The William Appleton Coolidge Collection - Tapa dura

Sutton, Peter C.

 
9780878464531: The William Appleton Coolidge Collection
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ISBN 10: 0878464530 ISBN 13: 9780878464531
Editorial: Museum of Fine Arts,Boston, 1996

Sinopsis

The collection formed by William Appleton Coolidge speaks of a remarkable breadth of taste, of a spirit responsive to works of art of all periods, and of visual discrimination of a high order. Many of the works are intimate in scale, appropriate for domestic contemplation, and it is no surprise that this most unselfish of collectors delighted in sharing his prized possessions with his friends. But he was also keen to benefit a wider audience: for years the finest of them were on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, and before his death Mr. Coolidge had begun to donate masterpieces, including the paintings by Rubens and Signac.
There have been collectors who formed larger and greater collections; however, there were very few who cast their net as broadly as William Coolidge while sustaining such a consistently high level of quality. His catholicity of taste is a characteristic virtue of the Boston past, namely its intellectual curiosity about different times and peoples and its receptivity to good ideas regardless of point or period of origin. There is still much to be learned and enjoyed in such an attitude.

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Peter C. Sutton is currently Senior Director of Old Master Paintings at Christie's, New York.

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Editorial
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston
Año de publicación
1996
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0878464530
ISBN 13 
9780878464531
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Número de páginas
200
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