Collecting in the Gilded Age : art patronage in Pittsburgh, 1890-1910 / Gabriel P. Weisberg, DeCourcy E. McIntosh, Alison McQueen ; with essays by John N. Ingham [and others].

Author/creator Weisberg, Gabriel P.
Other author McIntosh, DeCourcy E.
Other author McQueen, Alison, 1969-
Other author Frick Art & Historical Center.
Format Book
Publication InfoPittsburgh, Pa. : Frick Art & Historical Center ; Hanover : Distributed by University Press of New England, ©1997.
Descriptionxix, 428 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Subjects
Painting--Private collections. --Pennsylvania. --Pittsburgh. --Exhibitions.
Art patronage--Pennsylvania. --Pittsburgh. --History. --19th century. --Exhibitions.
Art patronage--Pennsylvania. --Pittsburgh. --History. --20th century. --Exhibitions.

Contents Reaching for respectability : the Pittsburgh industrial elite at the turn of the century / John N. Ingham -- Private art collections in Pittsburgh : displays of culture, wealth and connoisseurship / Alison McQueen -- Demand and supply : the Pittsburgh art trade and M. Knoedler & Co. / DeCourcy E. McIntosh -- From Paris to Pittsburgh : visual culture and American taste, 1880-1910 / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Meissonier's 1806, Jena / Constance Cain Hungerford -- The rage for collecting : beyond Pittsburgh in the Gilded Age / Ruth Krueger Meyer and Madeleine Fidell Beaufort.
General noteCatalog of an exhibition: Frick Art & Historical Center, Apr. 6-June 24, 1997.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 413-416) and index.
LCCN 96047939
ISBN1881403033 (hardcover)