ECA Control Number: 16172

Record Level: Listing

Record Type: Art Museum/Institution

Museum/Institution Name: Corcoran Gallery of Art

Aka: Corcoran Gallery

Location(s):
500 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006

Founded: 1869
Closed/Acquired: 2014

About:

The Corcoran Gallery of Art was an art museum in Washington, D.C. Prior to its closing, it was one of the oldest privately supported cultural institutions in the United States capital. Starting in 1890, a museum school, later known as the Corcoran College of Art + Design, co-existed with the gallery. The museum’s main focus was American art. In 2014, after decades of financial problems, the Corcoran entered into an agreement with the National Gallery of Art (NGA) and the George Washington University whereby almost all of the gallery’s 17,000 work collection was placed under the care of the NGA, while the school and historic 17th street gallery building continued operations as a part of the George Washington University’s new Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.

Citation: “Corcoran Gallery of Art.”  Wikipedia.  Updated November 8, 2016.  Accessed November 15, 2016.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corcoran_Gallery_of_Art

WORKS BY EMIL CARLSEN

Emil Carlsen : The picture from Thibet [sic], ca.1920.

Emil Carlsen : Moonlight on a calm sea, ca.1916.

LIST OF EXHIBITIONS (12)

AFTER CARLSEN’S DEATH (2)
1998 The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “The Biennial Exhibitions: The First Sixty Years from 1907 to 1967”, July 17 – September 29. Shown: “The Picture from Thibet”.
1940 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “Art in Washington”, December.  Shown: “The Picture From Thibet”.

DURING CARLSEN’S LIFETIME (9)
1926 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “The Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings”, April 4 – May 16.  Shown “The Picture From Thibet (#84)”.
1925 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “Centennial Exhibition National Academy of Design: 1825-1925“, October 17 – November 15.
1923 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “The Painting of Emil Carlsen“, April 3-29.
1919-1920 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “7th Biennial of Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists“, December 21, 1919 – January 25, 1920.
1917 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art?”, unknown date.
1915-1916 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “Fifth Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists“, December 14, 1915 – January 24, 1916.
1911-1912 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “3rd Biennial Exhibition”, December 28, 1911 – January 15, 1912. Shown “A Summer Storm (marine)”, “Open Sea”.
1908-1909 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “Second Exhibition of Paintings by Contemporary American Artists”, December 7, 1908 – January 17, 1909. Shown “Moonlight, Windham Hill, c.1907”  Shown ” Still Life and Symphony in Copper and Brass (no. 42), 1882″
1907 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “First Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Painting”, February 7 – March 9.

LOAN EXHIBITIONS (1)
2006 Parrish Museum, Watermill, NY, “Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from The Corcoran Gallery of Art”, June 4 – September 12.

Document Information

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2016.16172

Digital Document Provenance:
Original compiled and researched document by the Emil Carlsen Archives, 266 West 21st Street, Suite 4E, New York, NY 10011.

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Record Birth Date:
November 15, 2016

Last Update:
November 15, 2016