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.