A list regarding buying art, early 20th century
Description
Folder 466
[first page]
[handwritten in cursive with pencil on lined notepaper]
1 The Puritans.
2 The Portrait painters of our early history.
3 Our Governments attitude toward art.
4 The elements of art. Conception. Color. Drawing. Compo-sition. Treatment.
5 The What and the How artists. Whistler [word underlined]
6 The portrait painters of today.
7 Landscape painters.
8 Figure painters.
9 Mural painters.
10 Miniature painters.
11 Illustrators.
12 Commurshal [sic] painters.
13 The critic. scare phrases invented by the ignorent [sic].
14 The dealer.
15 The high-art school.
16 The fashion school.
17 The Academy.
18 The private schools. Illustrating. [word underlined]
19 The Museums.
20 The out of town exhibitions.
21 The foreign exhibition.
22 The catalogue racket.
23 The reproduction racket
24 The American Artists rights.
25 The French Government art policy.
26 Modern art and Absinth.
27 American plutocracy and modern art.
28 The possibilities that could be realized.
29 The extinction of viril [sic] art in America.
30 Democracy. Oriental & Occidental art.
31 The “Prize.” Racket
Dates
- early 20th century
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
Available by appointment only at the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR) with the exception of materials with donor restrictions. Contact Library staff in advance to inquire if materials exist pertaining to your research interests.
Extent
From the Collection: 500 item(s)
Medium
pencil on paper
- American
- French art policy
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler
- James McNeill Whistler
- List
- Manuscripts
- Whistler
- William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection
- absinthe
- art academy
- art critics
- art dealers
- art elements
- art exhibitions
- art policy
- art rackets
- art schools
- catalogue
- categories
- commercial art
- enumeration
- fashion art
- figures
- government attitudes
- high art
- illustrations
- landscapes
- listing
- miniatures
- modern art
- murals
- museums
- numbered list
- numbering
- portraits
- types of painters
- virile art
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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