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# Press Releases: 1948

January 3, 1948[Gift of Van Dyck's *Henri II de Lorraine* from Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney](PDF 1.3MB)

January 17, 1948[Gift of 8 paintings by Italian and German artists of the 15th and 16th centuries from the Ralph and Mary Booth Collection](PDF 3.9MB)

February 12, 1948[Program of early American music to be played on Washington's birthday](PDF 1.9MB)

March 7, 1948German-owned art to be returned after National Gallery showing [*Department of the Army Public Information Division press release*](PDF 989KB)

March 7, 1948[Exhibition of works from Berlin museums brought to this country for safe keeping to open](PDF 1.9MB)

March 16, 1948[National Gallery opens exhibition of paintings from Berlin museums before they return to the American zone in Germany](PDF 3.1MB)

March 18, 1948[8,390 visitors to the Berlin paintings exhibition](PDF 4.4MB)

March 31, 1948[More than a quarter of a million visitors to the Berlin paintings exhibition] (PDF 1.4MB)

April 7, 1948[Lecture by Herbert Read on *Realism and Abstraction in Modern Art*](PDF 1MB)

April 9, 1948[Concert commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the League of Composers](PDF 1.8MB)

April 10, 1948[More than 500,000 visitors to the Berlin paintings exhibition](PDF 1011KB)

April 17, 1948[Extension of the Berlin paintings exhibition at the National Gallery] [*Department of the Army Public Information Division press release*](PDF 914KB)

April 20, 1948[Fifth American Music Festival](PDF 1.5MB)

April 28, 1948German art to go on national tour before return; children to benefit [*Department of the Army Public Information Division press release*](PDF 1.1MB)

April 29, 1948[Meeting held at Gallery regarding exhibition of works from Berlin museums](PDF 1.3MB)

April 29, 1948[Selection of pictures from Berlin museums likely to suffer damage if sent on tour] (PDF 2.8MB)

May 4, 1948[Schedule agreed upon for tour of paintings from Berlin museums] (PDF 2.8MB)

May 13, 1948[New discoveries revealed by recent x-rays of Bellini's *The Feast of the Gods* will be dlscussed by John Walker](PDF 861KB)

May 27, 1948[Examples of pre-Columbian art placed on exhibition](PDF 1.3MB)

June 16, 1948[Employees receive cash awards for devising new method for hanging paintings](PDF 934KB)

July 9, 1948[Exhibition of *American Folk Art* from the Index of American Design](PDF 1.2MB)

August 30, 1948[Sunday evening concert series resumes](PDF 1.9MB)

September 15, 1948[Opening of exhibition of American prints](PDF 1.5MB)

November 12, 1948[Announcement of concert](PDF 1.7MB)

November 13, 1948[Gift of Ralph Earl's *Daniel Boardman* from Mrs. W. Murray Crane](PDF 1.4MB)

November 20, 1948[Opening of exhibition *Paris, the Favorable Climate*](PDF 2.1MB)

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