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Article: Founding friends.(of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York)
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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On April 13, 1870, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art was legally established Under a grant of incorporation voted by the New York State legislature, it had no collection. It did, however, have an influential hoard of trustees of twenty-seven gentlemen, among whom were major collectors of contemporary American pictures and a number of noted New York painters, including the landscapists Frederic Edwin Church and John Frederick Kensett. These and other artists had been involved intimately in discussions, meetings, and events that had resulted in the museum's incorporation. [1]
The need for an art museum had been felt in New York City for many years. It was ...