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The Albright Knox Art
Gallery
The Albright Knox Art
Gallery, one of the oldest institutions of
fine arts in America, can be found in
Buffalo, New York. Directly across it is the
Buffalo State College. The Buffalo Fine Arts
Academy,
which was founded in 1862,
is the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s parent
organization.
Local industrialist, philanthropist and
entrepreneur John J. Albright started the
construction of the
art gallery for the Buffalo
Fine Arts Academy in 1890. He commissioned
notable architect Edward Brodhead Green to
make the design for the building. It was
supposed to be used for the
Pan-American Exposition as
the Fine Arts Pavilion in 1901. However, due
to delays in construction,
the building not opened
until 1905.
A new addition was made to the Albright Knox
Art Gallery in 1962 when Seymour H. Knox,
Jr. and several other donors donated some
funds. It was during this period that the
building was renamed to its current title.
The additions to the structure were designed
by Gordon Bunshaft who is part of
architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and
Merril. The library is now listed in the
National Register of Historic Places.
The Albright Knox Art Gallery is home to a
collection of art pieces spanning many
centuries including the works of Paul
Gaugin, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso,
Henri Matisse, Arshile Gorky and Andy
Warhol.
