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Saint Louis Art Museum (Saint Louis, Missouri)

Title: St. Lawrence Distributing the Riches of the Church

Artist: Bernardo Strozzi

Year: ca. 1625

Oil on canvas

 

The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the principal U.S. art museums, visited by up to a half million people every year. Admission is free through a subsidy from the cultural tax district for the Independent City of St. Louis and St. Louis County.

 

Located in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri, the Museum's three-story building was constructed as the Palace of the Fine Arts for the 1904 World's Fair, also known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Architect Cass Gilbert was inspired by the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy.

 

In addition to the featured exhibitions, the Museum offers rotating exhibitions and installations. These include the Currents series, which showcases contemporary artists, as well as regular exhibitions of new media art and works on paper.

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Uploaded on March 23, 2014
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