Within this book you’ll discover over 50 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photographs, and much more from the National Gallery of Art. Selected from more than 150,000 works in the museum’s vast collection, these remarkable examples of European and American art span centuries of human creativity.

Here you’ll learn about the National Gallery, its history, and the three parts of our 29-acre campus: the West Building (opened 1941), East Building (1978), and Sculpture Garden (1999). You’ll encounter Ginevra de’ Benci, the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas, as well as exceptional works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, and Alexander Calder. Contemporary artists featured include Faith Ringgold, Carrie Mae Weems, Daniel Lind-Ramos, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.

From scenes painted in the Middle Ages to mixed-media works created this century, you’ll find art in all its forms at the National Gallery of Art.