The National Art Gallery also known as Gallery of National Art is located in the Plaza Morelos area of Caracas, Venezuela. The museum opened in May 1976. In 2009 it moved to a new building designed by
Eastern façade of the gallery.
The former home of the National Art Gallery, now the Fine Art Museum
La Pastora, Caracas. Drawing by Pissarro
Miranda en La Carraca (1896), Arturo Michelena's depiction of Francisco de Miranda's imprisonment in Cádiz, Spain (oil on canvas, 196.6 x 245.5 cm).
Arturo Michelena
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Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo was a Venezuelan painter known for his historical and genre scenes and portraits.
National Art Gallery (Caracas)
…Weismann of Caracas held his first solo exhibition of Venezuelan culture in this museum. Other famous artists whose work is exhibited in the museum are Arturo Michelena, Armando Reverón, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Pájaro and Jesús Soto. The museum's most notable piece is Michelena’s 1896 painting of Francisco de Miranda in a…
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El Panteon de los Heroes, 1898
The Sick Child, 1886