Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919; Freer Gallery of Art
This qualifying paper examines the contradiction of a public museum dedicated to one man's vision of art collecting. Charles Lang Freer established the Freer Gallery of Art in 1906, regarded as the first national public art museum on the National...
Galleries & museums; Buildings; Corcoran Gallery of Art
Ornate, three-story building made of brick or stone with domed towers on the corners and a dome in the center. Text on left: Rodgers & Co. Publishers & Dealers. Stereoscopic Views. No. 359 Penna. Avenue Washington, D.C. Descriptive...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Shooting galleries; Carnival games
A mat is spread on the floor in front of the shooting gallery at Fontaine Ferry Park. The front of the counter reads, "5 shots 10." Behind the counter are a number of targets including circles on the back wall and a line of automated...
Commercial art galleries; Brick wall signs; Buildings; Drugstores
Address: 1764 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY. View of Architype Gallery. Woman standing at window looking inside. Ghost sign on Pope Street side of building reads "H.G. Young, Druggist."
The Silver House & Gallery, belonging to Brainerd C. Lemon, at 223 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Two-story house with steeply peaked roofs. Stone first floor; second floor and up to the roof is concrete with dark wood in windowpane...
The Silver House & Gallery, belonging to Brainerd C. Lemon, at 223 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Short staircase (white stairs with dark tops) along right wall and landing at left. Under the landing is a small table with silver, then a...
Large room filled with large plants and fountains with a chandelier hanging from the ceiling. The right side of the room contains a row of arched doorways. Title: 867- Horti [Horticultural] Hall, Interior from N. Gallery. Text on left: Centennial...
Large exhibit space filled with glass booths, cabinets, and chairs. One sign says 'Rosengarten & Sons. Manufacturing Chemists.' There is also a sign that says 'Germany.' Title: [ ] Transept from S. Gallery. Text on left (upside down):...
Oil on canvas with aluminium [aluminum]; [this photo taken at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; painting now at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York].
Photographs; Portrait photographs; Portraits; Men; Women; Artists; Painters (Artists); Sculptors; Historians; Scholars; Critics; Art dealers; Authors; People associated with commercial activities; People associated with education &...
Photo Fred W. McDarrah. Visible are Harriet Janis (left), Franz Kline, William Baziotes (eyes only), Robert Goldwater, Louise Bourgeois (with hat), Ethel Baziotes (right), Mark Rothko (with hat), David Sylvester (rear centre), Willem de Kooning...
"The heavy walls of Tiryns and other Mycenaean palaces contrast sharply with the open Cretan palaces and clearly reveal their defensive character. Those of Tiryns average about 20 feet in thickness, and in one section they house a long gallery...
Address: 812 East Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Restaurant is under construction. Partially legible ghost sign, viewed from the side of the building, reads "Tailoring."
