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# Press Releases: 1945

January 1, 1945[Exhibition of North American Indian Art to be presented at the Museo Nacional in Mexico City](PDF 936KB)

January 7, 1945[Gift of two George Bellows paintings, *Both Members of This Club* and *Mrs. Chester Dale,* from Chester Dale](PDF 2.1MB)

February 21, 1945[Election of Samuel H. Kress as president of the National Gallery](PDF 727KB)

February 21, 1945[Announcement of Gallery's second American Music Festival](PDF 1.3MB)

March 10, 1945[Exhibition of American painting to be held at the Tate Gallery, London being organized](PDF 1.8MB)

April 28, 1945[Exhibition of photographs by Barbara Morgan prepared by the Inter-American Office of the National Gallery to open](PDF 3.3MB)

May 26, 1945[*The War Against Japan* exhibition to open](PDF 1.4MB)

June 11, 1945[Outstanding soldier art of the American Army to go on exhibition](PDF 2MB)

June 23, 1945[Acquisition of two paintings--Joseph Dugan by Thomas Sully, bequest of Herbert L. Pratt, and The Lackawanna Valley by George Inness, gift of Mrs. Huttleston Rogers](PDF 2.5MB)

July 3, 1945[Opening of exhibition of *Soldier Art*](PDF 3.3MB)

September 8, 1945[Opening of exhibition of *New Acquisitions in the Rosenwald Collection*] (PDF 2.2MB)

September 26, 1945[U.S. Government remove German art objects for safe keeping](PDF 1.4MB)

November 9, 1945[*Marine Corps Battle Art* to be placed on exhibition](PDF 3.8MB)

November 24, 1945[Acquisition of Thomas Sully's *Lady with a Harp: Eliza Ridgely* through the generosity of Mrs. Georg Vetlesen (Maude Monell Vetlesen)](PDF 1.5MB)

December 6, 1945Masterpieces arrive in the U.S. [200 paintings from Germany] [*War Department Press Release*](PDF 780KB)

December 14, 1945[National Gallery accepts custody of paintings from German museums for safe keeping](PDF 4.9MB)

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