Descriptive Summary
Biographical/Historical Note
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Gabriel Mourey letters received
Date (inclusive): 1887-1913 (bulk 1898-1906)
Number: 900251
Creator/Collector:
Mourey, Gabriel, 1865-1943
Physical Description:
51.0 items
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The collection comprises 31 letters and postcards sent to the French art critic Gabriel Mourey by 9 correspondents, most of
them Belgian artists. An additional 20 letters are from Emile Gallé.
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Language: Collection material is in
French
Biographical/Historical Note
French art critic, editor and prolific author in various genres, including prose, poetry and plays.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Gabriel Mourey letters received, 1887-1913, bulk 1898-1906, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no.
900251.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa900251
Acquisition Information
Most of this collection was received in 1990. The Gallé letters were received in a separate acquisition in 1990; the Huysmans
letter was received in 2000.
Processing History
Processed by Onica Busuioceanu.
Alternate Form Available
Photocopies of Emile Gallé letters are available in repository.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises 31 letters and postcards sent to Gabriel Mourey by 9 correspondents, most of them Belgian artists.
The topics include their work in progress, participation in exhibitions, professional organizations and events, autobiographic
information, and grateful thoughts for Mourey's help or appreciation. The correspondents are Louis Abel-Truchet, Albert Baertsoen,
Emile Claus, Maurice Denis, Henry de Groux, J.-K. Huysmans, Fernand Khnopff, and Theo van Rysselberghe. Another group of 20
letters from Emile Galle? concern his artistic credo, his struggle to save the recently created Ecole de Nancy, and his activities
during the last years of his life.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 2 series:
Series I. Letters received from various artists;
Series II. Letters from Emile Gallé
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
France--Intellectual life--19th century
Painters--Belgium--Correspondence
Painters--France--Correspondence
Contributors
Abel-Truchet, Louis, 1857-1918
Baertsoen, Albert, 1866-1922
Claus, Emile, 1849-1924
Denis, Maurice, 1870-1943
Gallé, Emile, 1846-1904
Groux, Henri de, 1867-1930
Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907
Khnopff, Fernand, 1858-1921
Mourey, Gabriel, 1865-1943
Rysselberghe, Théo van