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# Press Releases: 1944

February 16, 1944[Opening of additional room of paintings to include two Canalettos loaned by Mrs. Cary Grant and one Canaletto and one Guardi gift of Joseph E. Widener](PDF 2.1MB)

February 18, 1944[*The Army at War* exhibition to open](PDF 2MB)

March 11, 1944[Establishment of an Inter-American office at the National Gallery of Art. Porter A. McCray appointed chief of the newly created office.](PDF 1.3MB)

March 19, 1944[Acquisition of *Amos Lawrence* by Chester Harding](PDF 1.3MB)

March 25, 1944[First exhibition of the *Index of American Design* to open](PDF 1.3MB)

April 1, 1944[Exhibition of portraits by Robert Nanteuil to open](PDF 1.2MB)

April 22, 1944[Exhibition of official *British War Paintings* to open](PDF 1.9MB)

April 29, 1944[First exhibition of *Rembrandt Prints and Drawings* at National Gallery to open](PDF 1.4MB)

May 13, 1944[Acceptance of gift of two paintings, Corot's *The Eel Gatherers* and Courbet's *The Stream*, from Mr. and Mrs. Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen] (PDF 1.2MB)

June 5, 1944[Exhibition of *American Battle Painting* from the Revolution through World War I to open](PDF 1.3MB)

July 1, 1944Concerts at the National Gallery of Art(PDF 2MB)

July 3, 1944[Opening of *American Battle Painting* exhibition](PDF 1.6MB)

July 22, 1944[Donation of eighteenth-century French paintings from Samuel H. Kress and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation](PDF 2.6MB)

September 10, 1944[Opening of special exhibition illustrating the wartime role of Navy doctors, and the treatment of personnel](PDF 1.2MB)

September 11, 1944[Record attendance at the National Gallery of Art for a single day](PDF 623KB)

September 17, 1944[Exhibition of paintings and drawings by Coast Guard Combat Artists illustrating the role of the U.S. Coast Guard in offensive action](PDF 1.4MB)

October 14, 1944[Exibition of paintings illustrating operations of the Army Air Forces](PDF 2MB)

October 15, 1944[Opening of exhibition of etchings and drawings by Alphonse Legros, from the collection of George Matthew Adams](PDF 1.3MB)

October 21, 1944[Paintings and sculpture evacuated at the time of Pearl Harbor have been safely returned to the National Gallery from the Biltmore House](PDF 1.9MB)

October 30, 1944[Samuel H. Kress donation of collection of rare Italian art](PDF 6.9MB)

November 19, 1944[Exhibition opening of French graphic art from Louis XV through the French Revolution](PDF 2.8MB)

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