United States Academic Pentathlon (USAP) Fine Arts Practice Test

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney used her wealth and love of American art to create a space dedicated to showcasing it. She founded the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, with a mission to collect and display American artists and, in time, to promote modern American art through important exhibitions. That focus and the museum’s name reflect her role as founder, making it the correct choice. The other institutions have different founders and origins: a broader, world-spanning collection for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, local civic roots for the Art Institute of Chicago, and Solomon R. Guggenheim’s private‑collection driven museum for the Guggenheim.