Old masters/modern painting : a dialectic construction of art history for the American market during the 30s
Editor(s)
Schneemann, Peter J
Publisher
Bern: Lang
Date issued
2003
In
Masterplan. Konstruktion und Dokumentation amerikanischer Kunstgeschichten
From page
173
To page
190
Serie
Masterplan. Konstruktion und Dokumentation amerikanischer Kunstgeschichten
Subjects
Barr -Alfred-Hamilton -1902-1981 Berenson -Bernard -1865-1959 Collectionneurs- Collections- Duveen -Joseph -baron -1869-1939 Etats-Unis Europe- Exposition- Grande-Bretagne Genealogie- Italie- Marchands-d'-art Maitres-anciens Musee- New-Yor
Abstract
Examines how early 20th-c. American art collectors, art dealers, and museums began to buy European Old Masters paintings and contemporary works in order to develop priceless private collections and reputable museum collections. Discusses Alfred Barr's exhibitions Cubism and abstract art (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1936) and another exhibition of Italian Old Masters, emphasizing the continuity between the old and the new and forging a genealogy for the newer works to which the public could relate. Investigates the collusion between Joseph Duveen and Bernard Berenson to sell doctored Old Masters' works to the American collectors.
Publication type
book part