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National Geographic : 1961 Dec
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Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, SAMUEL H. KRESS COLLECTION© NATIONALGEOGRAPHICSOCIETY house owned by the city park department. When civic leaders drew attention to the need for an important art collection, the Founda tion offered a group of paintings - provided a suitable building was erected. The selections emphasized German and Dutch works, in recognition of the ancestry of many Allen town residents. Meeting this challenge, local citizens, foun dations, and corporations raised funds to buy a recently vacated church and transform it into a handsome museum. The gallery now owns a Kress Collection of 52 paintings and sculptures. Its six entries in the National Gal- BERNARDO BELLOTTO (1720-1780) Venetian View of Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Bellotto, who fell in love with Dresden at first sight, lived there 15 years. His paint ings of the Altstadt, or old city, serve as a guide for reconstruction; World War II air raids destroyed 10 square miles of the German city. Augustus Bridge survived the bombings, but retreating Nazis blew it up. Our Lady's Church, whose dome rises beyond the span, was demolished and has been left in ruins as a memorial. 849
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