Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, US
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2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA
Philadelphia, US
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$12 (1st Sun free)
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The Barnes Foundation was established in 1922 by Albert C. Barnes, a chemist who made his fortune from the antiseptic Argyrol. Barnes assembled one of the world's finest collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting: 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes, 59 Matisses, and 46 Picassos.
Originally housed in Merion, Pennsylvania, the collection moved to a new building on Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway in 2012, a relocation that sparked years of legal and public debate. Barnes arranged his works in "ensembles," mixing paintings with ironwork, furniture, and African sculpture. Those arrangements are preserved exactly as he specified. The collection of roughly 4,000 objects is estimated at around $25 billion, and includes one of the earliest serious collections of African art in America.
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA in Philadelphia, US houses 2 masterpieces in our database, including works by Chaim Soutine. Notable works include Young Girl in Red Blouse and Baker Boy.
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The Barnes Foundation moved to a new building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia in 2012. Its collection is displayed in rooms arranged exactly as founder Albert Barnes specified.
Albert Barnes assembled one of the world's greatest collections of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. It holds 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes, 59 Matisses, and major Picassos.
Barnes arranged artworks in "ensembles" mixing paintings, ironwork, and furniture by visual relationships rather than chronology. This unique display method is legally preserved as part of his trust.
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