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The Chester Dale collection / Kimberly A Jones ; Maygene F Daniels

By:

Jones,, Kimberly A

Contributor(s):

Daniels, Maygene F

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington : National Gallery of Art , 2010Description: 164 p. : illus. ; 32 cmISBN:

9780894683640

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

759.407 JON

Contents:

Summary: In addition to his renowned collection of 19th-century French impressionist paintings, highly sought after by major museums across the country, Chester Dale also admired and collected works by the American painter George Bellows (American, 1882 - 1925), a contemporary he had befriended in his youth in New York. By tragic happenstance, Bellowss paintings were eligible to be incorporated into the permanent collection shortly after the Gallery opened because of the artists death from appendicitis at the age of 42 in 1925. Late in 1944, Dale, keenly aware of the pending 20th anniversary of Bellowss demise, purchased what many would consider the artists greatest and most controversial painting, Shortly afterward, Dale bequeathed the work to the Gallery so that it could enter the permanent collection the moment it became eligible on January 8, 1945.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	759.407 JON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011571

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Cultivating the Chester Dale collection / Kimberly A. Jones -- Plates -- A shared legacy : the Chester Dale collection / Maygene Daniels -- Timeline -- Chronology -- Checklist -- Notes -- Photography credits.

In addition to his renowned collection of 19th-century French impressionist paintings, highly sought after by major museums across the country, Chester Dale also admired and collected works by the American painter George Bellows (American, 1882 - 1925), a contemporary he had befriended in his youth in New York. By tragic happenstance, Bellowss paintings were eligible to be incorporated into the permanent collection shortly after the Gallery opened because of the artists death from appendicitis at the age of 42 in 1925. Late in 1944, Dale, keenly aware of the pending 20th anniversary of Bellowss demise, purchased what many would consider the artists greatest and most controversial painting, Shortly afterward, Dale bequeathed the work to the Gallery so that it could enter the permanent collection the moment it became eligible on January 8, 1945.

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