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Museum Art and Methods (Exhibition)
birth: 1907 May
death: 1907 May
Exhibition. Open in May 1907. Located in the East Mammal Hall at the American Museum of Natural History. Museum Art and Methods featured drawings, paintings, and models created by the Museum scientific staff for public exhibitions and illustrations for the Museum's scientific publications.
Summary
Museum Art and Methods featured drawings, paintings, and models created by the Museum scientific staff for public exhibitions and illustrations for the Museum's scientific publications. Artists included W. Baake, Mrs. E.L. Beutenmuller, Albert E. Butler, Erwin S. Christman, James L. Clark, B.E. Dahlgren, a Miss French, Bruce Horsfal, M.E. Howe, Charles R. Knight, Ignaz Matausch, Caspar Mayer, W.C. Orchard, L.M. Sterling, and B. Yoshihara (1, 1907, p. 96-97). The committee included Director Herman C. Bumpus, James L. Clark, and Charles R. Knight (2, 1907, p. 1).
Details of the artists and works exhibited are described in the October 1907 issue of the American Museum Journal (1, 1907, p. 96-97):
*James L. Clark: Studies in clay for the mounting of the African Lion Hannibal, Mountain Sheep Group, and Whales
*B.E. Dahlgren: Snapping Turtle Group and enlarged models of minute forms of animal life
*W.C. Orchard: Ethnological models of heads from different North American cultures modeled by Caspar Meyer
*Caspar Meyer: Eskimo and African ethnological illustrations
*Charles R. Knight: Sketches of his fossil restorations in water color, oil, and clay
*Bruce Horsfal: Field studies made for backgrounds of habitat groups, including Prairie Hen, Pelican, Wild Turkey, Anhinga, and desert birds
*Albert E. Butler and Miss French: Wax models of flowers, fruit, and foliage of North American trees from a series for the Jesup Collection of North American Woods and the South American Flying Lizard Group
*Ignaz Matausch: Enlarged water color drawings and wax models of Leafhoppers
*E.L. Beutenmuller: Water color landscapes, moths, and butterflies
*M.E. Howe: Pen drawings of ants
*L.M. Sterling, Erwin S. Christman, and B. Yoshihara: Pen and wash drawings of vertebrate fossils
*W. Baake: Pen drawings of North American ethnological objects
This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.