National Gallery of Victoria facts for kids
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is a famous art gallery in Melbourne, Australia. It started in 1861, making it the oldest and largest public art gallery in Australia. The NGV has two main locations: NGV International on St Kilda Road and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square.
The St Kilda Road building, designed by Sir Roy Grounds, first opened in 1968. Later, in 2003, the NGV International building was redesigned by Mario Bellini. The Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square was designed by LAB Architecture Studio.
When the gallery first opened, Victoria was a rich and growing colony. After the Victorian gold rush, Melbourne was Australia's largest city. Kind gifts from wealthy people, like the businessman Alfred Felton, helped the National Gallery buy many artworks from around the world. Today, the NGV has over 65,000 pieces of art!
Learning Art at the NGV
The National Gallery of Victoria Art School began in 1867. It was the most important place for art training in Australia until about 1910. Many artists who studied there, such as Sidney Nolan, became very famous in Australia.
Images for kids
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Nicholas Chevalier's idea for the National Gallery in 1860, next to the State Library building
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The opening of the McArthur Gallery in 1875, which is now part of the State Library of Victoria
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The Great Hall ceiling, the world's largest stained-glass ceiling, designed by Melbourne artist Leonard French
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The Federation Square Atrium leads to the Ian Potter Centre, which houses NGV Australia.
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Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, around 1830
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A gallery showing European paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries
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Max Dupain, Sunbaker, 1937
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William Blake, Dante running from the three beasts, 1824
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Aboriginal shields
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The Buffalo Ranges (1864) by Nicholas Chevalier, the first painting of an Australian subject bought by the gallery
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Tom Roberts, Shearing the Rams, 1890
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Arthur Streeton, ‘The purple noon's transparent might’, 1896
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Jan van Eyck (workshop), Ince Hall Madonna, 1433
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Correggio, Madonna and Child with infant St John the Baptist, 1514–15
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Rembrandt, Two old men disputing, 1628
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Nicolas Poussin, The Crossing of the Red Sea, 1634
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Anthony van Dyck, Rachel de Ruvigny, Countess of Southampton, 1640
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Banquet of Cleopatra, 1743–44
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George Stubbs, A Lion Attacking a Horse, 1765
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J. M. W. Turner, The Red Rigi, 1842
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John Everett Millais, The Rescue, 1855
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August Friedrich Schenck, Anguish, 1878
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Jules Bastien-Lepage, October, 1878
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Claude Monet, Vétheuil, 1879
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Paul Cézanne, The Uphill Road, 1881
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Camille Pissarro, Boulevard Montmartre, morning, cloudy weather, 1897
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Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait of the painter Manuel Humbert, 1916
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See also
In Spanish: Galería Nacional de Victoria para niños
