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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Art Galleries
118-128 N Broad St, Philadelphia 19102, PA
PAFA is the nation's first museum and school of fine arts, home to a world-class collection of American art, and a leader in fine arts education. American architects Frank Furness and George Hewitt design the museum building and began construction in 1871-1876. The building's facade draws on a number of different historical styles, including Second Empire, Renaissance Revival and Gothic Revival, amalgamated in an "aggressively personal manner". The building's exterior coloration combines "rusticated brownstone, dressed sandstone, polished pink granite, red pressed brick, and purplish terra-cotta. The inside of the building is equally varied, combining "gilt floral patterns incised on a field of Venetian red; cerulean blue ceiling sprinkled with silver stars", and plum, ochre, sand and olive green gallery walls.
118-128 N Broad St, Philadelphia 19102, PA
PAFA is the nation's first museum and school of fine arts, home to a world-class collection of American art, and a leader in fine arts education. American architects Frank Furness and George Hewitt design the museum building and began construction in 1871-1876. The building's facade draws on a number of different historical styles, including Second Empire, Renaissance Revival and Gothic Revival, amalgamated in an "aggressively personal manner". The building's exterior coloration combines "rusticated brownstone, dressed sandstone, polished pink granite, red pressed brick, and purplish terra-cotta. The inside of the building is equally varied, combining "gilt floral patterns incised on a field of Venetian red; cerulean blue ceiling sprinkled with silver stars", and plum, ochre, sand and olive green gallery walls.