Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Plans for an art museum affiliated with the Smithsonian were first conceived and mandated by Congress in the 1930s; planning and construction of the museum was shelved, however, after the start of World War II. Interest in a museum of contemporary art was renewed in 1966 after the New York businessman and art collector Joseph H. Hirshhorn donated some 6,000 artworks to the U.S. government. A new museum, designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft (
Bunshaft, Gordon) to house Hirshhorn's gift, opened in 1974, the first contemporary art museum in Washington, D.C. Hirshhorn's collection forms the core of the museum's renowned collection. It includes works by Edward Hopper (
Hopper, Edward),
Willem de Kooning (
de Kooning, Willem),
Andy Warhol (
Warhol, Andy),
Alexander Calder (
Calder, Alexander), and Arshile Gorky (
Gorky, Arshile). The museum is noted especially for its sculpture and features works by Pablo Picasso (
Picasso, Pablo), Constantin Brancusi (
Brancusi, Constantin), Auguste Rodin (
Rodin, Auguste), and
Honoré Daumier (
Daumier, Honoré).
Bunshaft's modern building is a circular, Brutalist design that stands in stark contrast to the Mall's more traditional architecture. It was a subject of some controversy among architecture critics; Ada Louise Huxtable of The New York Times referred to its style as “born-dead, neo-penitentiary modern.” On the other hand, Benjamin Forgey of The Washington Post considered it “the biggest piece of abstract art in town.”
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