Former National Art Gallery

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Also known as

国立美术陈列馆旧址

City

Nanjing

Coordinates

32.0461994, 118.7884624

About Former National Art Gallery

The former site of the National Gallery of Art is located at No. 266 Changjiang Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. It was built in 1935, designed by architect Xi Fuquan, and completed in 1936. It is China's first national-level art museum and the beginning of the development of the Chinese Art Museum. The building covers an area of 4,700 square meters, with a building area of 7,000 square meters. The main building has four floors, and the facade is in the shape of a "mountain". The exhibition hall has a total area of 2,400 square meters, and the exhibition height is 3.3 meters. It integrates Western modern architectural style and traditional Chinese decorative elements. It is a representative of new national form architecture. Together with the Great Hall of the People on the west side, it forms a group of buildings in the Republic of China period.

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