National Gallery of Art
- Architect
- John Russell Pope
- Year
- 1941
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- the city beautiful
The National Gallery of Art's building at 4th and Constitution was completed in 1941 to a design by John Russell Pope, a major Neoclassical architect of the era. Its monumental facade anchors this stretch of the National Mall. The building is an individually designated DC Historic Landmark.
the building
Facade on the Mall. The building presents a monumental Neoclassical facade directly onto the National Mall, the scale and classical vocabulary that helped earn it individual DC Historic Landmark status.
the style
The building is executed in the Neoclassical style, one of the major works of John Russell Pope, an architect closely associated with the idiom in early-20th-century Washington.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
John Russell Pope was a leading Neoclassical architect of his generation; this 1941 building was among his major Washington commissions.
significance
Designated a DC Historic Landmark (#L_0089).
nearby
- Federal Trade Commission Building
- Central National Bank
- Canadian Chancery
- East Building of the National Gallery of Art
- National Archives
- National Air and Space Museum