Introduction
The art exhibitions of galleries, clubs, and associations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries chronicle the emergence of New York City as an international center for the production of art and the art market. Ephemeral exhibition checklists, pamphlets, and catalogs from this period document artistic movements and artists of the time and of the past, economic markets, and the social and cultural history of New York and the United States.
Materials from the Frick Art Reference Library and the Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives compose the Documenting the Gilded Age digital collection.
This website represents the first phase of the Documenting the Gilded Age digitization project. For information about and to view items from the second phase, see http://gildedage2.omeka.net. For information about and to view items from the third phase, see http://gildedage3.omeka.net.
Featured Item
Featured Exhibit
Galleries and Artists Clubs
This exhibit features sample pages from the text-searchable digitized checklists, pamplets, and catalogs of the eleven art galleries, social clubs,...
Recently Added Items
Catalogue of a loan collection of American landscapes together with Greek terra-cotta figures and vases.
Exhibition catalog cover, Union League Club.
