A Paris life, a Baltimore treasure : the remarkable lives of George A. Lucas and his art collection /

A Paris life, a Baltimore treasure : the remarkable lives of George A. Lucas and his art collection /

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In 1857 George A. Lucas, a young Baltimorean, fluent in French and enamored of French art, arrived in Paris. There he established an extensive personal network of celebrated artists and art dealers, becoming the quintessential French connection for American collectors. The most remarkable thing abou...

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Main Author: Mazaroff, Stanley (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018
Baltimore : [2018]
Series:Routledge research in art history
Subjects:
Lucas, George A., > 1824-1909
Lucas, George A., > 1824-1909 > ^A81672
Lucas, George A., > 1824-1909 > Art collections
Lucas, George A., > 1824-1909 > Collections d'art
Americans > France > Paris > Biography
Art > Collectors and collecting > France > Paris > Biography
Américains > France > Paris > Biographies
Art > Collectionneurs et collections > France > Paris > Biographies
Americans
Art museums
Art > Collectors and collecting
Art > Private collections
Baltimore (Md.) > Biography > ^A2095363
Baltimore (Md.) > Biography
Paris (France) > Biography > ^A2103706
Paris (France) > Biography
Baltimore (Md.) > Biographies
France > Paris
Maryland > Baltimore
Biographies
Biography
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The cultivation of Lucas
  • The wandering road to Paris
  • Lucas and Paris in a time of transition
  • Lucas and Whistler
  • The links to Lucas
  • From Ecouen to Barbizon
  • M, Eugène, and Maud
  • When money is no object
  • The Lucas Collection
  • The final years
  • The terms of Lucas's will
  • A collection in search of a home
  • The shot across the bow
  • The glorification of Lucas
  • In Judge Kaplan's court
  • Lucas saved
  • Postscript
  • Prologue
  • The cultivation of Lucas
  • The wandering road to Paris
  • Lucas and Paris in a time of transition
  • Lucas and Whistler
  • The links to Lucas
  • From Ecouen to Barbizon
  • M, Eugène, and Maud
  • When money is no object
  • The Lucas collection
  • The final years
  • The terms of Lucas's will
  • A collection in search of a home
  • The shot across the bow
  • The glorification of Lucas
  • In Judge Kaplan's court
  • Lucas saved
  • Postscript
  • Prologue
  • The cultivation of Lucas
  • The wandering road to Paris
  • Lucas and Paris in a time of transition
  • Lucas and Whistler
  • The links to Lucas
  • From Ecouen to Barbizon
  • M, Eugène, and Maud
  • When money is no object
  • The Lucas collection
  • The final years
  • The terms of Lucas's will
  • A collection in search of a home
  • The shot across the bow
  • The glorification of Lucas
  • In Judge Kaplan's court
  • Lucas saved
  • Postscript

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