Impressionism for England. Samuel Courtauld as patron and collector

Topics:

  • Name Cultural assets collection & patronage

Countries:

Library:

Groups:

Notes:

Collected essays. Samuel Courtauld, 1876-1947, was managing director from 1917 and chairman from 1921 of the Courtauld textile business. As a businessman he accumulated very considerable wealth. As a collector and a patron, he is best known for his collection of French impressionist art and his establishment in the early 1930s of the Courtauld Institute of Art. The essays are: : John House, 'Impressionism and its contexts'; John House, 'Modern French art for the nation. Samuel Courtauld's Collection and patronage in context'; Andrew Stephenson, ''An anatomy of taste' - Samuel Courtauld and debates about art patronage and modernism in Britain in the interwar years'; John Murdoch, 'The Courtauld family and its money'; John House & William Bradford, 'Catalogue - paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints'; Elizabeth Prettejohn, 'Checklist of Samuel Courtauld's acquisitions of modern French paintings / Elizabeth Prettejohn