Title from caption. Manuscript (typescript, original copy). Penciled at head of caption: "Mar 3-28 1917 John Alexander"--Price list from an exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, entitled "Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by John W. Alexander", March 3-28, 1917."A memorial exhibition of paintings by John White Alexander is to be given in the galleries of the Institute during March. The death of Mr. Alexander, May 31, 1915 ... "--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Volume VI, number 3 (March, 1917)), page 22. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. 2 sheets (2 unnumbered leaves).
American Federation of Arts; National Academy of Design (U.S.)
Date Created:
1913?
Description:
Exhibition catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". "Selected by the American Federation of Arts"--Page 2. [some] "Works ... were chosen from the N.A.D. Winter Exhibition."--Page 3. Prices included with some items. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
American Society of Illustrators; American Federation of Arts
Date Created:
1912?
Description:
Variant titles: Illustrations by the American Society of Illustrators; Catalogue, Society of American Illustrators, exhibition. Title from cover. Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Typescript (mimeographed). Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 6 unnumbered leaves.
Title from cover. Includes artist biographical information. Illustration of a stylized Thyrsus staff with ribbon printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Variant title: Work of Minneapolis artists, November 3-30, 1917 [catalog]. Title from cover. "The exhibition is under the auspices of the Artists' League of Minneapolis, the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, the Attic Club of Minneapolis, the Twin City Keramic Club, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts."--Page 2. Prices included with some items. Includes a list of the jury on admission which also served as a Committee on Arrangements. 8 unnumbered pages.
Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The exhibit included works by members of the Artists' League of Minneapolis. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. Includes artists' addresses. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The exhibit included works by members of the Artists' League of Minneapolis. Title from cover. At head of title: Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. Includes artists' addresses. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Variant Title: Work of Minneapolis artists, December 4-31, 1915 [rules]. Title from caption. "The first annual exhibition ... under the auspices of the Artists' League of Minneapolis, the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, the Attic Club of Minneapolis, Smock and Smudge [Club], the Twin City Keramic Club, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts ... under the following divisions: 1. Painting, 2. Sculpture, 3. Prints and drawings, 4. Commercial art, 5. Applied arts". Includes a list of conditions governing the exhibition, members of the jury, and members of the Committee on Arrangements. 1 sheet (1 unnumbered leaf).
Title from cover. "At the galleries of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Public Library Building, February 6th to 20th, 1910". Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The exhibit included works by members of the Artists' League of Minneapolis. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The exhibit included works by members of the Artists' League of Minneapolis. Title from cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Artists' League of Minneapolis; Minneapolis School of Art Alumni Association
Date Created:
1916?
Description:
Variant title: Work of Minneapolis artists, November 4-30, 1916. Title from cover. "The exhibition is under the auspices of the Artists' League of Minneapolis, the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, the Attic Club of Minneapolis, the Twin City Keramic Club, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts."--Page 2. Includes a list of the jury on admission which also served as a Committee on Arrangements. 8 unnumbered pages.
Artists' League of Minneapolis; Minneapolis School of Art Alumni Association
Date Created:
1917?
Description:
Title from caption. "The third annual exhibition ... under the auspices of the Artists' League of Minneapolis, the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, the Attic Club of Minneapolis, the Twin City Keramic Club, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts ... under the following divisions: 1. Painting, 2. Sculpture, 3. Prints and drawings, 4. Commercial art, 5. Applied arts". Includes a list of conditions governing the exhibition, members of the jury who also serve as members of the Committee on Arrangements. 1 sheet (1 unnumbered leaf).
Exhibition catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts presents ... ". The exhibit included works by members of the Attic Club. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Postcard with watercolor rendition of the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Title from cover. Includes artist biographical information. Illustration of a stylized Thyrsus staff with ribbon printed on front cover. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Boronda, Lester D. 1886-1953, Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Variant title: Catalogue, Paintings by Lester D. Boronda, Paintings by George Bellows. Title from cover. At head of title: "Catalogue". Item number 15, "Departure of the Wedding Party" was lent by Louis W. Hill of St. Paul. Advertisement for the Minneapolis School of Art on back cover. Includes artist biographical information. 8 unnumbered pages: illustrations.
