The New York Market for French Art in the Gilded Age, 1867–1893

Leanne M. Zalewski (Central Connecticut State University, USA)

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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
15 December 2022

Art: financial aspects; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

Series: Contextualizing Art Markets

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.

By: Leanne M. Zalewski (Central Connecticut State University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781501358333
ISBN 10: 1501358332
Series: Contextualizing Art Markets
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 15 December 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Series Editor's Introduction Acknowledgments Preface Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Paris’s Guiding Light: The Universal Exposition of 1867 3. “Paris is for Sale” and Americans are Buying 3. Purchasing Ideologies: Seven New York Collections 5. Marketing the Collections: Loans, Periodicals, Books, and Prints 6. From Private Collection to Public Good: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 7. Conclusion: The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 Bibliography Index

Dr. Leanne Zalewski has published articles on art collections, participated in numerous conferences on early Gilded Age art collecting, and received support for her research from the Getty Research Institute, Huntington Library, Center for the History of Collecting in America at the Frick Art Collection, and the American Association of University Professors.

Reviews for The New York Market for French Art in the Gilded Age, 1867–1893

Leanne Zalewski's thoroughly researched book surveys relations among wealthy American collectors of French Academic art and international art dealers in the period between Paris's 1867 Universal Exposition and Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition. Analyzing auction catalogs, media, markets, private collections, and dealers' stock books, Zalewski presents a fascinating, innovative contribution to studies of art collecting and the art market. * Julie Codell, Professor of Art History, Arizona State University, USA * The famed 'Gilded Age Picture Rush' spurred the creation of renowned American private and public collections. Examining this pivotal moment, Zalewski provides a thoughtful, and theoretically significant contribution to the History of the American Art Market. * Agnes Penot *