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- Date:
- 1874 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- Painting
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Art Gallery of New South Wales
museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales, art museum founded in Sydney in 1874 with a grant from the government. The original resolution establishing the gallery authorized buying in London and in Sydney, and English 19th-century paintings and contemporary British art are particularly well represented. The museum has supported Australian artists since its foundation, and consequently it has one of the best collections of Australian art in the world.
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