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The
National Gallery of Victoria
is an
art gallery and museum
in
Melbourne, Australia
. Started in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. The main gallery is located in St Kilda Road, at
Southbank
, with a branch gallery at
Federation Square
. The St Kilda Road Gallery, designed
by Sir Roy Grounds, opened in 1968. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites ? NGV International on St Kilda Road, redesigned by Mario Bellini, and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, designed by LAB Architecture Studio.
[1]
When the gallery opened,
Victoria
had been an independent
colony
for ten years. After the
Victorian gold rush
, it was easily the richest part of Australia, and Melbourne the largest city. Generous gifts from rich citizens, including the industrialist
Alfred Felton
, made it possible for the National Gallery to start buying large collections of overseas works from both old and modern masters. It has over 65,000 works of art.
[2]
The
National Gallery of Victoria Art School
began in 1867. It was the leading centre for art training in Australia until about 1910.
[3]
The School’s graduates, such as
Sidney Nolan
, went on to become some of Australia’s most significant artists.
- ↑
NGV Annual Report - 2009/10.
- ↑
"NGV Collection"
.
ngv.vic.gov.au
. 2011. Archived from
the original
on 6 July 2011
. Retrieved
8 July
2011
.
- ↑
McCulloch, Alan; Susan McCulloch (1994).
The Encyclopedia of Australian Art
. Allen & Unwin. p. 864 (Appendix 8).
ISBN
1863733159
.
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