Freer Museum of Oriental Art: With Personal Recollections of the Donor

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Summary

Written by a friend of Charles Lang Freer, describes the formation of a group of enthusiasts of Oriental art, led by Ernest F. Fenollosa, and Freer's participation in that group. Provides biographical information on Freer and a description of the new Freer Gallery of Art. Also describes friendship between Freer and the gallery's architect, Charles A. Platt.

Subject

  • Fenollosa, Ernest F
  • Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919
  • Platt, Charles A (Charles Adams) 1861-1933
  • Freer Gallery of Art

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Scribners' Magazine Vol. 73 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1923

Topic

  • Art
  • Benefactors
  • Architecture
  • Art, Oriental
  • History
  • Art objects
  • Art--History
  • Biography

Physical description

pp. 529-540

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