American Paintings, 1815-1865, May 23-June 30, 1957

Sub-Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

An exhibition of 136 paintings by early nineteenth century American artists selected from the M. & M. Karolik permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, exhibited alongside 14 paintings from the private collection of Maxim Karolik. The exhibition was arranged and circulated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the installation at the Legion of Honor was sponsored by the museum's auxiliary, the Patrons of Art and Music.
The exhibition records span six folders and include an exhibition description, object list, planning correspondence, registration receipts, expense information, receipts, and a preview invitation, plus a catalog from the MFA Boston, and object and installation photographs.

Dates

Creation: May 23-June 30, 1957

Creator

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, founded 1870 (Arranger, Person)
Patrons of Art and Music (Sponsor, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

At this time, the exhibition records are unavailable to the public and will only be made available to FAMSF staff upon request.

Biographical / Historical

Maxim Karolik (November 21, 1893-December 20, 1963), born in what is now Ukraine, he became a featured tenor for the Imperial Russian Grand Opera. He toured in Europe as a young man. He left Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution and moved to the United States to continue study of music. There he met and married Martha Catharine Codman (July 24, 1858-April 21, 1948), from one of Boston, Massachusetts's wealthiest families. He became a noted collector of early American art, and the couple were influential in promoting eighteenth and nineteenth American art and antiques. In 1939 and 1947 they made valuable donations of their collections to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where a new wing was built and named for them.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Karolik

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span six folders plus a catalog and photographs.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Related Exhibitions

de Young & Legion of Honor: Exhibition of American Painting (1935)
de Young: Twenty-Five American Paintings from the Revolution to the Civil War (1942)
Legion of Honor: Watercolors by John Singer Sargent, from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1956)
Legion of Honor: American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century (1964)
de Young: American Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1966)
de Young: Paintings by John Frederick Kensett, 1816-1872 (1969)
de Young: American Paintings from Newport (1969)
Legion of Honor: Three Centuries of American Painting (1970 & 1971)

Separated Materials

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston exhibition catalog is housed in the Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalog collection in box 3. Object photograph prints and installation photograph prints and negatives are housed in the Legion of Honor Exhibition Photograph collection in box 20.