The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and the Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, in Kansas City, Missouri, in midwestern United States. The former homesite of William Rockhill Nelson, the chief donor, it occupies a landscaped 20-acre tract and is artificially lighted and ventilated. Completed in 1933, it is one of the most notable art museums in the United States. Among the painters represented are Titian, Goya, Reynolds, Copley, El Greco, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Velasquez, and Van Gogh. Bronze works from Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome are on display. There are unusually fine departments of Oriental art and a series of period rooms, of which the American wing is the most notable.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 November 1949, Page 4
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111The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and the Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, in Kansas City, Missouri, in midwestern United States. The former homesite of William Rockhill Nelson, the chief donor, it occupies a landscaped 20-acre tract and is artificially lighted and ventilated. Completed in 1933, it is one of the most notable art museums in the United States. Among the painters represented are Titian, Goya, Reynolds, Copley, El Greco, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Velasquez, and Van Gogh. Bronze works from Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome are on display. There are unusually fine departments of Oriental art and a series of period rooms, of which the American wing is the most notable. Chronicle (Levin), 12 November 1949, Page 4
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