National Academy of Design
Manhattan · founded 1825
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Frederick Styles Agate, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition." Membership is limited to 450 American artists and architects, who are elected by their peers on the basis of recognized excellence.
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What to see
Self-portrait
Thomas Eakins, 1902.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Young Orphan
William Merritt Chase, 1884.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Two Idlers
Robert Frederick Blum, 1888.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Miraculous Haul of Fishes
Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1913.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Bash-Bish Falls, Massachusetts
John Frederick Kensett, 1855.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Sanford R. Gifford
Eastman Johnson, 1880.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.nationalacademy.org before you travel.
Getting there
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On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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