History of the National Academy of Design 1825–1953

Eliot Clark

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9780231914406
• eBook ISBN:
  9780231883757
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Design
• Subtopic: Design General

A history of the National Academy of the Arts from its founding in 1802 to 1953. Topics include early constitutions, exhibitions, social affiliations, conflicts within the organization, and others.

Table of contents

• FOREWORD
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• INTRODUCTION
• Ι . ORIGINS: THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS FOUNDED IN NEW YORK, 1802. THE NEW YORK DRAWING ASSOCIATION. CAUSES FOR THE FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. THE FOUNDERS
• II. THE ACADEMY BEGINS: EARLY CONSTITUTIONS. THE SCHOOL. CHANGES OF LOCATION. CLINTON HALL
• III. YEARS OF CONFLICT: THE FIRST EXHIBITION. CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS AND THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. JOHN TRUMBULL AND SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. THE END OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY
• IV. AMERICAN PAINTING, 1825–1865: PORTRAITURE. LANDSCAPE. GENRE
• V. SOCIAL AFFILIATIONS: NOTABLE HONORARY MEMBERS. THE SKETCH CLUB AND OTHER GROUPS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY. THE ART UNION
• VI. A SERIES OF HOMES: SAMUEL MORSE INVENTS THE TELEGRAPH. THE DAGUERREOTYPE. THE ACADEMY MOVES TO 663 BROADWAY AND TO TENTH STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE. ARTISTS' RECEPTIONS. SALE OF THE BROADWAY PROPERTY. PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AT 2 3D STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE. CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW BUILDING
• VII. AT 23D STREET: THE FIRST MEETING IN THE NEW BUILDING. EXHIBITIONS AND THE HANGING COMMITTEE. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 1876
• VIII. THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS: STEPS LEADING TO THE FORMATION OF THE SOCIETY. THE SOCIETY MERGES WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY
• ΙΧ. CHANGES IN PICTORIAL CONCEPTION: THE DÜSSELDORF SCHOOL. THE TONALISTS. MUNICH. PARIS. THE SALONIERS. IMPRESSIONISM
• Χ. PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS: INAUGURATION OF PRIZES. CONTROVERSY RESULTING FROM THE USE OF GLASS OVER PICTURES. SALE OF 23D STREET PROPERTY. PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT I09TH STREET AND AMSTERDAM AVENUE. THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
• XI. A NEW CENTURY: PRIZES AND BEQUESTS. THE SCHOOL. FIRE. THE SCHOOL THROUGH THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND UNTIL 1925
• XII. CHANGING YEARS: ACADEMY EXHIBITIONS IN THE FINE ARTS GALLERY. CRITICS AND ARTISTS. FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY ASSOCIATION. THE FIRST WORLD WAR
• XIII. ART IN TURMOIL: “THE OLD GUARD”. THE AMERICAN TRADITION. WINSLOW HOMER. THOMAS EAKINS. “THE YOUNG RADICALS”. REALISM. END OF AN ERA
• XIV. THE SISTER ARTS: ARCHITECTURE. SCULPTURE. ENGRAVING. ETCHING
• XV. THE ACADEMY CONTINUES TO FLOURISH: THE CENTENARY. EXHIBITIONS IN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. CULTURAL AFFILIATION WITH NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. PRESIDENT BLASHFIELD DEFINES THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMY. SEARCH FOR A NEW HOME CONTINUED. THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
• XVI. ART IN A WORLD AT WAR: THE NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR. PRESIDENT NICHOLS. THE ARCHER M. HUNTINGTON GIFT. THE MOVE TO FIFTH AVENUE. A SECOND FIRE. SALE OF PROPERTY AT 109TH STREET. THE SECOND WORLD WAR. VICTORY SHIP SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. THE ISIDOR FUND. THE ABBEY BEQUEST
• XVII. TOWARD OTHER TOMORROWS: THE EXHIBITION COMMITTEE. THE REVISED MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE. 125TH ANNIVERSARY. EXHIBITION AND BANQUET IN HONOR OF SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. THE AMERICAN HERITAGE. REVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. THE SCHOOL MOVES TO FIFTH AVENUE. THE “AVANT GARDE”. EVOLUTION OF THE ACADEMY EXHIBITIONS
• APPENDIX
• SOURCES
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INDEX