The Corcoran
- Original Name: Corcoran Gallery of Art
- Also Known As: Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GW
- Also Known As: Flagg Building
- Address: 500 17th St NW
- Vicinity: New York Ave NW
- Neighborhood of Downtown DC in Washington, DC
| Work | Type | Creator | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Swell | Painting |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| William Wilson Corcoran | Significant name | |||||
| Charles A Platt | Architect | |||||
| Thomas Hart Benton (painter) | Education | |||||
| Ernest Flagg | Architect | |||||
| William A Clark | Benefactor | Art collection | ||||
| 1902/01/15 | Theodore Roosevelt | US President | Senate Park Commission exhibit their proposals at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, including two vast models of the District of Columbia, one showing it as it existed in 1901 and the other showing their plans. | |||
| 1902/01/15 | McMillian Commission | Commission | Senate Park Commission exhibit their proposals at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, including two vast models of the District of Columbia, one showing it as it existed in 1901 and the other showing their plans. | |||
| 1911/00/00 | Wilson Eyre Jr | Architect | Wilson Eyre features Rye House in exhibitions at Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington Architectural Club) and the T-Square Club of Philadelphia, both in 1911. | |||
| 1914/06/04 | Moses Jacob Ezekiel | Sculptor | A reception is held in honor of Moses Jacob Ezekiel at the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, DC. | |||
| 1914/06/04 | Edith Wilson | Visitor | That night she (Annie Litchfield) and I were going to the Corcoran Art Gallery to a reception given in honour of Sir Moses. So we had to have a hasty dinner, to be ready to start. - EBG | |||
| 1943/03/00 | Edward Hopper | Juror | "Ground Swell" is exhibited at the Eighteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings at the Corcoran Gallery of Art where Hopper serves as a juror. It is acquired at the exhibition by the Corcoran Gallery of Art. | Ground Swell |
| Particulars for The Corcoran: | |
|---|---|
| Art Attribute | American Art |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Art |
| Architectural Style | Beaux Arts |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Education |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | School |
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