Hugh Lane: The Art Market and the Art Museum, 1893-1915

by Morna O'Neill

This book charts a geography of the art market and the art museum in the early 20th century through the legacy of one influential dealer. Born in Ireland, Hugh Lane (1875-1915) established himself in London in the 1890s. With little formal education or training, he orchestrated high-profile sales of paintings by the likes of Holbein, Titian, and Vel?zquez and described his life's work as "selling pictures by old painters to buy pictures by living...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300236581
• ISBN13: 9780300236583
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 10.3"