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Barnes Foundation Art institute in Phila.
The Barnes Foundation is an American educational art and horticultural institution with locations in Merion, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia; and Logan Square, Philadelphia. It was founded in 1922 by Albert C. Barnes, a chemist who collected art after making a fortune by co-developing an early anti-gonorrhea drug marketed as Argyrol and selling his company at the right time, before antibiotics came into use. Today, the foundation owns more than 2,500 objects, including 800 paintings, estimated to be worth about $25 billion. These are primarily works by Impressionist and Modernist masters. In the 1990s, the foundation proposed to move the collection to Philadelphia. After court challenges, the new Barnes building opened on Benjamin Franklin Parkway on May 19, 2012. Nov 2014, Photo 00b |
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Barnes Foundation Art institute in Phila.
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Barnes Foundation Art institute in Phila.
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