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"The most splendid . . . collection of works of art in the world": Morse and the Louvre
Andrew McClellan
Description: Samuel F. B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention
Samuel F. B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention
~AS MORSE SAILED HOME from France in 1832, his large painting of the Louvre rolled up in storage belowdecks, he alternated between confidence and despair about the prospects of the fine arts in America. Despite a career marked to that point mostly by professional frustration and meager patronage, he hoped his arresting image of the Louvre would break through...
Author
Andrew McClellan
PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art
Copyright© 2014, Terra Foundation for American Art
Related print edition pages: pp.35-44
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00223.002
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20694
Chapter subject tags:Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872Louvre (Paris, France)Pictures--CopyingMuseums in artArt--Study and teaching

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"The most splendid . . . collection of works of art in the world": Morse and the Louvre
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