Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York

Marc, Franz

St. Julien L’Hospitalier

Benson, Frank Weston

Sunlight

Kandinsky, Wassily

The Blue Mountain

Rousseau, Henri

The Football Players

Pissarro, Camille

The Hermitage at Pontoise

Benson, Frank Weston

The Reader

Léger, Fernand

The Smokers

Marc, Franz

The Yellow Cow

Kandinsky, Wassily

Upward

Rousseau, Henri

View of the Quai d’Ovry

Kandinsky, Wassily

With a White Border

Léger, Fernand

Woman Holding a Vase

Schiele, Egon

Woman with Black Hat

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY Paintings

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened its doors on October 21, 1959, and is one of the best-known museums in New York City and one of the 20th century's most important architectural landmarks. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the museum––which is often called simply The Guggenheim––is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art, and also features special exhibitions throughout the year.

Located on the Upper East Side in New York City it is the second museum opened by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation which was founded in 1937. The 50th year anniversary of the Frank Lloyd Wright building will occur on October 21, 2009. The Museum recently underwent an extensive, three-year renovation. In September 2008, the Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation confirmed the appointment of Richard Armstrong as its fifth director, effective November 4, 2008. He succeeds Thomas Krens, who served as Director from 1998.