Brasz, Arnold F. (Arnold Franz), 1888-1966; Koch, Karl, 1888-1975; Mero, Lee
Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "Public Library, June 14 to 21, 1908". "The Minneapolis Public Library ... was home for the Society's [Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts] art school from 1889 to 1915. The Minneapolis Public Library's art gallery served as the Society's exhibition space until construction of The Minneapolis Institute of Art."--Hess, Jeffrey. Their splendid legacy: the first 100 years of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1985, page 6.
Variant titles: Charles Jairus Martin Memorial Collection of Tapestries; Art in America (1913). Title from caption. Detached from: Art in America. Volume 3 (1915). "Mrs. Charles J. Martin of that city [Minneapolis] announced her intention of assembling ... a collection of tapestries which would be presented, as acquired, to the [Minneapolis] Institute [of Arts] ... will be known as the Charles Jairus Martin Memorial Collection of Tapestries ... one of these ... was woven in the ateliers of Arras about 1450, and forms the subject of the present notes."--Page 223. 1 unnumbered leaf, pages 223-226: color illustration.
Variant title: Early American paintings. At head of title: "Minneapolis Institute of Art". Title from cover. Illustration of a stylized coptic cross printed on front cover. Preface signed: J.B. Includes artist biographical information. "The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Joseph Breck, Director ... "--Back cover. 8 unnumbered pages.
Title from cover. At head of title: "The Minneapolis Institute of Art". Illustrated front cover with stylized vines in red. "Lent by P.W. French & Co. of New York"--Page 1. Preface signed: J.B. 11 pages.
Breck, Joseph, 1885-; James F. Ballard Collection (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Date Created:
1921
Description:
"Of this catalogue, five hundred copies have been printed [by the Metropolitan Museum of Art] for the Minneapolis Institute of Art, October, 1921"--Colophon. The Ballard Collection is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has been loaned to several venues for this exhibition. Plates printed on both sides. Introduction signed: Joseph Breck. At head of title: "The Minneapolis Institute of Art". Includes index. xvi, 27 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates, 1 unnumbered leaf.
Variant titles: Official catalogue, the Swedish art exhibition; Exhibition of contemporary Swedish art, 1916; Swedish exhibition, 1916. At head of title: Official catalogue. "Under the auspices of the Brooklyn Museum, the Copley Society of Boston, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Carnegie Institute--Pittsburgh, the Detroit Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the City Art Museum--St. Louis, the John Herron Art Institute--Indianapolis, the Toledo Museum of Art"--Page 5. The exhibition included paintings, prints, and sculpture of contemporary Swedish artists. "Cover by Brynjulf Strandenaes after design by Gunnar Hallstro?m"--Title page verso. Swedish three-crowns coat of arms printed on back cover. Includes indexes. 72 pages: illustrations, portraits.
Title from cover. At head of title: "The Minneapolis Institute of Art". Foreword signed: "Ottawa, 1918, Eric Brown, Director". 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Title from cover. Includes artist biographical information. "The ancient Chinese and Japanese paintings exhibited in Gallery C1 have been lent to the Institute by Mr. Garrett Chatfield Pier of Chicago ... Together with ... a group of Chinese and Japanese textile fabrics lent by Dr. Alfred Owre of Minneapolis."--Page 3-4. "The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Joseph Breck, Director ... "--Back cover. Contents: Ancient Chinese and Japanese paintings and textile fabrics; Paintings by Bryson Burroughs; Paintings from the Carnegie International Exhibition, 1914. 15 pages.
Civic Commission of Minneapolis (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1915
Description:
Title from cover. Includes a list of the members of the Civic Commission of Minneapolis, and a short organizational history of the commission. 12 pages.
