Sunday, April 28, 2024

PAUL MELLON and the NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

NPR _ THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART and THE MELLONS 

Excerpt: Because Mr. Paul Mellon brought Titians and Leonardos and Manets and Cezannes and Boticellis and on and on into a handsome, pink marble building on the National Mall fo millions of Americans to enjoy - and why? - because Mr. Paul Mellon, shy, good-looking, gracious, and very, very rich, was a passionate believer in pleasure.





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