Main entry:

Gaddis, Eugene R., 1947-

Title & Author:

Magician of the modern : Chick Austin and the transformation of the arts in America / Eugene R. Gaddis.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Alfred Knopf, [2000]
© 2000

Description:

x, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-472) and index.
Prologue: The Navel of the World -- "Boy Dear" -- Trouble with the Dean: harvard, Egypt, and the Sudan -- Darling of the Fogg -- From Harvard to the Land of Steady Habits -- Starting Fires in Hartford -- "Dearest Cunning" -- Innovator and Connoisseur -- Tender Mysteries and "The Ravings of Madmen" -- International Style -- "We've Got to Get Them!" -- Picasso and the Saints -- "Nobody's Business" -- "Number One!" -- Fusion of the Arts -- After the Ball -- Turning Awry -- The Baroque and the Big Top -- Home to Helen.
Also issued online.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

A biography of the museum director who was a major force in bringing modern art, from Dali to Balanchine, to America in the first half of the century.

Resources:
Sample text
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0394587774
9780394587776

Subject:

Austin, Arthur Everett, 1900-1957.
Austin, Arthur Everett <1900-1957>
Austin, Arthur Everett 1900-1957
Austin, Arthur Everett, (1900-1957)
Austin, Arthur Everett.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford, Conn.)
Heimatmuseum der Gemeinde Gründau
Art museum directors United States Biography.
Directeurs de musée d'art États-Unis Biographies.
Art museum directors
Biografie
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Biographies.
collective biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220673
Call No.: N576.H3 .G33 2000
Status: Available