loyal donors whose The critical support received from private donors has generosity has enabled the Gallery to mount one of the made a great contribution to our mission this year. We most active and acclaimed programs for photography in especially would like to thank Juliet and Lee Folger for the world. Equally important is the federal government’s their extraordinarily generous gifts through the Lee and steady support for the Gallery’s maintenance and opera- Juliet Folger Fund for the acquisition of two major works tions that preserves the unique quality of our buildings and of Dutch art: Jan Miense Molenaer’s Self-Portrait as a Lute keeps them open and free to the public 363 days of each Player and Jacob Ochtervelt’s A Nurse and a Child in the year. On behalf of the trustees and staff, I would like to Foyer of an Elegant Townhouse. We are deeply grateful to extend our deep gratitude to the President and Congress for Clarice Smith, Michelle Smith, and Robert and Arlene their roles in upholding the singular compact that combines Kogod for their generous commitment to the Gallery’s public commitment and private philanthropy to make the future exhibitions program at the NGA Corcoran. An Gallery one of the world’s great national art galleries. anonymous friend provided generous support for the This year, it was our distinct pleasure to welcome David Gallery’s exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of M. Rubenstein to the Board of Trustees. A philanthropist the Hellenistic World. We also would like to thank those and co-CEO of the Carlyle Group, David has been involved who made major commitments this year in support of with the Gallery since 2005. Victoria P. Sant became a privately funded programs for acquisitions, education, trustee emerita after serving on the board for fifteen and scholarly research: the Estate of William N. Cafritz, years, twelve of them as Gallery president. We are grateful the Estate of Robert W. Duemling, Bernard and Sarah for Vicki’s distinguished leadership, and we look forward Gewirz, Helen Porter and James T. Dyke, and the Robert to David’s expertise and help in guiding the Gallery into H. Smith Family Foundation. Our sincere appreciation the future. We are immensely grateful to David, Vicki and also goes to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and The Roger Sant, and to Mitchell and Emily Rales for their major Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their enduring support gifts in support of the East Building renovation project. of the Gallery’s scholarly mission through grants for con- The Trustees’ Council, a national advisory body to the servation, scholarly publications, and the Center for Board of Trustees, serves an invaluable role in providing Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. counsel to the trustees and support for the Gallery. We Special exhibitions thrived at the Gallery this year extend a warm welcome to five returning members of the thanks to the generosity of various foundations, corpora- Council: Max N. Berry, W. Russell G. Byers Jr., Fern M. tions, private individuals, and members of the Exhibition Schad, Michelle Smith, and Walter L. Weisman. My fellow Circle. Piero di Cosimo: The Poetry of Painting in National Gallery of Art 5 Renaissance Florence was sponsored by Sally Engelhard generosity. The Circle program provides annual unre- Pingree and the Charles Engelhard Foundation, with stricted funding for activities essential to the Gallery; we additional funds from the Exhibition Circle. Drawing in thank all of the members of the Circle for their dedica- Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns was made possi- tion. Gail Jacobs, chair of the Circle, deserves special ble by a generous gift in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, as thanks for her steadfast leadership. well as funds from the Exhibition Circle. In Light of the This year, numerous donors helped to secure the muse- Past was funded through the generous support of the um’s future by naming the Gallery as a beneficiary of Trellis Fund and Recent Acquisitions of Italian Renaissance bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable lead and Prints: Ideas Made Flesh with a grant from the Thaw remainder trusts, and other planned gifts. The Legacy Charitable Trust. We deeply appreciate the leadership Circle honors those who have included the Gallery in support from the Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family their testamentary plans, and we thank our Legacy Circle Foundation for the exhibition Gustave Caillebotte: The members for their committed support. Painter’s Eye, which was also supported by the Robert and Our staff and volunteers are crucial in carrying out the Mercedes Eichholz Foundation and Count and Countess Gallery’s mission. My fellow trustees and I are grateful for de La Haye St. Hilaire. The trustees extend their thanks to their commitment and diligence and look forward to con- Helen Henderson and the HRH Foundation for their tinuing to work with them all. The Gallery’s seventy-fifth ongoing commitment to funding award-winning educa- anniversary year will showcase the Gallery and our mis- tional films about our special exhibitions, as well as sion to welcome and inspire visitors from the United EduChosun and Covana Contents for their respective States and around the world. We hope that you will visit contributions to the Gallery. We are particularly grateful often in our galleries or online during this truly memora- for commitments by two corporations for forthcoming ble year for the National Gallery of Art.