West Building

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West Building is one of the main wings of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., housing a significant collection of Western art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum building
museum wing
architect John Russell Pope
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
category Art museums and galleries in Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art
surface form: National Gallery of Art buildings
city Washington, D.C.
collectionFocus American art
European painting
European sculpture
Western art
decorative arts
connectedBy underground concourse
connectedTo East Building
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dedicatedTo art of Western tradition
fundedBy Andrew W. Mellon
hasCollection American 19th-century paintings
Dutch Golden Age
surface form: Dutch Golden Age paintings

French 18th-century paintings
Italian Renaissance paintings
Old Master paintings
Spanish Baroque paintings
decorative arts galleries
sculpture galleries
hasDome true
hasFeature central rotunda
skylit galleries
hasPart central rotunda
garden courts
main entrance on Constitution Avenue
inception 1941
locatedIn National Mall
location Washington, D.C.
material Tennessee marble
near Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
surface form: Smithsonian museums on the National Mall

United States Capitol
Washington Monument
opened 1941
operatedBy National Gallery of Art
ownedBy National Gallery of Art
partOf National Gallery of Art
timePeriodCoverage 18th century
19th century
Baroque period
Middle Ages
Renaissance

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McCormick Place hasPart West Building
National Gallery of Art hasPart West Building