Gold on Blue in Philadelphia: Robert C. Smith and the Installation of the "Portuguese Chapel" at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial
In 1957, American art historian Robert C. Smith was asked by Julius Zieget, Secretary and Treasurer of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), to travel to Lisbon to purchase gilded woodcarved objects, sculptures and azulejos (hand painted tiles) to create a 'Portuguese chapel' within the Sa...
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Zusammenfassung: | In 1957, American art historian Robert C. Smith was asked by Julius Zieget, Secretary and Treasurer of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), to travel to Lisbon to purchase gilded woodcarved objects, sculptures and azulejos (hand painted tiles) to create a 'Portuguese chapel' within the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, established in the deconsecrated Church of the Evangelists in Philadelphia. This was the first time that Portuguese art pieces would leave Portugal with the specific aim of musealizing a chapel in a public space. Smith’s valuable contacts in Lisbon, namely with João Couto, then director of the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (MNAA), led him to the antique dealers and private collectors that would eventually supply the objects he sought. - This essay explores and reflects upon the cultural and historical context surrounding the project, and looks into the commissioning, acquisition and installation of the chapel, a process that lasted from 1957 to 1960 (the chapel was inaugurated in 1961 by Luís Esteves Fernandes, then Portuguese ambassador to the US). Working from unpublished documents, namely Smith’s correspondence, the article also traces the fortune of the pieces purchased by Smith from the moment they were placed in the Fleisher Foundation chapel to the present. |
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spelling | Ferreira, Sílvia Maria Cabrita Nogueira Amaral da Silva 1967- Verfasser (DE-588)135767083 aut Gold on Blue in Philadelphia Robert C. Smith and the Installation of the "Portuguese Chapel" at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial Sílvia Ferreira 2022 txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier In 1957, American art historian Robert C. Smith was asked by Julius Zieget, Secretary and Treasurer of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), to travel to Lisbon to purchase gilded woodcarved objects, sculptures and azulejos (hand painted tiles) to create a 'Portuguese chapel' within the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, established in the deconsecrated Church of the Evangelists in Philadelphia. This was the first time that Portuguese art pieces would leave Portugal with the specific aim of musealizing a chapel in a public space. Smith’s valuable contacts in Lisbon, namely with João Couto, then director of the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (MNAA), led him to the antique dealers and private collectors that would eventually supply the objects he sought. - This essay explores and reflects upon the cultural and historical context surrounding the project, and looks into the commissioning, acquisition and installation of the chapel, a process that lasted from 1957 to 1960 (the chapel was inaugurated in 1961 by Luís Esteves Fernandes, then Portuguese ambassador to the US). Working from unpublished documents, namely Smith’s correspondence, the article also traces the fortune of the pieces purchased by Smith from the moment they were placed in the Fleisher Foundation chapel to the present. year:2022 elocationid:0279 RIHA Journal München, 2022 (2022), Artikel-ID 0279 (DE-604)BV036128042 2190-3328 (DE-600)2549868-X https://doi.org/10.11588/riha.2022.1.91952 Resolving-System Verlag kostenfrei Volltext https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/rihajournal/article/view/91952 Verlag kostenfrei Volltext |
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title | Gold on Blue in Philadelphia Robert C. Smith and the Installation of the "Portuguese Chapel" at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial |
title_auth | Gold on Blue in Philadelphia Robert C. Smith and the Installation of the "Portuguese Chapel" at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial |
title_exact_search | Gold on Blue in Philadelphia Robert C. Smith and the Installation of the "Portuguese Chapel" at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial |
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title_full | Gold on Blue in Philadelphia Robert C. Smith and the Installation of the "Portuguese Chapel" at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial Sílvia Ferreira |
title_fullStr | Gold on Blue in Philadelphia Robert C. Smith and the Installation of the "Portuguese Chapel" at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial Sílvia Ferreira |
title_full_unstemmed | Gold on Blue in Philadelphia Robert C. Smith and the Installation of the "Portuguese Chapel" at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial Sílvia Ferreira |
title_short | Gold on Blue in Philadelphia |
title_sort | gold on blue in philadelphia robert c smith and the installation of the portuguese chapel at the samuel s fleisher art memorial |
title_sub | Robert C. Smith and the Installation of the "Portuguese Chapel" at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial |
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