Title from cover. Variant title: National Academy of Design, catalogue, fifteenth autumn exhibition, 1896. Exhibition held November 23-December 19, 1896. Includes list of officers, academicians, etc. of the academy; the jury of selection, etc. for the exhibition; and, an overview of the founders and history of the academy. Includes names of individuals who lent items to the exhibition. Advertisements at back (pages <3>-<6>). Artists are chiefly from New York City, with a few from other states and countries. Includes index of artists and their addresses (pages 51-59) and index of fellows (pages 60-66). MIA object reference: Alexander Grinager, "Boys Bathing" (47.23), p. 30; pencilled notation on front cover: RB 47.262 (old Minneapolis Institute of Art record book number), possibly accompanying the artist's gift of this work to the institute in 1947. MIA Library Archives copy is missing all illustrations, covers, and some pages at front and back. 66, <6> pages: illustrations.
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.
Mr. Corwin, helper to Mr. Herman Schlink, poses at right with Herman Schlink, center, and Frank Schlink, brother to Herman and rough carver. Herman Schlink was the master craftsman for all the exterior stone carving on 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.
Herman Schlink, stone sculptor for the mansion, poses on the left with his brother, Frank Schlink, who helped with the rough carving, and Mr. Corwin, a helper on the right. Almost completed mansion in the background. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
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. "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Public Library Bldg, March 1909". Rectangular logo of the society with intertwined letters printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 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).
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).
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.
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts; Minneapolis Institute of Art
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Variant titles: Inaugural exhibition, 1915; Minneapolis Institute of Art catalogue of the inaugural exhibition, 1915. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. Includes artist biographical information. Includes a list of the officers and members of the Board of Trustees, the trustees, and ex-officio members of the society. 75 pages: illustrations, plans.
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 titles: Typed note inserted: Sculptures by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; Typed note inserted: Flower studies in water color by Miss Mabel Key; Catalogue of sculptures and flower studies in water color; Catalogue of sculptures and flower studies in watercolor. Typed note inserted: "Sculptures by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney & Flower studies in water color by Miss Mabel Key; date not available"; penciled on note: 10/2/17-10/30/17. Typescript (mimeographed). Includes artist biographical information. Prices included with Key's works. Exhibition catalog from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 4 unnumbered leaves.
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.
View of the Swan J. Turnblad residence from Park Avenue. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
American Swedish Institute board around a table in the Turnblad mansion, Mike Holm as president, Lillian Turnblad on his left. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Park Avenue facade 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.
Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, on left, with Stanley Berglund, trustee of the American Swedish Institute, examining Swedish artifacts on exhibit.
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.
Exterior view of Swan J. Turnblad mansion from northeast corner. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
View of the Park Avenue side of the mansion from the front gate. Sign installed to the right of the gate gives the gallery hours. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Side view of the Selma Lagerlof statue showing the inscription, including her life dates and achievements. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Ribbons and garlands decorate the walls of the breakfast room in 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.
Looking upwards at the turret on 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.