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[https://www.nga.gov/research/publications/american-paintings-1900-1945 by National Gallery Of Art]

The first curator of the National Gallery of Art, John Walker, and three of its early trustees—Chester Dale, Duncan Phillips, and Paul Mellon—established a commitment to the field of American 20th-century art that has continued to the present day. If American contemporary art was far from a top priority when the Gallery opened in 1941, these “conservative” modernists nonetheless managed to set precedents that proved to be durable and effective.

=====American Falk Art Museum=====

[https://folkartmuseum.org/ by FOLK ART]

American Folk Art Museum is a center of scholarship

=====European and American Art Before 1900=====

[https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/collection/european-and-american-art by DENVER art MUSEUM]

The department of European and American Art Before 1900 oversees a collection that includes more than 3,000 artworks and is composed of painting, sculpture, and works on paper, with significant strengths in early Italian Renaissance, 19th century French painting, and British art from 1400 to 1900.

=====19th Century American Art=====

[https://www.midwestmuseum.org/project/19th-century-american-art/ by MIDWEST MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART]

Naive Artists, Limners, and Self-Taught Artists

There was not an immediate need for trained artists in the New World since most of the activities of early settlers and colonists involved survival. As the Seventeenth Century came to a close and the Eighteenth Century was dawning, a need arose within the colonies of America for artists who could paint signs, carve grave markers, paint carriages and furniture, create fanciful documents, and paint portraits to serve as testimonials to wealth and genealogical records of family members.

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 [https://www.nga.gov/research/publications/american-paintings-1900-1945 by National Gallery Of Art]
   The first curator of the National Gallery of Art, John Walker, and three of its early trustees—Chester Dale, Duncan Phillips, and Paul Mellon—established a commitment to the field of American 20th-century art that has continued to the present day. If American contemporary art was far from a top priority when the Gallery opened in 1941, these “conservative” modernists nonetheless managed to set precedents that proved to be durable and effective.
+=====American Falk Art Museum=====
+[https://folkartmuseum.org/ by FOLK ART]
+ American Folk Art Museum is a center of scholarship
+=====European and American Art Before 1900=====
+[https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/collection/european-and-american-art by DENVER art MUSEUM]
+ The department of European and American Art Before 1900 oversees a collection that includes more than 3,000 artworks and is composed of painting, sculpture, and works on paper, with significant strengths in early Italian Renaissance, 19th century French painting, and British art from 1400 to 1900.
+=====19th Century American Art=====
+[https://www.midwestmuseum.org/project/19th-century-american-art/ by MIDWEST MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART]
+ Naive Artists, Limners, and Self-Taught Artists
+There was not an immediate need for trained artists in the New World since most of the activities of early settlers and colonists involved survival. As the Seventeenth Century came to a close and the Eighteenth Century was dawning, a need arose within the colonies of America for artists who could paint signs, carve grave markers, paint carriages and furniture, create fanciful documents, and paint portraits to serve as testimonials to wealth and genealogical records of family members.