Mapping Art Collecting in Europe, 1860-1940 (Fokus, 10)

The essays featured in this book cover a broad spectrum of topics related to individual identity strategies and art collecting in the late modern era. They give a pan-European perspective on collecting in its various facets, encompassing the history of museums, exhibition policy, art market history, history of taste shaping and provenance research. By showing how collecting mirrored the social problems of modernity, this book indirectly addresses issues such as the sociocultural role of ethnic minorities, the question of women's emancipation, social exclusion versus inclusion, colonialism and the politicisation of museums. These matters, analysed in the context of private collections, reveal the complexity and relevance of the cultural processes underpinning many social issues that remain the subject of reflection to this day. Contents Series Acknowledgement Preface Chapter 1 Introduction: The Fall and Rise of the Psychology of Collecting: Historiographical Reflections Part I Aristocracy: Art Collecting in the Twilight Era Chapter 2 Aristocracy and Contemporary Art: Count Edward Aleksander Raczyński and the Question of Aristocratic Collections at the Turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Chapter 3 An Enlightened Amateur: Prince Wladimir Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (1874–1941): A Private Collector in St. Petersburg at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Chapter 4 Collecting and Recollecting: Recuperating Family Memory in the House of Alba Part II Modern Reinterpretations Chapter 5 Feliks Jasieński: A Collector and ‘Artistic Activist’ Chapter 6 Paul Gallimard (1850–1929): A ‘Dandy Collector’ in Paris at the Fin de Siècle Chapter 7 She “Who Does Only What She Wants and Wants Only What She Must”: Adèle Caussin, Marquise de Landolfo-Carcano (1831–1921), Demimondaine and Collector Chapter 8 A Museum Curator, Art Collector and ‘Guardian’ of the National Heritage: Camille Gronkowski’s Donations to the Polish Historical and Literary Society in Paris Chapter 9 A Modern Collector of Traditional Art: The Bourgeois Art Collection of Max Bram and its Role in the National Socialist Art World Chapter 10 Old vs. New Middle Class: Collecting Identity in Interwar Central Europe as a Study Concept Part III Art and the Art of Collecting Chapter 11 Auguste Rodin, a Pivotal Collector: in Search of Recognition and Filiation Chapter 12 Collectible Object, Collecting Media: The Print Portfolio as Marker of Evolving Art Collecting Practices in Germany and Austria, 1880–1930 Chapter 13 A Passion for Dessins: Reputation and Rivalry in the 1879 L’École des Beaux-Arts’ Exhibition of Drawings from Private Collectors Part IV Art and Acculturation: Jewish Collectors Chapter 14 Between Art Dealing and a Collector’s Passion: Abe and Bernard Gutnajer’s Activity in Interwar Warsaw Chapter 15 Seeking a Sense of Belonging: Warsaw Collectors of Jewish Origin and their Collections of Polish Art, 1880–1939 Chapter 16 Inventing a Secular Jewish Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century: Collections of Jewish Ritual Objects Chapter 17 ‘The Finished Song’ of Róża Aleksandrowicz: Emancipation Through Art Collecting Part V Museums and Institutionalised Collections Chapter 18 Ancient Roots of Europe: Heinrich Dohrn Jr. and His Antique Collection for the City Museum in Stettin Chapter 19 Displaying Nation and Region: Bourgeois Foundations of Museums in Nineteenth-Century Germany Chapter 20 Reforms and Contradictions: New Museums of Modern Art in the Netherlands, 1908–1946 Notes on Contributors List of Illustrations Index