Hendy .:. European and American

Hendy, Philip,
European and American paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1974. 319 pages with illustrations and index. Cloth. 4to. 1650 g

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* Bibliotheksexemplar, diverse Registraturnummern (eine auf dem Rücken unten) und Stempel.
Bestell-Nr.153595 | ISBN: 0-914660-00-4

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Hendy | Museologie | Kunstsammlung | Sammlungskatalog

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Introduction
THE AUTHOR'S preface which follows this introduction discusses some of the singular aspects of the Gardner Museum and the reasons which led to this, the second catalogue of paintings. When, in 1926, the Museum was fortunate enough to secure the services of Philip Hendy, he was Assistant Keeper of the Wallace Collection and was engaged in writing the catalogue of the pictures there. Upon completion of the Gardner Museum catalogue, he became Curator of Paintings at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, then, returning to England, Director of the City Art Gallery, Leeds, and in 1946 Director of the National Gallery, London. Before his retirement in 1968 Sir Philip was persuaded to write this book. Work was postponed for two years while he served as Adviser to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
The contents of the first catalogue, with extensive biographies of the artists and notes on the condition of the paintings — exceptional at that time — was presented in a handsome volume by the master printer D. B. Updike. Every effort has been made to meet those standards given the increase in the text and the decision to include not only monochrome reproductions of every picture but thirty-eight color plates as well. The staff of the Museum and the designer have devoted months to the present format and the verification of photographs. On the four extended visits to Boston by Sir Philip he has made these tasks seem lighter and more pleasurable. Needless to say the text and the opinions expressed therein are his.
It only remains to add that this book is an insight into the taste of Mrs. Gardner and her times. The collection is an integral part of the museum building in a way that is immediately apparent. Together they represent Mrs. Gardner's forceful, at times prophetic, ideas on what a museum should be. And while it is a personal museum it was dedicated by her to the enjoyment of the public. This book is one more act toward that goal.
Rollin van N. Hadley Director

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