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Hugh Lane : the art market and the art museum, 1893-1915

O'Neill, Morna, author, Lane, Hugh Percy, Sir, 1875-1915. Works

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\"This book charts a geography of the art market and the art museum in the early 20th century through the legacy of one influential dealer. Born in Ireland, Hugh Lane (1875-1915) established himself in London in the 1890s. With little formal education or training, he orchestrated high-profile sales of paintings by the likes of Holbein, Titian, and Velâazquez and described his life's work as 'selling pictures by old painters to buy pictures by living painters', a practice he called 'Good busines'. Lane assembled a collection of modern art for the Johannesburg Art Gallery, amassed a collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings for Cape Town, and gave his own collection of modern art to the National Gallery in London. He also donated paintings to the National Gallery of Ireland, where he was named director in 1914. Each chapter in this revelatory study focuses on an important city in Lane's practice as a dealer to understand the interrelationship of event and place.\"--Publisher's description.

• Publisher: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press
• Subject: Lane, Hugh Percy, Sir, 1875-1915. / Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art History. / Art dealers Great Britain Biography. / Art patrons Ireland Biography. / Painting Purchasing History 20th century. / Art galleries, Commercial England London History 20th century. / Marchands d'oeuvres d'art Grande-Bretagne Biographies. / Mâecلenes Irlande Biographies. / Peinture Achat Histoire 20e siلecle. / Galeries d'art Angleterre Londres Histoire 20e siلecle.
• ISBN: 0300236581, 9780300236583

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
N5247.L3 O54 2018	1	BOOK	ARTS