Variant titles: Minneapolis Institute of Art exhibition of watercolors by Charles John Collins; Exhibition of water colors by Charles John Collins. Title from caption. Includes artist biographical information. Foreword signed C.J.C. Items lent by James McDiarmid, Fletcher Andrews, and C.H. Enderton, all of Winnipeg. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Title from cover. Illustration of a stylized Thyrsus staff with ribbon printed on front cover. Penciled on front cover: "Feb. 1921". Reprint. Originally published: Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Volume X, number 3 (March 1921)), page 21. Article to accompany an exhibit held in various venues in the United States, including February 1921 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Lent by the artist, Mlle. Dubois of Brussels, Belgium, the tapestry, entitled "Vers l'Ideal ("Toward the Ideal"), is woven after a decorative panel by the Belgian painter Constant Montald and depicts the renaissance of art. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
The following sketch has been prepared on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts by Dr. Folwell, President of the society for the first five years of its existence.--Page 2. Includes a list of the signers of the society's Articles of Incorporation. 8 unnumbered pages.
Exhibition checklist from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from caption; penciled "10/04/11-11/5/11" on verso of leaf. Typescript (mimeographed). 1 sheet (1 unnumbered leaf).
Title from cover. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. At head of title: The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. ""October 8 to November 5, 1911, Minneapolis"". Includes artist biographical information and address. Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Catalog from the first annual art exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. Foreword signed E.C.G. Advertisement for Minneapolis School of Fine Arts on back cover. Includes artist biographical information and their addresses. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. Includes a list of the society's current Board of Directors and of the committees for 1899-1900. 28 unnumbered pages.
Title from cover. "An address made at the celebration of the semi-centennial of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 10, 1920"--Page 2. Reprinted from the American magazine of art, August 1920, with the permission of the author and the American Federation of Arts by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts"--Page 2. Illustration of a stylized Thyrsus staff with ribbon printed on front cover. 7 unnumbered pages.
Announcement with list of titles for an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces a private view of an ... " Prices typewritten in with items. Prices typewritten in with items. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Title from cover. Illustration of a stylized Thyrsus staff with ribbon printed on front cover. Penciled on front cover: "4/1-5/8/21". 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Exhibition catalog list from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Penned on front cover: "July-August 1916". Title from cover. Manuscript (typescript, original copy). 4 unnumbered pages.
Announcement with list of titles for an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces a private view of an ... " Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. Includes artist biographical information. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Variant titles: Catalogue, Paintings by Birge and Alexander Harrison, Paintings by artists of Chicago and vicinity; Catalogue of the April exhibitions; Exhibition of Works by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity (19th: 1915: Chicago, Illinois). Title from cover. At head of title: "Catalogue". The second section is a selection from the nineteenth annual Exhibition of Artists of Chicago and Vicinity held at the Chicago Art Institute in March, 1915. Advertisement for the Minneapolis School of Art on back cover. Item number 24, "Drifting" was lent by the St. Paul Institute. Includes artist biographical information for Birge and Alexander Harrison. 15 pages.
At head of title: "The Minneapolis Institute of Art". Advertisement for the Minneapolis School of Art at back. Includes artist biographical information. 16 unnumbered pages: illustrations, portrait.
Variant title: Samplers: a brief historical treatise on needlework samplers. Stylized illustration printed on front cover. Article to accompany an exhibit held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, through April 15, 1921. "Through the kindness of Mrs. Emma B. Hodge of Chicago, her famous collection of samplers ... has been shown ... "--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Volume X, number 4 (April, 1921)), page 25. Includes bibliographical references (page 6). 6 unnumbered pages.
Variant titles: Second International Watercolor Exhibition, April 15-May 21, 1922; Martin A. Ryerson Collection; Desmond FitzGerald Collection. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. "Eighty-five water colors have been selected from the Second International Water Color Exhibition ... and are now on exhibition at the [Minneapolis] Institute [of Arts] ... shown in Gallery C10 on the second floor where they will remain until July 5."--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume XI, number 6 (June 1922), page 47. "It is the purpose of the Art Institute of Chicago to do honor each year to one or two of the great masters of water color painting by a comprehensive showing of their works. In the present exhibition individual rooms have been given to the Martin A. Ryerson Collection of water colors by Winslow Homer, and to the Desmond FitzGerald Collection of water colors by Dodge Macknight."--Page 5. 32 unnumbered pages: illustrations.
Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910; Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
Date Created:
1918?
Description:
Variant title: Catalogue of the exhibition of Homer-Sargent watercolors. Includes artist biographical information. Penciled on page 4: "Mar 2-Apr 2 1918". "The most important exhibition of the season is our exhibition during March of watercolors by ... Winslow Homer and John S. Sargent. ... These paintings have been lent by many private collectors notably Mrs. N.T. Pulsifer of Mountainville, New York, Mr. Martin A. Ryerson of Chicago, Mrs. Desmond Fitzgerald of Brookline, Massachusetts, Colonel Frank J. Hecker of Detroit, and also by public galleries including the Smithsonian Institution of Washington (Freer Collection), the Cincinnati Museum Association, the Brooklyn Museum and the Worcester Art Museum."--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume VII, number 3 (March, 1918), page19-20. Typescript (mimeographed). 4 unnumbered pages.
Title from cover."'C'est la guerre' ... has been used to explain almost everything that has developed or failed to develop since 1914. In the present exhibition it explains why Alexandre Iacovleff, finding Europe closed to him after the Russian collapse in 1917, turned to the Far East for inspiration."--Page 3. Includes artist biographical information. Foreword signed: R.A.P. "This exhibition was shown in Paris with great success in 1920 and was brought to America by the Art Institute of Chicago."--Page 3. 8 unnumbered pages.
Industrial Exposition Association (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1893
Description:
Catalog from the eighth exhibition organized by the Industrial Exposition Association, Minneapolis. Title from cover. "Other local artists were included among the exhibitors at the Industrial Expositions, and in 1900 the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts began holding its own annual exhibitions of American artists works."--Conforti, Michael, editor. Minnesota 1900: art and life on the Upper Mississippi 1890-1915, 1994, page 98. Advertisements at back (pages 54-55, p. 4 of cover). Prices included with some items; some prices have penciled annotations. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. MIA Library Archives copy missing front and back covers. 52 pages, 3 unnumbered pages: illustrations.
Night time view of the mansion lit up. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Swedish Prince Bertil sits in front of dining room fireplace at the American Swedish Institute as Bill Carlson, television interviewer, talks with the prince. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Turnblad mansion alight against the night sky. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Exterior view of the Turnblad mansion taken from the south side, showing the wrought iron fence and stone wall. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Kappstein, Carl, 1869-1933; Rubins, Harry W., 1865-1934; Grassby, Percy A., 1882-1973; Goetsch, Gustav F.
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. Exhibition announcement. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces a private view of ... " "Monday evening, December twelfth, nineteen hundred and ten, to the gallery of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Public Library building, Tenth Street at Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis". "This exhibition will be open to the public for two weeks, beginning Tuesday, December thirteenth"--Page 3. Includes artist biographical information. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Title from cover. Reprint. Originally published: Proceedings of the American Association of Museums. Vol. 11 (1908). Koehler gives a presentation on the requirements and considerations for establishing an art museum based on his experiences for planning facilities at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Minnesota State Art Society. 1 unnumbered page, pages 125-131.
Balcony overlooking the Grand Hall with artworks exhibited on the walls. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Variant Title: Paintings by Jonas Lie. Title from caption. Penciled on front: "1918". "An exhibition of paintings by Jonas Lie will occupy the end gallery on the Second Floor during April."--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume VII, number 2 (February, 1918), page 32. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, April 4-28, 1918. Typescript (ditto copy). Includes artist biographical information. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Includes artist biographical information. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. Title from cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Exhibition checklist from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". Includes a list of the artist's sketches/studies for various commercial and residential murals; and, photographs of installed murals. Includes artist biographical information. Typescript (mimeographed). Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 5 unnumbered leaves.
