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.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART and the JACKSON POLLOCK CONNECTION

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

Andrew W. Mellon became one of the world's richest men and as a philanthropist began the National Gallery of Art.  His son Paul and Paul's wife Bunny continued their patronage and philanthropy of the art museum, a gift to our nation.

A tie in here at Mistress Manifesto is the art of Jackson Pollock, as in September 2012 his Mistress Ruth Kligman, also an artist, was our Mistress of the Month.  Use the Google search feature on the side bar for that month or posts about Pollock or Kligman!