About the museum
The story of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue opened in 1959 in Frank Lloyd Wright's spiralling building, one of the most famous pieces of twentieth-century architecture.
Its collection of modern art includes one of the largest groups of Kandinsky, together with Picasso, Van Gogh and the Thannhauser collection of Impressionism.
The collection
The collection began with Solomon R. Guggenheim's purchases of 'non-objective' art, guided by the artist Hilla Rebay. It holds more than 150 works by Wassily Kandinsky, and works by Klee, Chagall, Delaunay and Léger.
The Justin K. Thannhauser bequest added Impressionist and early modern masterpieces by Manet, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and Picasso.
At ArtLogia you can order 32 of its paintings as hand-painted reproductions, by 11 artists led by Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent van Gogh and Georges Seurat.
- paintings to order
- 32
- artists
- 11
- art movements
- 6
- years covered
- 1850–1938
The building
Frank Lloyd Wright worked on the building for sixteen years; it opened in 1959, six months after his death. Visitors view art along a continuous spiral ramp beneath a glass dome, and it is part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing of Wright's buildings.
Masterpieces to see
Planning a visit
Take the lift to the top and walk down the spiral ramp.