Lum, Bertha Boynton, 1869-1954; Barnes, Gertrude J. (Gertrude Jameson), 1865-1939
Date Created:
1912?
Description:
Variant titles: Woodblock prints by Mrs. Burt Lum; Wood block prints by Mrs. Burt Lum. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of fine Arts". Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Includes artist biographical information. Gertrude Barnes was a student at the Minneapolis School of Art. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
View of the mansion from Park Avenue and 26th Street. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Elmer Albinson was a director of the American Swedish Institute. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Title from cover. Includes a list of the officers, members, associate members of the league, and the jury of selection. Logo of the league printed on front cover in red; illustration of a thistle printed on back cover in red above "The Beard Art Co., printers". Advertisements at back (pages 10-14). 16 unnumbered pages: illustrations.
Catalog from the fourth exhibition organized by the Industrial Exposition Association, Minneapolis. Catalogue of paintings and casts from the antique, etc., 1889 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition. "Designed & engraved by the Ramsdell Eng. Co., Ches. F. Brisky"--Page 1 and 4 of cover. "Exhibits of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts" (pages 23-30). Prices included with some items. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. "Other local artists were included among the exhibitors at the Industrial Expositions, and in 1900 the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts began holding its own annual exhibitions of American artists' works."--Conforti, Michael, editor. Minnesota 1900: art and life on the Upper Mississippi 1890-1915, 1994, page 98. 30, xxxii pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations.
Title from cover. Includes a brief history of the museum, an overview of the permanent collections, donors, recent acquisitions, general information about the museum, e.g. location, hours of opening, lunch room, membership, etc., a list of the trustees and officers of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, and a list of the staff of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 8 unnumbered pages: illustrations, plans.
Variant titles: Paintings by the Old Masters; Loan exhibition of paintings by the Old Masters. This important loan exhibition of paintings by the Old Masters has been made possible through the generous co-operation of the following art firms of New York City ... the Ehrich Galleries, E. Gimpel & Wildenstein, the F. Kleinberger Galleries, Inc., M. Knoedler & Co., Henry Reinhardt and Son, Scott and Fowles, Anonymous lender". Rectangular logo of the institute with a rendition of the building's original East 24th St. main entrance printed on front cover. Includes artist biographical information. 16 unnumbered pages.
Variant title: French and Belgian art. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts is glad to acknowledge its indebtedness to ... the Panama-Pacific International Exposition ... and to the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and Albright Art Gallery under whose auspices the collection is on circuit."--Page 5. Penciled on front cover: "H. Boulen box list"; includes penciled annotations throughout the catalog. 37 pages, 3 unnumbered pages: illustrations, portraits.
Variant title: Paintings by French, Dutch and English artists, and by contemporary American artists. Title from cover. At head of title: "The Minneapolis Institute of Art". 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Variant title: Work of local artists, October 1922. Title from cover. Prices included with some items. The eighth annual exhibition of the work of Minneapolis and St. Paul Artists will be held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art from September 30 to October 30, 1922"--The eighth annual exhibition of the work of local artists: October 1922 [rules], 1922, page 2. Includes a list of the jury for awards. 16 unnumbered pages; 16 cm.
Title from cover. Typed note inserted: "Probably post-impressionist paintings exhibition lent by Charles Daniel, New York, November, 1919". "The paintings sent by Charles Daniel, of New York, comprised some stimulating works by Maura, Halpert, Edward Fisk, Thomas H. Benton, and a number of more radical painters."--Volume VIII, number 9 (December 1919), page 72. Typescript (mimeographed). 4 unnumbered pages.
Variant title: Work of Minneapolis and St. Paul artists, October 1921. Title from cover. Prices included with some items. Includes a list of the jury for awards. 8 unnumbered pages.
Variant title: Annual exhibition by the Artists' League of Minneapolis. Title from cover. Art work, titled "Miss Caroline and Master John" by Frances Cranmer, was loaned by Mrs. J.A.C. Leland.--Page 2. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Exhibition catalog from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Typescript (mimeographed). Typed note inserted: "Japanese paintings lent by Charles L. Freer, May 4-June 26, 1917". 8 unnumbered pages.
