XI. A NEW CENTURY: PRIZES AND BEQUESTS. THE SCHOOL. FIRE. THE SCHOOL THROUGH THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND UNTIL 1925

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. FOREWORD IX
3. CONTENTS XI
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XV
5. INTRODUCTION XVII
6. Ι . ORIGINS: THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS FOUNDED IN NEW YORK, 1802. THE NEW YORK DRAWING ASSOCIATION. CAUSES FOR THE FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. THE FOUNDERS 1
7. II. THE ACADEMY BEGINS: EARLY CONSTITUTIONS. THE SCHOOL. CHANGES OF LOCATION. CLINTON HALL 16
8. III. YEARS OF CONFLICT: THE FIRST EXHIBITION. CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS AND THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. JOHN TRUMBULL AND SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. THE END OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 24
9. IV. AMERICAN PAINTING, 1825–1865: PORTRAITURE. LANDSCAPE. GENRE 40
10. V. SOCIAL AFFILIATIONS: NOTABLE HONORARY MEMBERS. THE SKETCH CLUB AND OTHER GROUPS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY. THE ART UNION 58
11. VI. A SERIES OF HOMES: SAMUEL MORSE INVENTS THE TELEGRAPH. THE DAGUERREOTYPE. THE ACADEMY MOVES TO 663 BROADWAY AND TO TENTH STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE. ARTISTS' RECEPTIONS. SALE OF THE BROADWAY PROPERTY. PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AT 2 3D STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE. CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW BUILDING 66
12. VII. AT 23D STREET: THE FIRST MEETING IN THE NEW BUILDING. EXHIBITIONS AND THE HANGING COMMITTEE. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 1876 84
13. VIII. THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS: STEPS LEADING TO THE FORMATION OF THE SOCIETY. THE SOCIETY MERGES WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY 105
14. ΙΧ. CHANGES IN PICTORIAL CONCEPTION: THE DÜSSELDORF SCHOOL. THE TONALISTS. MUNICH. PARIS. THE SALONIERS. IMPRESSIONISM 111
15. Χ. PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS: INAUGURATION OF PRIZES. CONTROVERSY RESULTING FROM THE USE OF GLASS OVER PICTURES. SALE OF 23D STREET PROPERTY. PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT I09TH STREET AND AMSTERDAM AVENUE. THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING 136
16. XI. A NEW CENTURY: PRIZES AND BEQUESTS. THE SCHOOL. FIRE. THE SCHOOL THROUGH THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND UNTIL 1925 148
17. XII. CHANGING YEARS: ACADEMY EXHIBITIONS IN THE FINE ARTS GALLERY. CRITICS AND ARTISTS. FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY ASSOCIATION. THE FIRST WORLD WAR 160
18. XIII. ART IN TURMOIL: “THE OLD GUARD”. THE AMERICAN TRADITION. WINSLOW HOMER. THOMAS EAKINS. “THE YOUNG RADICALS”. REALISM. END OF AN ERA 171
19. XIV. THE SISTER ARTS: ARCHITECTURE. SCULPTURE. ENGRAVING. ETCHING 186
20. XV. THE ACADEMY CONTINUES TO FLOURISH: THE CENTENARY. EXHIBITIONS IN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. CULTURAL AFFILIATION WITH NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. PRESIDENT BLASHFIELD DEFINES THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMY. SEARCH FOR A NEW HOME CONTINUED. THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE 200
21. XVI. ART IN A WORLD AT WAR: THE NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR. PRESIDENT NICHOLS. THE ARCHER M. HUNTINGTON GIFT. THE MOVE TO FIFTH AVENUE. A SECOND FIRE. SALE OF PROPERTY AT 109TH STREET. THE SECOND WORLD WAR. VICTORY SHIP SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. THE ISIDOR FUND. THE ABBEY BEQUEST 217
22. XVII. TOWARD OTHER TOMORROWS: THE EXHIBITION COMMITTEE. THE REVISED MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE. 125TH ANNIVERSARY. EXHIBITION AND BANQUET IN HONOR OF SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. THE AMERICAN HERITAGE. REVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. THE SCHOOL MOVES TO FIFTH AVENUE. THE “AVANT GARDE”. EVOLUTION OF THE ACADEMY EXHIBITIONS 227
23. APPENDIX 243
24. SOURCES 284
25. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 285
26. INDEX 287