BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Samuel F.B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre

DC -- Natl Gallery of Art -- West Wing -- Exhibit: Samuel F.B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre:

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Description of Pictures: A New Look: Samuel F. B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre
June 25, 2011–July 8, 2012
Known today primarily for his role in the development of the electromagnetic telegraph, Samuel F. B. Morse began his career as a painter. One of his most important works is on loan from the Terra Foundation for American Art—the newly conserved Gallery of the Louvre (1831–1833). The painting depicts masterpieces from the Louvre's collection that Morse "reinstalled" in one of that museum's grandest galleries, the Salon Carré. He also envisioned the space as a workshop where individuals study, sketch, and copy from his imagined assemblage of the Louvre's finest works, including paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Veronese, Caravaggio, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Watteau. Morse depicted himself in front, leaning over his daughter as she sketches, and included friend and author James Fenimore Cooper at left with his wife and daughter.
Executed in Paris and New York, the Gallery of the Louvre was intended to inspire and inform American audiences. The painting was praised by critics, but rejected by the public for having little narrative interest. Crushed by the response, the artist soon ceased painting altogether and turned to his successful experiments with the telegraph and the Morse code.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NGALOU_110709_005.JPG: A New Look: Samuel F. B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre June 25, 2011–July 8, 2012 Known today primarily for his role in the development of the electromagnetic telegraph, Samuel F. B. Morse began his career as a painter. One of his most important works is the Gallery of the Louvre, on loan from the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art. Recently, a six-month conservation treatment of the painting was undertaken to study Morse's technical processes and to repair damages that had occurred over time. As a result, the Gallery of the Louvre now more closely resembles its original appearance. President and an instructor at the recently formed National Academy of Design in New York, Morse traveled to Europe in 1829 and spent the next three years honing his skills as a painter and deepening his knowledge of works of art in museums and churches there. His extended period of study culminated in the monumental Gallery of the Louvre. Morse began work on his great canvas in the fall of 1831, selecting masterpieces from the Louvre's collection and "reinstalling" them in one of the museum's grandest spaces, the Salon Carré. Morse's painting envisions the salon as a workshop in which individuals study, sketch, and copy from his imagined assemblage of the Louvre's finest works. Morse depicted himself in front, leaning over his daughter as she sketches, and included friend and author James Fenimore Cooper at left with his wife and daughter. Conservation analysis confirms that Morse employed experimental techniques in painted the Gallery of the Louvre. He mixed resinous materials with pigments to approximate the deep tonalities of the old master paintings represented. Determined to finish his composition before the Louvre's summer closure, the artist also added varnishes to his pigments to expedite the drying process. Completing most of the composition in Paris, Morse finished the figures and the frames around individual pictures after his return to New York in late 1832. Unfortunately, damages caused by Morse's haste, his methods and materials, and the stresses of rolling the canvas for transport from Paris to New York necessitated the extensive repairs that the artist probably undertook himself prior to showing the work publicly. Consequently, he was both the painting's creator and first conservator. Morse exhibited the Gallery of the Louvre only twice – in New York during the fall of 1833 and again the following spring in New Haven. Highly praised by critics and connoisseurs, this type of picture with little narrative interest was rejected by the public. Crushed by the response, Morse soon ceased painting altogether, moving on to his more successful experiments with the telegraph and Morse code. The exhibition is made possible by the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art and is organized in partnership with the National Gallery of Art.
2. NGALOU_110709_008.JPG: The NGA brochure for this photo -- well worth reading -- is at http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2011/morse/morseinfo.pdf
3. NGALOU_110709_042.JPG: Richard W Habersham (artist and Morse's roommate in Paris) with James Fenimore Cooper (author and friend of Morse), Susan DeLancy Fenimore Cooper and Susan Fenimore Cooper (daughter of James and Susan DeLancy Fenimore Cooper)
4. NGALOU_110709_048.JPG: James Fenimore Cooper (author and friend of Morse), Susan DeLancy Fenimore Cooper and Susan Fenimore Cooper (daughter of James and Susan DeLancy Fenimore Cooper)
5. NGALOU_110709_051.JPG: Copyist, possibly Moore's recently deceased wife, Lucretia Pickering Walker, or a Miss Joreter, who took lessons from Morse at the Louvre.
