Collecting With Vision: Treasures from the Chrysler Museum of Art
Collecting With Vision: Treasures from the Chrysler Museum of Art
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This volume presents a selection of the Chrysler Museum of Art's extensive collection, including works by iconic American painters like Cole, Copley, Bierstadt, Cassatt, Hopper, and Homer; Italian masters Filippino Lippi and Salvator Rosa; Dutch and Flemish painters such as Rubens; and European works from Velazquez, Delacroix, and Gauguin. The Museum also holds many pieces of decorative art, like Worcester porcelain, Gorham silver, Tiffany glass, Gallé, Dale Chihuly, and Catherine “Cappy” Thompson glass. Photography is also highlighted, displaying historical images from the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.
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- Product Type: Exhibition Catalog, Paperback
- 160 pages
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(26.2 × 22.1 × 2.0 cm) - Shipping Weight: 2.1 lb (33.6 oz; 953 g)
- SKU010000899 | ISBN: 9780940744721
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About Jefferson C. Harrison
About Jefferson C. Harrison
Jeff Harrison earned his BA in English literature and his PhD in the History of Art from the University of Virginia. Following that, he performed fellowships at the Art History Institute at the University of Amsterdam and the National Gallery of Art.
Jeff had a thirty-three year career at the Chrysler Museum of Art beginning in 1982. During that time, he was named the museum’s Research Curator and later its Curator of European Art. From 1993 on he served as the museum’s Chief Curator and in 2014 received the honor of being named the Irene Leach Curator of American Art.
He published numerous books and articles on the museum’s permanent collection and on 16th Century Netherlandish Art. He was also a vital part of the team leading to the recent expansion and reinstallation of the museum and, at his retirement in 2015, was named Chief Curator Emeritus.
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