Old Masters Worldwide

As a result of the Napoleonic wars, vast numbers of Old Master paintings were released on to the market from public and private collections across continental Europe. The knock-on effect was the growth of the market for Old Masters from the 1790s up to the early 1930s, when the Great Depression put an end to its expansion.This book explores the global movement of Old Master paintings and investigates some of the changes in the art market that took place as a result of this new interest. Arguably, the most important phenomenon was the diminishing of the traditional figure of the art agent and the rise of more visible, increasingly professional, dealerships; firms such as Colnaghi and Agnew's in Britain, Goupil in France and Knoedler in the USA, came into existence. Old Masters Worldwide explores the ways in which the pioneering practices of such businesses contributed to shape a changing market.

List of FiguresSeries Editor's IntroductionForeword, Gabriele Finaldi (National Gallery, UK)AcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations Introduction, Susanna Avery-Quash (National Gallery, UK) and Barbara Pezzini (Independent Scholar, UK)Part I: Developing European Networks, 1780-18941.The European Market for Italian Old Masters after Napoleon, Robert Skwirblies (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)2. Old Masters from Rome to London: Alexander Day and Pietro Camuccini, Pier Ludovico Puddu (Palacký University, Czech Republic)3. Selling Old Masters in Britain, France and the Netherlands: The Networking Strategies of John Smith, Julia I. Armstrong-Totten (Independent Scholar, USA)4. A Web of Agents: Buying Old Masters for the National Gallery, London, Susanna Avery-Quash (National Gallery, UK)Part II: Gaining International Visibility and Expertise, 1850-19095. Old Masters versus Modern Art in Parisian Auctions, Léa Saint-Raymond (Université Paris Nanterre, France)6. Agnew's from Modern Art to the Old Masters, Barbara Pezzini (Independent Scholar, UK)7. Taste or Opportunity? Durand-Ruel and Spanish Old Masters, Véronique Gerard Powell (Independent Scholar, France)8. Authority and Expertise in the Old Master Market: Bode and Duveen, Catherine B. Scallen (Case Western Reserve University, USA)9. Scholar, Dealer and Museum Man: Robert Langton Douglas in the International Old Master Market, Imogen Tedbury (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)Part III: Casting a Wider Web, 1900-1939 10. A Missed Opportunity? Goupil and the Old Masters, Agnès Penot (Independent Scholar, USA)11. Knoedler and Old Masters in America, Inge Reist (The Frick Collection, USA)12. Trust, Friendship and Politics in the Old Master Market: Duveen and the State Art Collection of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Jelena Todorovic (Faculty of Fine Arts, Serbia)13. Negotiating Old Masters for the Melbourne National Gallery, Monique Webber (The University of Melbourne, Australia and Monash University Art Design and Architecture, Australia)14. The Distant Old Masters of South Africa, Jillian Carman (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)Select BibliographyAuthor BiographiesIndex