'Renowned and unknown': Calouste Gulbenkian as collector of paintings. (13th October 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- 'Renowned and unknown': Calouste Gulbenkian as collector of paintings. (13th October 2017)
- Main Title:
- 'Renowned and unknown'
- Authors:
- Conlin, Jonathan
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Combining Impressionist, Barbizon and Dutch seventeenth-century masterpieces with eighteenth-century French and English portraits and Venetian veduti, the collection of paintings formed by the Anglo-Armenian financier and oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian (1869–1955) and now housed in the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon closely resembles collections formed by contemporaries such as Henry Frick and Jacques Doucet. The manner of its acquisition, however – most notably purchases from Russia's Hermitage Museum – displayed a 'buccaneer' element. New research shows how Gulbenkian leveraged his oil interests as well as promises of a bequest to influence the leading British, French and American agents, dealers and curators of the twentieth century.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of the history of collections. Volume 30:Number 2(2018:Jul.)
- Journal:
- Journal of the history of collections
- Issue:
- Volume 30:Number 2(2018:Jul.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 30, Issue 2 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0030-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 317
- Page End:
- 337
- Publication Date:
- 2017-10-13
- Subjects:
- Collectors and collecting -- Periodicals
Collectors and collecting -- History -- Periodicals
Museums -- Acquisitions -- History -- Periodicals
Collectibles -- History -- Periodicals
069 - Journal URLs:
- http://jhc.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/jhc/fhx037 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0954-6650
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library DSC - 5000.740000
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