Variant title: American sculpture in Bronze; Fletcher Collection of medals, medallions and plaques. Title from cover. The Collection of American Sculpture ... are from the Gorham Galleries of New York ... The Collection of Medals belonging to Mr. Frank F. Fletcher, comprises an historic survey of Medallic art from the 15th Century to the present time, including examples of the schools of Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Britain, Switzerland, and America. "1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Variant titles: Work of local artists, October 1922 [rules]; Annual exhibition of the work of St. Paul and Minneapolis artists. Title from cover. "The eighth annual exhibition of the work of Minneapolis and St. Paul Artists will be held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art from September 30 to October 30, 1922"--Page 2. Includes a list of conditions governing the exhibition. "Any example of painting, sculpture, drawing, etching, engraving or other form of graphic art (not including photographic prints) is eligible provided it be the work of an artist whose residence, studio, or place of business is in the cities of Minneapolis or St. Paul."--Page 2. Illustration of a stylized Thyrsus staff with ribbon printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
First academic catalog for the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, established and governed by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. The school later became an independent organization under the name, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Includes extracts from the Articles of Incorporation of the society, adopted January 31, 1883, and a list of its directors and officers for 1886. Advertisements at back (pages 8-12, page 3 of cover). 12 pages: illustrations.
Variant title: Work of Minneapolis artists, December 4-30, 1915 [catalog]. Title from cover. "Organized by the following six societies: Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, the Artists' League of Minneapolis, the Attic Club of Minneapolis, Smock and Smudge [Club], the Twin City Keramic Club, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. A short account of the activities of each of these organizations [is included]."--Page 1. Includes a list of the jury on admission, jury on awards, Committee on Arrangements, and list of awards granted. Contents: Paintings; Sculpture; Prints and drawings; Commercial art; Applied arts metal work; Pottery; China painting; Wood carving; Stencils; Jewelry. 12 unnumbered pages.
Variant Title: Annual exhibition by the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Institute of Art". Penciled on front cover: "Prices". Prices penciled in for some items. Stylized illustration printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages).
Exhibition catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 8 unnumbered pages.
Announcement for an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces a private view of an ... " "Wednesday evening, March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, in the gallery of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Public Library building, Tenth Street at Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis"."... works by sixty-four leading American illustrators in black and white, oil and water color. The assembling of the collection was done by an expert jury of the Society of American Illustrators and is sent out by the American Federation of Arts. The exhibition has been shown at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, the City Art Museum of St. Louis and at the Public Library, Denver ... [and the New York Public Library]"--Pages 2-3.Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Variant title: Selected paintings by the French impressionists. "The Minneapolis Public Library ... was home for the Society's [Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts] art school from 1889 to 1915. The Minneapolis Public Library's art gallery served as the Society's exhibition space until construction of The Minneapolis Institute of Art."--Hess, Jeffrey. Their splendid legacy: the first 100 years of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1985, page 6. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts is indebted to the firm Durand-Ruel & Sons of New York, for the privilege of exhibiting this remarkable collection of works ... "--Page 4. "Twenty-fifth anniversary ... Public Library building, Minneapolis"--Cover. Includes an article entitled "Impressionism", signed R.K. Includes a list of the patrons in perpetuity, honorary member, and fellows for life of the society; a list of the officers of the society and director of the Art School; and a calendar of exhibitions and lectures, 1907-1908. Includes artist biographical information. Rectangular logo of the society with intertwined letters printed on front cover. 20 pages, 1 unnumbered page.
