Museum of Non-Objective Painting

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The Museum of Non-Objective Painting was the original name of the institution that evolved into the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, an influential New York museum dedicated to modern and abstract art.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
defunct museum
modern art museum
architecturalType gallery space
collectionSize early collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim
country United States of America
curatedBy Hilla Rebay
dedicatedTo abstract art
modern art
non-objective art
dissolvedOrAbolished 1952
focusesOnMovement abstract art movement
non-objective art movement
formerNameOf Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
foundedBy Hilla Rebay
Solomon R. Guggenheim
genre non-objective art
hasCollection abstract paintings
modern paintings
non-objective paintings
hasDonor Solomon R. Guggenheim
hasPart exhibition galleries
inception 1939
industry museums, arts and culture
languageOfName English
locatedIn 1071 Fifth Avenue (later successor institution)
Manhattan
New York City
New York State
namedAfter non-objective painting
notableDirector Hilla Rebay
notableFor being the institutional predecessor of the Guggenheim Museum
early promotion of abstract art in the United States
openingDate 1939
operatedBy Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
predecessorOf Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
publicAccess yes
renamedAs Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
significantEvent evolution into Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
formerName

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