6. NGALOU_110709_057.JPG: Painting: Guido Reni (1575 – 1642, Italian), The Union of Design and Color Statue: Attributed to Leochares (2nd century BC?), Artemis (Diana) Hunting, called Diana of Ephesus and Diana of Versailles, Roman marble copy of a Greek original
7. NGALOU_110709_061.JPG: Paolo Caliari, known as Veronese (1528 – 1588, Italian), Christ Carrying the Cross Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519, Italian), Mona Lisa
8. NGALOU_110709_069.JPG: First column: Anthony Van Dyck (1599 – 1641, Flemish), Portrait of a Lady and Her Daughter Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian (c. 1490 – 1576, Italian), Portrait of Francis I, King of France Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 – 1682, Spanish), Beggar Boy Second column: Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640, Flemish), Lot and His Family Fleeing Sodom Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorrain (1604/1605 – 1682, French), Sunset at the Harbor Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian (c. 1490 – 1576, Italian), Entombment Third column: Raphael Santi, known as Raphael (1483 – 1520, Italian), Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist, called La Belle Jardinière Anthony Van Dyck (1599 – 1641, Flemish), Portrait of a Man in Black (the artist Paul de Vos?) Guido Reni (1575 – 1642, Italian), The Union of Design and Color Fourth column: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669, Dutch), Head of an Old Man Anthony Van Dyck (1599 – 1641, Flemish), Jesus with the Woman Taken in Adultery Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714 – 1789, French), Marine View by Moonlight (statue) Attributed to Leochares (2nd century BC?), Artemis (Diana) Hunting, called Diana of Ephesus and Diana of Versailles, Roman marble copy of a Greek original
9. NGALOU_110709_077.JPG: Samuel F. B. Morse and Susan Walker Morse, daughter of Samuel Morse.
10. NGALOU_110709_087.JPG: Morse's signature appears on the back of the smallest canvas turned against the wall
11. NGALOU_110709_093.JPG: Guido Reni (1575 – 1642, Italian), The Union of Design and Color
12. NGALOU_110709_096.JPG: Richard W. Habersham, artist and Morse's roommate in Paris
13. NGALOU_110709_112.JPG: First column: Jacopo Robusti, known as Tintoretto (1518 – 1594, Italian), Self-Portrait Nicolas Poussin (1594 – 1665, French), Deluge (Winter) Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio (1571 – 1610, Italian), Fortune Teller Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian (c. 1490 – 1576, Italian), Christ Crowned with Thorns Second column: Anthony Van Dyck (1599 – 1641, Flemish), Venus Asking Vulcan for the Arms for Aeneas Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorrain (1604/1605 – 1682, French), Disembarkation of Cleopatra at Tarsus Third column: Nicolas Poussin (1594 – 1665, French), Diogenes Casting Away His Cup Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian (c. 1490 – 1576, Italian), Supper at Emmaus
14. NGALOU_110709_118.JPG: Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorrain (1604/1605 – 1682, French), Sunset at the Harbor
15. NGALOU_110709_131.JPG: First column: Paolo Caliari, known as Veronese (1528 – 1588, Italian), Wedding Feast at Cana Second column: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 – 1682, Spanish), Immaculate Conception Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (1644 – 1717, French), Descent from the Cross Third column: Jacopo Robusti, known as Tintoretto (1518 – 1594, Italian), Self-Portrait Nicolas Poussin (1594 – 1665, French), Deluge (Winter) Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio (1571 – 1610, Italian), Fortune Teller Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian (c. 1490 – 1576, Italian), Christ Crowned with Thorns Fourth column: Anthony Van Dyck (1599 – 1641, Flemish), Venus Asking Vulcan for the Arms for Aeneas Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorrain (1604/1605 – 1682, French), Disembarkation of Cleopatra at Tarsus Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 – 1682, Spanish), Holy Family David Teniers II (1610 – 1690, Flemish), Knife Grinder
16. NGALOU_110709_148.JPG: Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519, Italian), Mona Lisa
17. NGALOU_110709_157.JPG: Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640, Flemish), Portrait of Suzanne Fourment
18. NGALOU_110709_165.JPG: Anthony Van Dyck (1599 – 1641, Flemish), Venus Asking Vulcan for the Arms for Aeneas
19. NGALOU_110709_169.JPG: First column: Raphael Santi, known as Raphael (1483 – 1520, Italian), Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist, called La Belle Jardinière Anthony Van Dyck (1599 – 1641, Flemish), Portrait of a Man in Black (the artist Paul de Vos?) Second column: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669, Dutch), Head of an Old Man Anthony Van Dyck (1599 – 1641, Flemish), Jesus with the Woman Taken in Adultery Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714 – 1789, French), Marine View by Moonlight Third column: Guido Reni (1575 – 1642, Italian), Dejanira and the Centaur Nessus Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640, Flemish), Thomysris, Queen of the Massagetae
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