Antiquities to Impressionism

the William A. Clark collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art

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Author

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Contributions

Hartwell, Dare Myers, 1944- contributor - Contributor
Coyle, Laura, contributor - Contributor

Publication

2001 - in association with Scala, Washington, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

33,750 words, Guess

Page Count

135 pages

Identifiers

OCLC Control Number988539950
Open LibraryOL44554441M

Classifications

LCCND205 C582 2001

Description

"This book was published to coincide with an exhibition celebrating the 75th anniversary of William A. Clark's bequest of more than 800 objects from his private collection to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Having earned his fortune in the copper industry, Clark amassed his art collection in retirement. One essay is devoted to Clark the collector, featuring archival photographs of the collection in his residence. A second essay delves into Clark's relationship with the Corcoran. Entries on the works are divided into chronological sections and feature paintings and sculptures by Jan van Goyen, Thomas Gainsborough, Jean-Siméon Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Eugène Delacroix, Auguste Rodin, and Edgar Degas alongside rare Greek terracottas, antique lace, Indo-European rugs, Italian Renaissance maiolica, and the Salon Doré, an 18th-century gilded French room that was installed at the Corcoran." -- From the National Gallery of Art website.

Subjects

Topics

Art Exhibitions Art collections Private collections Corcoran Gallery of Art

Places

Washington (D.C.)

People

William Andrews Clark (1877-1934)

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