Title: Freer
First published: 1993
Description: Charles Lang Freer, whose original gift to the nation in 1906 formed the basis of a singular collection of Asian art, realized in his collection a link between East and West matched only in James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room. On the occasion of the opening of the renovated Freer galleries at the Smithsonian, this book is a celebration of the man. It is part biography and part catalog, detailing both the development of a connoisseur and the creation of a collection. Numerous color illustrations give just a hint of the extraordinary scope of the galleries, truly a national treasure.
Subjects: Art patrons, Biography, Freer Gallery of Art, Individual artists, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, United States, Art Museums And Galleries, Art Patronage, Art & Art Instruction, Individual Artist, Art, USA, Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919, Freer, Charles Lang,, Washington (D.C.), Beeldende kunsten, Freer Gallery of Art (Smithsonian Institution), Biografie, Geschichte, Marchands d'oeuvres d'art, Freer Gallery, Washington (d.c.), galleries and museums, Collectors and collecting
Places: United States
People: Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919)
LC classification: N857.5 .L39 1993