Collecting With VisionTreasures from the Chrysler Museum of Art
Published by GILES in association with the Chrysler Museum of Art
Publish Date — May 2007 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 160 pages, 250 x 210mm (8 ¼ x 10 in.), portrait
Illustrations — 208 colour illustrations
Hardback price — UK£20.00/US$35.00
ISBN — 1- 904832- 33- 4
ISBN — 978-1-904832-33-1
Book Details (pdf) — Collecting_With_Vision_ai.pdf
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A beautifully illustrated survey of five centuries of art from the collections of one of America’s leading museums
Features colour plates of over 200 of the most important artworks from the Museum’s holdings of American, European and decorative art
About the Book
The Chrysler Museum of Art houses one of America's great collections of fine and decorative art from antiquity to contemporary America. Founded in 1939 as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, the Museum experienced explosive growth in 1971 when automobile heir and art collector Walter P. Chrysler presented the city of Norfolk with his collection. Since Chrysler's death in 1989 the Museum has continued to expand, building on his incredible legacy.
This illustrated volume presents paintings by leading American artists, including Copley, Cole, Bierstadt, Homer, Cassatt and Hopper; Italian Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces by Filippino Lippi and Salvator Rosa; Dutch and Flemish Old Masters, including works by Jan Gossaert and Peter Paul Rubens; and the work of European painters like Velazquez, Delacroix and Gauguin. The Chrysler Museum also boasts major collections of decorative art, including Tiffany and Gallé glass, Worcester porcelain and Gorham silver. The glass collection is internationally important and ranges from antiquity to studio works by Dale Chihuly and Catherine “Cappy” Thompson. Photography also features strongly, with major collections of early photographs, Civil War images and iconic images from the Civil Rights Movement.