Calendar of proposed exhibitions for 1912-1913 organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The following exhibitions will be on view at the gallery of the society in the Public Library building"--Pages 2-3. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. Includes a list of the Exhibition Committee of the society. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Calendar of proposed exhibitions for 1911-1912 organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces the following special exhibitions to be on view from October, 1911, to April, 1912, in the gallery of the Society at the Public Library building"--Pages 2-3. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Calendar of proposed exhibitions for 1910-1911 organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces the following exhibitions to be on view in the gallery of the Society at the Public Library building from September, 1910, to May, 1911"--Pages 2-3. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Catalog from the eighth annual art exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Variant title: Eighth annual exhibition, 1908. Illustration of a thistle flower printed on front cover. "Traveling exhibit of the 'American Art News', New York." Prices included with items. Includes names of galleries that lent items to the exhibitions. Includes artist biographical information. Includes a list of the officers and directors of the society for 1907-1908; and a list of the patrons in perpetuity, honorary member, and fellows for life. Advertisements included throughout. 32 unnumbered pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations, portraits.
Catalog from the fifth annual art exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Variant title: Art exhibition. Date on cover: MCMIV. Includes a list of the society's current Board of Directors. Includes artist biographical information and their addresses. Illustrated front cover with stylized planters in dark green, white, and peach. Advertisements at back (pages 47-52). 56 unnumbered pages: illustrations, portraits.
Catalog from the first loan exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Includes text of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the society, adopted January 31, 1883. Prices included with some items. Includes names of individuals who lent items to the exhibition. Circular logo of the society with intertwined letters printed on front cover. 71 pages: plan.
Catalog from the second annual art exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Variant titles: Exhibition of paintings, Second annual exhibition of paintings. "Under the auspices of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts"--Cover. Advertisement for Minneapolis School of Fine Arts on back cover; general advertisements at back (pages 21-23). Includes artist biographical information and their addresses. Includes names of individuals who lent items to the exhibition. 23 unnumbered pages.
Catalog from the seventh annual art exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Variant title: Seventh annual art exhibition, 1906. Rectangular logo of the society with intertwined letters printed on title page in red and brown. "The following paintings have been acquired by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts from previous exhibitions"--Page 3. Includes artist biographical information and their addresses. Includes a list of the officers of the Board of the society for 1905-06. Includes names of individuals who lent or donated items to the exhibition. 24 unnumbered pages.
Exhibition checklist from an exhibition of watercolor paintings from the American Water Color Society of New York, sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". "With the exception of a few substitutions as the result of sales, this is the collection shown in New York in 1913."--Page 2. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages).
Catalog from the third annual art exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Variant title: Third annual art exhibition. Illustration of a standing right facing eagle printed on front cover. Advertisement for Minneapolis School of Fine Arts on back cover; general advertisements at back (pages 27-32). Includes artist biographical information and their addresses. Includes names of individuals who lent items to the exhibition. 32 unnumbered pages.
Exhibition checklist from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from caption (leaf 1). Variant titles: Buek collection of water color, 1910; Buek collection of watercolor, 1910. Subtitle and date from written notation at head of caption. Typescript (mimeographed). Stamp on leaf 1: "Minneapolis Public Library, not to be taken from this room". "The Minneapolis Public Library ... was home for the Society's [Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts] art school from 1889 to 1915. The Minneapolis Public Library's art gallery served as the Society's exhibition space until construction of The Minneapolis Institute of Art."--Hess, Jeffrey. Their splendid legacy: the first 100 years of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1985, page 6.10 unnumbered leaves.
Exhibition catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. Variant titles: Work of the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, Collection of China enamels by Mrs. Dorothy Warren O'Hara of New York. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages).
Exhibition catalog from an exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts is indebted to Albert Roullier of Chicago for the loan of this exhibition."--Page 7. Includes names of the individual collections that provided items for the exhibition. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 8 unnumbered pages.
Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Public Library ... was home for the Society's [Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts] art school from 1889 to 1915. The Minneapolis Public Library's art gallery served as the Society's exhibition space until construction of The Minneapolis Institute of Art."--Hess, Jeffrey. Their splendid legacy: the first 100 years of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1985, page 6. "January 23 to February 2, 1909, Public Library building." Includes a list of the patrons in perpetuity, honorary member, and fellows for life of the society. 15 pages: illustrations.