- Title: P-16-26
- Summary: LANDMARKS IN AMERICAN ART: LANDMARKS IN AMERICAN ART. A NATIONAL HERITAGE OF MAN-MADE TREASURES MARKS FOR POSTERITY, THE PASSING ERAS OF AMERICA'S RAPID GROWTH. WOMAN AT RECEPTION TABLE AT THE WILLDENSTEIN GALLERY IN NEW YORK. YOUNG MAN GETS GUIDE AND GOES UP FANCY STAIRS. LOOKS AT PAINTINGS IN ART GALLERY. PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPES. PAINTINGS HANG ON THE WALL. MADAME X. STILL LIFE. MODERN ART.
- Description:00:48:29 - TITLE CARD: "IN NYC , AND EXHIBITION OF US ART THROUGH THE YEARS...A CHANCE TO STUDY THE WORK OF NATIVE ARTISTS..." (NOT NATIVE AMERICAN OR INDIAN) 00:48:34 - WOMAN SITS AT TABLE IN ORNATE LIBRARY OR GALLERY AND LOOKS AT BOOK OF ART, PASSES BOOK TO ARRIVING MAN, WILDENSTEIN GALLERY 00:48:46 - YOUNG MAN WALKS UP MARBLE STAIRS OF GALLERY WITH CATALOG, MULTI LEVEL STAIRCASE 00:48:57 - CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY PAINTING OF "PORTRAIT OF MR. AND MRS. THOMAS MIFFLIN", PORTRAITURE, 18 CENTURY 00:49:14 - "RESIDENCE OF DAVID TWINING", PAINTING BY EDWARD HICKS, EARLY 19 CENTURY, SELF PORTRAIT OF ARTIST DETAIL 00:49:36 - CU OF LABEL OF "PORTRAIT OF MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE" BY SAMUEL MORSE (TELEGRAPH INVENTOR) 00:49:48 - CU OF ABOVE PAINTING, NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT SUNSET SKY) 00:49:53 - FREDERICK EDWIN CHURCH'S "SCENE OF THE CATSKILLS", CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON 19 CENTURY LANDSCAPE, CU PAN, HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL 00:50:19 - "KINDRED SPIRITS" BY ASHER DURANT, 19 CENTURY LANDSCAPE 00:50:32 - "THE POWER OF MUSIC" WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT, LOCAL STONY BROOK LONG ISLAND ARTIST, 19 CENTURY GENRE PAINTER 00:50:46 - GEORGE CALEB BINGHAM'S "DRAUGHTSMAN PLAYING CARDS" 00:51:04 - PAN OF PAINTINGS IN GALLERY, GOLD FRAMES, ORNATE 00:51:13 - "MADAME X" BY JOHN SARGENT 00:51:20 - "BOSTON HARBOR" BY FITZ HUGH LANE, SHIP PAINTING 00:51:35 - "AFTER THE HUNT" STILL LIFE BY WILLIAM MICHAEL HARNETT 00:51:52 - "THE POOR MAN'S STORE" BY JOHN PETO 00:52:04 - WINSLOW HOMER'S "THE FOX HUNT" 00:52:15 - JOHN SLOANE'S "SOUTH BEACH BATHERS" 00:52:29 - CHARLES SHEELER'S "AMERICAN LANDSCAPE" 00:52:38 - "THE BRIDGE" BY JOSEPH STELLA 00:52:55 - PAN OF WILDENSTEIN GALLERY ROOM WITH AMERICAN ART 00:53:08 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-16-26