TIAMSA is pleased to announce its eight book discussion: The New York Market for French Art in the Gilded Age, 1867–1893. Author Leanne M. Zalewski will discuss his book, followed by a conversation with Frances Fowles (Edinburgh College of Art) and David Farmer (Dahesh Museum of Art in New York City).
As usual, the event will be moderated by Kim Oosterlinck (Université libre de Bruxelles). All attendants will be invited to join the discussion!
Please RSVP by April 10 to inna.schill@artmarketstudies.org. The dial in details will be distributed on the Day of the event.
About the book
This transatlantic study analyses a missing chapter in the history of art collecting, the first art market bubble in the United States. In the decades following the Civil War, French art monopolized art collections across the United States. During this “Gilded Age picture rush,” the commercial art system-art dealers, galleries, auction houses, exhibitions, museums, art journals, press coverage, art histories, and collection catalogues-established a strong foothold it has not relinquished to this day. In addition, a pervasive concern for improving aesthetics and providing the best contemporary art to educate the masses led to the formation not only of private art collections, but also of institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and to the publication of art histories.
Richly informed by collectors’ and art dealers’ diaries, letters, stock books, journals, and hitherto neglected art histories, The New York Market for French Art in the Gilded Age, 1867-1893 offers a fresh perspective on this trailblazing era.
Leanne Zalewski is Associate Professor of Art History at Central Connecticut State University, USA.
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