Getty Research Institute Study Photographs of Belgian paintings and drawings, 1900s

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Summary

Title:
Study photographs of Belgian paintings and drawings
Dates:
1900s
Creators:
Heim Gallery, Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Gelder, J. G. van (Jan Gerrit), 1903-1980, Hildebrandt, Hans, Douwes Fine Art Gallery (London, England), Duits, Ltd. (Gallery : London, England), Foucart, Jacques, and Getty Research Institute
Abstract:
Complementing the repository's strong photo holdings of old master paintings from the Low Countries, the collection of photographs covers Belgian paintings and drawings of the 19th century assembled by the Getty Research Institute.
Extent:
8 Linear Feet (37 boxes)
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

Complementing the repository's strong photo holdings of old master paintings from the Low Countries, this collection of photographs covers Belgian paintings and drawings of the 19th century assembled by the Getty Research Institute. Among the approximately 230 artists represented are Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor, Charles-Henri-Joseph Leickert, and Alfred Stevens.

The collection contains material from numerous sources, including the archives of scholars (for instance, Jacques Foucart, Hans Hildebrandt, J.G. van Gelder), restorers, and art dealers. Among the latter, Douwes Fine Art Gallery and Duits contributed photographs and auction clippings, and images from P. de Boer and the Heim Gallery are present as well. The commercial sources of copy prints include Böhm, Bulloz, and Photographie Giraudon. Also included are photographs from auction houses (chiefly Christie's and Sotheby's) and museums, including the Musée d'Ixelles, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the national galleries in London and Washington, D.C., and the Musée du Louvre.

Biographical / historical:

In 1974, the J. Paul Getty Museum began assembling a "photo library" by consolidating the visual resources of each existing curatorial department. By the early 1980s, the Photo Archive was actively acquiring large collections of photographs from commercial and private sources and scholars' archives that contained a photographic component. In 1983, the nearly one million photographs of the Photo Archive were incorporated into the Research Institute's Special Collections and renamed the Photo Study Collection.

Processing information:

Finding aid created in 2009 using box-level content listings. Revised and expanded in 2023 by Daniel Powazek under the supervision of Ann Harrison.

Arrangement:

The photographs are arranged alphabetically by artist with unidentified artists at the beginning and miscellaneous oversize materials at the end.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Emmabeth Nanol
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-31 07:39:19 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers. For further information, consult the Guide to the Photo Study Collection and Database.

Terms of access:

Photographs and permission to publish must be obtained from copyright holder(s).For further information, contact Library Rights and Reproductions.

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
Contact:
(310) 440-7390
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