the Corcoran
Gallery of
Art, a
gallery that exhibits
American art; located in
Washington,
DC.
a
reference to the Corcoran
Gallery of
Art in
Washington,
DC, USA, founded in the
late 1800s by
American art collector, financier and philanthropist,
William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888). The Corcoran
holds collections of paintings, sculptures, tapestries, photographs and
ceramics. It also houses one of the
world's most important
American art collections from the
colonial period to modern
art.